SingStar... Rocks! Sing live, be loud and live the RockStar dream!
Rock your world with official tracks from Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, Bloc Party, Razorlight, Nirvana and many more...
For immediate release
Having wowed the crowds at festivals and gigs throughout 2005 - some of the world's best live bands are coming together well before the first chords of the 2006 festival season are struck. This is the ultimate line-up - including Stereophonics, Jet, The Subways, Rolling Stones, The Bravery, Blur and many more. The big question everyone is asking is where and when are they appearing?
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pleased to announce that these acts - and a number of additional special guests - are all to appear on the latest edition in the SingStar® series, SingStar Rocks!, available exclusively to PlayStation®2 and set for release in Spring '06.
Featuring 30 fully licensed tracks from global rock sensation The Killers to the heartbreak rock of Snow Patrol, and from one of London's hottest Indie phenomena - Bloc Party to the Courtney Love inspired genius of Hole, SingStar Rocks! delivers a special "access all areas" pass to the finest in live music.
Complete with the original videos, SingStar Rocks! captures the spirit and energy of the very best gigs - and gives you the chance to experience what it's like to be the headline act. The line-up that's got everyone talking reads as follows, with more acts to be confirmed:
Maximo Park, Apply Some Pressure
Hole, Celebrity Skin
Stereophonics, Dakota
The Killers, Somebody Told Me
Snow Patrol, Run
Bloc Party, Banquet
Franz Ferdinand, Do You Want To?
Kasabian, Club Foot
Razorlight, Somewhere Else
Jet, Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Rolling Stones, Paint It Black
Nirvana, Come As You Are
The Subways, Rock'n'Roll Queen
Bowling for Soup, 1985
The Bravery, An Honest Mistake
Blur, Song 2
So if you think you have the attitude and the style to front some of the world's most credible live bands, then SingStar Rocks! will have you performing the ultimate gig line-up wherever you and your PlayStation 2 happen to be.
Whether it's post pub, a summer's night or a whole weekend session - get your mates together, line up the mics, turn down the lights and it's time to act the Rock Star with SingStar Rocks! Coming soon, to a venue very near you.
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For further information please contact:
Jennie Kong (jennie_kong@scee.net)
PR Manager
Tel: 020 7911 8176 Fax: 020 7734 4926
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd
Notes to Editors
More information about the SingStar franchise:
SingStar Rocks! is a sophisticated singing-based game for PlayStation 2 console that uses software and specially designed microphones to judge your pitch, tone and rhythm to give you a score. It features a diverse range of tracks from the rock genre that will appeal to a wide audience of rock fans, from teens to classic rockers.
SingStar Rocks! will be released as a standalone software pack and bundled with x2 SingStar Microphones and USB Converter.
The original 'SingStar®' was launched in May/June 2004 exclusively on PlayStation 2 to public and critical acclaim, entering the charts at number one in most of Europe's biggest countries.
SingStar® Party, the follow-up, was launched pre-Christmas 2004-and included not only another great line-up of international artists, but also further 'party' and multi-player features, such as duets.
SingStar® Pop followed in the Spring of 2005 introducing yet more original features and options including rap scoring and medleys, plus 30 of the biggest and best hits of the last three years.
SingStar® '80s arrived in time for the 2005 festive season, offering a real treat for all SingStar fans, and serving as an essential Christmas party accessory!
In all, the SingStar series has sold 3.6 million copies to date*
- Sell-in numbers as of end of December 2005 across PAL territories.
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, sales and marketing of PS one®, PlayStation®2 and PSPTM (PlayStation®Portable) hardware in 104 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes games software for the three formats, and manages the third party licensing programmes for these formats in the PAL territories. At the end of September 2005, over 40 million PS one® consoles had been shipped across these PAL territories, over 102 million worldwide. Between its European debut on 24 November 2000 and 29 November 2005, over 37 million PlayStation®2 consoles have been shipped across the PAL territories, over 100 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history. Between the launch of PSPTM in Japan in December 2004 and 21 October 2005, over 10 million PSPTM systems have been shipped worldwide.
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