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New South American Tour Dates!!!

BRAZIL

City, Country: São Paulo, Brazil
Show Date: October 20th, 2010
ON-SALE: May 25th, 2010
Ticketing Link: www.livepass.com.br
Call Center / POS: N/A

City, Country: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Show Date: October 15th, 2010
ON-SALE: May 27th, 2010
Ticketing Link: www.livepass.com.br
Call Center / POS: N/A

City, Country: Porto Alegre, Brazil
Show Date: October 13th, 2010
ON-SALE: July16th, 2010
Ticketing Link: TBA
Call Center / POS: TBA

City, Country: Brasilia, Brazil
Show Date: October 17th, 2010
ON-SALE: July 16th, 2010
Ticketing Link: TBA
Call Center / POS: TBA

PERU

City, Country: Lima, Peru
Show Date: October 26th, 2010
ON-SALE: May 15th, 2010
Ticketing Link: http://www.tuentrada.com.pe
Call Center / POS: 00511- 618-3838 / Plaza Vea and Vivanda Stores

COSTA RICA

City, Country: SAN JOSE DE COSTA RICA
Show Date: October 29th, 2010
ON-SALE: May 15th, 2010
Ticketing Link: www.specialticket.net
Call Center / POS: + 50 62 2206-7770

We recently had a chance to speak to Green Day drummer Tre Cool about the upcoming Green Day: Rock Band. The outspoken stickmaster gave us the inside skinny on the band’s involvement in the production of the game, the exciting unlockable bonus features, and his “sneaky uncle.”

How did you get approached to do this project? Was it after you had seen the Beatles game?

It was during development of the Beatles game. They had a lot of the bonus material already compiled, some of the unseen Beatles stuff. That’s what really impressed me. I had played Rock Band 1 and 2 before, but the fact that they were doing an entire game devoted to the Beatles really impressed me. The fact that they were offering us the second game after the Beatles was an honor. I didn’t know how much Rock Band had beside the gameplay. There’s so much to it, the special features and old interviews and things. With us, there is all this old stuff we hadn’t seen in years – us getting interviewed high on the Bookmobile, crazy stuff. So many old pictures and great memories. It’s a trip. I thought it would just be the gameplay.

Did you dig into your own personal vaults for some of the bonus material or did MTV help provide that?

I don’t know if you’re old enough to remember but MTV used to be a music