Rock Band DLC Update: Talking Heads, The Jam @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on August 31, 2009

News: This is not my beautiful plastic guitar.

The Rock Band Store will no longer be the same as it ever was as Harmonix plans to add a five-song Talking Heads pack to the store this week. The Talking Heads Pack 01 will include their biggest hit, "Once in a Lifetime" (seen in The Truman Show and countless other movies and TV shows) along with four other songs:

Talking Heads Ц "And She Was"

Talking Heads Ц "Crosseyed & Painless"

Talking Heads Ц "Girlfriend is Better"

Talking Heads Ц "Once in a Lifetime"

Talking Heads Ц "Take Me to the River"

The Talking Heads Pack 01 will be available for the Xbox 360 on Tuesday, September 1 (priced at 680 Microsoft Points) and for the PS3 on Thursday, September 3 (priced at $8.49). All of the songs will also be available individually for $1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points) each.

Harmonix will also be adding five single tracks to the store this week. Each song will be available to download individually for the standard price of $1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points) each. With Oasis officially breaking up this weekend, it seems almost fitting that the first single Noel and Liam Gallagher ever put out will be added to the Rock Band Store this week:

Avenged Sevenfold Ц "Bat Country"

The Jam Ц "A Town Called Malice"

The Jam Ц "Going Underground"

Oasis Ц "Supersonic" (Live)

Rage Against the Machine Ц "Guerilla Radio"

The Wii Rock Band Store for Rock Band 2 will receive another massive update this week as Harmonix attempts to catch it up to the PS3 and Xbox 360 stores. 22 more tracks will be added (which will push the Wii Rock Band 2 Store past 500 songs), including songs from Tom Petty, Judas Priest and Billy Idol Each track will be available to download for 200 Wii Points ($2) each, except for a variety of Christmas songs, which will be 100 Wii Points ($1) each. They're marked with an asterisk:

Billy Idol Ц "Mony Mony"

Billy Idol Ц "Rebel Yell"

Fleetwood Mac Ц "Don't Stop"

Fleetwood Mac Ц "World Turning"

Jet Ц "She's a Genius"

Tom Petty Ц "I Won't Back Down"

Tom Petty Ц "Runnin' Down a Dream"

Barenaked Ladies Ц "Hanukkah Blessings" *

Billy Squier Ц "Christmas is the Time" *

Judas Priest Ц "(Take These) Chains"

Judas Priest Ц "Bloodstone"

Judas Priest Ц "Devil's Child"

Judas Priest Ц "Fever"

Judas Priest Ц "Pain & Pleasure"

Judas Priest Ц "Riding on the Wind"

Judas Priest Ц "Screaming for Vengeance"

Judas Priest Ц "The Hellion/Electric Eye"

Judas Priest Ц "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

Nikko Ц "Break My Heart" *

Nikko Ц "Don't Tell Me" *

Pretenders Ц "Blue Christmas" *

Pretenders Ц "Precious"

Finally, the PSP Rock Band Store for Rock Band Unplugged will receive two new tracks, "Lucid Dreams" from Franz Ferdinand and "Riad N' The Bedouins" from Guns 'N Roses. Each track will be able to be downloaded for $1.99 each when they're added to the store on Thursday, September 3.

Check out our previous Rock Band DLC Update news