Green Day, Lady Gaga and Soundgarden are the headliners for the Lollapalooza 2010 music festival to be held Aug. 6-8 in Chicago's Grant Park.
Just released today, the lineup also includes the Strokes; Arcade Fire; MGMT; Phoenix; Jimmy Cliff; Erykah Badu; DEVO; Blues Traveler, Hot Chop and the Black Keys. More than 100 acts are scheduled over the three days.
Tickets also are on sale starting today and range from $90 for a single day and $215 for three days to $850 for a VIP pass.
Green Day: Rock Band Launch Trailer [HD] at Rock Band Facebook: HERE.
'Green Day: Rock Band' Features Decades Of Dye Jobs And Tattoos
"I thought we could have a lot of fun with 'Rock Band' and highlight different times in our career," bassist Mike Dirnt said. "I thought it was a really cool way to kind of show people, you know, just different things [about the group] in a format the size of a TV set."
It seems that — nearly as much as their music — Green Day's career can be broken down into specific looks too: the baby dreadlocks and eye-popping dye jobs of the Dookie days; the bottle-blond, leather-jacket look of the Warning era; or the black spikes (and even blacker eyeliner) of American Idiot, to name just a few. And the designers of "Rock Band" knew that — which is why all those looks made the cut. Plus a whole lot more, too.
"Different details come up in the game that go from, you know, 1994 through 2000. Plus, what year is it now? 2009, 2010?" frontman Billie Joe Armstrong laughed. "And just kind of seeing the different tattoos and wearing a T-shirt I remember. Like, the T-shirt that I wore, and I wrote 'Stupid' on it and put an arrow up to my face. And that's the kind of details that they seem to nail."
And while the hairstyles and tattoos might be instantly recognizable to Green Day fans, there's another — slightly newer —
Just How Much Did Green Day Do For 'Green Day: Rock Band'?
Since the guys in Green Day aren't huge gamers, it makes you wonder just how much involvement they had in the making of "Green Day: Rock Band." According to Chris Foster, the project lead on the game, quite a lot. We spoke to Foster recently about what the band brought to the table.
"The band was involved throughout the project," Foster explained. "At the beginning we would brainstorm ideas for venues with them, talk about the set list and then we proposed our set list and they gave us tweaks on that. And then they would review the game along the way at different points."
The other man focus of the band was accuracy and making sure the game was true to the history of the band. This included Many of their contributions were focused on making sure everything was as accurate as possible:
"In addition to getting us key resources, they had their tattoos photographed for us, they had their instruments photographed for us. They signed off on all the archival material they did, all the photos and cool unreleased videos that we were able to get into the game.
We're extending the deadline for the Idiot Club air guitar contest by a few
days. The new deadline is Friday, June 11th! We've gotten a few entries
from you guys, but we know there's more of you out there with a creative
edge! So get crackin' on this!
We're looking for a few good Idiot Club members to show your rock star moves
to the world! That's right-record yourself doing your best air guitar to
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Day Rock Band Schwag!
Make sure you log in to the Idiot Club or become a member at
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