Well, folks, we’ve been working on this list for some time, and we are now comfortable declaring that the “leaked list” of the complete Guitar Hero World Tour Setlist that we found earlier is very likely ”the real deal”.  Two new sources of confirmation have appeared today that all but finalize the list completely. IGN wrote an article that had eight songs listed which we reported earlier today, but the second source came as a welcome surprise.

Special thanks to RockGamer.com commenter Alex on this latest find. He left a comment on our story on the leaked list saying, “Kent - Vinternoll2 is now officially confirmed by the band on their website.”  which led us through the interwebs on a chase for that story and ultimately turned into a gold mine. The Kent official website  and the related press release I found is in Swedish, so let’s hope the Swedish to English translation site was working!  This is the press release on their site after translation:

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Looks like the folks across the pond are caught up in the media wave for Rock Band starting this past weekend.  Xbox 360 is sponsoring a promotion that will allows rockers to compete in a band for a chance at one week at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel.  To celebrate, Maximo Park’s Girls Who Play Guitar will be available for download  (Xbox only) on June 10th.  No word yet if this will be available in the US as well. Check out the DLC Central tab to hear an MP3 snippet and some videos.

From TeamXbox:

Celebrity Rock Band fans Maximo Park headline search for this summer’s biggest rockers and announce June 10th download date for their critically acclaimed track Girls Who Play Guitars Continue Reading “Europeans Rock Out with Maximo Park” »

The folks across the pond have been waiting ever so patien.. well, maybe not so patiently, but waiting nonetheless for their chance at channeling their inner Rock Gods. With the release of Rock Band (Xbox only) in the UK this week, let the advertising blitz begin.

We also got the announcement yesterday for Guitar Hero’s newest addition to the franchise Guitar Hero World Tour so we’ve now had a chance to see how both are being presented.
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Available 5/20 on Xbox Live and 5/22 on the Playstation 3 Network will be the tracks included in the European version of Rock Band.  There are nine songs, priced at the usual 160 Xbox Live points/$1.99 for the PS3 network.   They are not available as a ‘pack’.   All of the songs, except for Beetlebum are master tracks.  They include:

• Blur “Beetlebum”* (English)
• Oasis “Rock ‘n’ roll star” (English)
• Tokyo Hotel “Through the Monsoon” (English)
• Muse “Hysteria” (English)
• Les Wampas “Manu Chao” (French)
• Playmo “New Wave” (French)
• Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex” (German)
• Juli “Perfekte Welle” (German)
• H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity” (German)

It will be interesting trying to sing in a different language.

Continue reading for the announcement from our pal HMXSean and videos.

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Via Xboxic

[Edit Mike: I was gonna write my own story on this but the money conversion was giving me a headache]

Europeans, get those pitchforks ready. Rock Band will be hitting stores on the 23rd May. Fantastic, until you delve a little deeper. You’re going to need a spare £180/€240 though if you’re to pick up the game and instruments though, which is outrageous considering the US’ bundle is $169, or around £85/€105. Admittedly we expect to pay more in Europe, but £95 extra?

Breaking it all down, you’re going to have to pay for the Instrument Edition at £129.99/€169.99 which includes the drum kit, guitar and microphone, then buy the game separately at £49.99/€69.99. It seems that even those with two Guitar Hero guitars don’t escape by buying things separately, because for the time being at least, a microphone has not been announced as something that is shipping separately. Wireless guitars will be sold separately for £59.99/€79.99, with the drum kit coming in at £69.99/€89.99.

All previous Rock Band content released for North America will be made available to Europe on the 27th May, and all future content released will be available immediately to Europe as well. Don’t forget that Europe also get nine extra tracks included on the disc:

• Blur “Beetlebum” (English)
• Oasis “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” (English)
• Tokio Hotel “Monsoon” (English)
• Muse “Hysteria” (English)
• Les Wampas “Manu Chao” (French)
• Playmo “New Wave” (French)
• Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex” (German)
• Juli “Perfekte Welle” (German)
• H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity” (German)

Two positive signs this morning indicate that the folks across the pond may have reason to expect an imminent release date for Rock Band - which of course we’ve been lucky enough to have since last November.

First - this ad from a French retailer showing a price of 149.99 in Euros with a 5/22/08 expected date in stock.

Second - Also found was a promo site for the Stag and Dagger Music Festival in London on May 15th and you can see in the logo that Rock Band, Harmonix and 360 are all pictured as show’s sponsors.  See the link to the festival. Could be a pre-launch promo, no?

The May 15th date for the festival would certainly jibe as a pre-launch promo based on the May 22nd date in the French retailer’s ad, and also would be within the April -June time frame that was recently mentioned.   Let’s keep our fingers crossed, but may I dare suggest not holding our breath?

Thanks MaxConsole and Kotaku for both!