Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that five tracks from artists performing on this year’s international Warped Tour will be added to the Rock Band® Music Store of downloadable content next week for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
The Warped Tour is an annual international music and extreme sports festival that began in 1994. The bulk of this summer’s Warped Tour dates are between the end of June and the end of August. The tour features a diverse line-up of bands, as well as pro-skating and BMX exhibitions, and now part of that line-up is available to music lovers and gamers who own Rock Band. Master recordings from A Day to Remember, Bad Religion, Chiodos, Escape the Fate and Underoath will be available June 23, in the Rock Band Music Store.
Additionally this week, Rock Band is bringing a three pack of hits from American rockers Maroon 5 to the Music Store. Maroon 5 has sold almost 15 million albums worldwide and won a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best New Artist.