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These will all be yanked coming Sept. 30th...

The Janitors - Get Your Rock On
Locksley - All Over Again
Locksley - Don't Make Me Wait
Locksley - She Does
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Pea****
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Have to Ask
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mellowship Slinky in B Major
Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Lovely Man
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Naked in the Rain
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Greeting Song
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power of Equality
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Righteous and The Wicked
Red Hot Chili Peppers - They're Red Hot
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

Locksley Pack 01
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Album Pack

This is the track that will be pulled from the store on August 28th:

T.Rex - Bang A Gong

These are the songs that will be pulled from the store on September 30th:

The Janitors - "Get Your Rock On"
Locksley Pack 01
Locksley - "All Over Again"
Locksley - "Don't Make Me Wait"
Locksley - "She Does"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Snow (Hey Oh)"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Tell Me Baby"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic Album Pack
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Apache Rose Peacock"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Breaking the Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Funky Monks"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "I Could Have Lied"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "If You Have to Ask"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Mellowship Slinky in B Major"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "My Lovely Man"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Naked in the Rain"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Sir Psycho Sexy"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Suck My Kiss"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Greeting Song"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Power of Equality"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Righteous and The Wicked"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "They're Red Hot"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Under the Bridge"

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The Metallica Pack 01 DLC for Rock Band - featuring "Ride The Lightning," "And Justice For All" and "Blackened" - is no longer available for new purchase on the Rock Band store and will soon be removed from first-party marketplaces, because the license has expired. This won't affect those who already own the DLC, and even allows them to redownload the content if necessary. If you already own the Metallica Pack 01, it's still all yours.

Harmonix launched Metallica Pack 01 in November 2007 for $5.50, or $2 per song.

"Now, over 5 years since the release of the first batch of Rock Band DLC, we're reaching the end of some of the earliest licenses we secured," Harmonix writes on its Facebook page. "Our Music Team has been hard at work extending these licenses to make sure that this has as small an impact on the community as possible, but there may be a very limited number of songs that will no longer be offered for new purchases in the Rock Band store."

Harmonix plans to post relicensing updates on a quarterly basis, hoping to give players a heads up if songs expire.

Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (November 27th, 2012):

* Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe” O

* Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy” X

(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system November 28th)

Price:

$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points ™, 200 Wii Points™) per song

$0.99 USD (80 Microsoft Points™, 100 Wii Points™), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade

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"Green Day Pack 04"

Green Day - "Geek Stink Breath"
Green Day - "Nice Guys Finish Last"
Green Day - "Hitchin' a Ride"
Price: $5.49 USD for "Green Day Pack 04" on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. $1.99 per song on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $2.00 per song on Wii.

Green Day - Dookie (Note: Songs available as singles only on Wii)

"Burnout"
"Having A Blast"
"Chump"
"Longview"
"Welcome To Paradise"
"Pulling Teeth"
"Basketcase"
"She"
"Sassafras Roots"
"When I Come Around" X
"Coming Clean"
"Emenius Sleepus"
"In The End"
"F.O.D."
Price: $19.99 for the "Dookie (Album)" on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. $1.99 per song on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $2.00 per song on Wii. $0.99 per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade

Green Day - American Idiot

"American Idiot" X
"Jesus of Suburbia"
"Holiday"
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
"Are We The Waiting/St. Jimmy"
"Give Me Novacaine/She's A Rebel"
"Extraordinary Girl"
"Letterbomb"
"Wake Me Up When September Ends"
"Homecoming"
"Whatsername"
Price: $17.99 for the "American Idiot (Album)" on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. $1.99 per song on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $2.00 per song on Wii. $0.99 per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade.

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

"Song of the Century"
"21st Century Breakdown"
"Know Your Enemy"
"¡Viva La Gloria!"
"Before the Lobotomy"
"Christian's Inferno"
"Last Night on Earth"
"East Jesus Nowhere"
"Peacemaker"
"Last of the American Girls"
"Murder City"
"¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)"
"Restless Heart Syndrome"
"Horseshoes and Handgrenades"
"The Static Age"
"21 Guns"
"American Eulogy"
"See The Light"
Price: $19.99 for the "21st Century Breakdown (Album)" on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. $1.99 per song on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, $2.00 per song on Wii.

Tracks marked with "X" will offer Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.

Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins – “I’m Alright”
Kenny Loggins – “Footloose” – Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available for $0.99

The plastic instruments are gone, but the good times still shine in the latest from Harmonix.

Rock Band Blitz is hitting 360/PS3 next week, but the poor Wii isn't getting in on that fun. Instead, Harmonix has put together a special pack of DLC for Wii owners.

...for those Wii rockers out there that won't have access to Rock Band Blitz, we've arranged a special release just for you to to make sure that you've got something to download. All three of the Rock Band Blitz demo songs will be available as stand alone tracks on the Wii available for purchase on August 28th!

Available on Wii (August 28th, 2012):

• Barenaked Ladies – “One Week”
• Foo Fighters – “These Days”
• Queen – “Death on Two Legs”

Price:

200 Wii Points™ per song

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **

Thanks to MegaRockEXE for the heads up!

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If you've considered picking up one of the Rock Band iOS games, now would be the time to do it. Come July 31, all Rock Band iOS apps, including Rock Band, Rock Band Reloaded and Rock Band Reloaded for iPad, will be delisted from the App Store. After this date, the games will be gone and users will no longer be able to purchase any DLC.

Earlier this year, Rock Band app users received a message saying that the app would be pulled on May 31. At the time, EA stated that the message had been "sent in error." There doesn't appear to be a mistake this time around, as the iTunes pages for each app confirm the delisting. The original error, apparently, was that the message was sent two months early.

#electronicarts Publisher Electronic Arts seems to have backtracked on its plans to shut down the mobile version of Rock Band following a massive outcry from fans and press yesterday. More »

Electronic Arts has informed Joystiq that Rock Band for iOS will remain active for mobile rock stars. There was a panic at the disco yesterday after users of the app received a prompt telling them it would "no longer be playable" after May 31.

"Rock Band for iOS will remain live - the in-app message users received yesterday was sent in error," a representative for EA told us. "We apologize for the confusion this caused. We're working to clarify the issue that caused the error and will share additional information as soon as possible."

And the band played on.

Electronic Arts' Rock Band for iOS "will no longer be playable" after May 31. RockBandAide took note of a prompt in the app, which informs owners that the band is breaking up at the end of the month. At this time, there is no indication that a similar fate is in store for the more recent Rock Band Reloaded app.

Harmonix communications guru John Drake tweeted out that the developer was not the publisher of the title and is "working to better understand what's up ASAP."

Electronic Arts has yet to comment on the situation.

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Downloads are a large part of Harmonix's turnaround. It's sold about 100 million songs as paid DLC since 2006 for all of its titles, including Rock Band. At only 200 employees, $100 million isn't too shabby, and with two new titles in the works, Harmonix expects to double its profit in the coming years. Kinda makes you want to get up and dance -- no, wait. That's the fire ants.

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