Loose Lips Sink Scavenger Hunts: Guitar Hero 5 Lineup

The Arctic Monkeys, Nirvana and Blur will all be featured on the forthcoming fifth installment of the massively successful ‘Guitar Hero’ game, according to an exclusive announcement from NME. This week Activision had planned on announcing the band lineup in a series of scavenger hunt-like stories; fans who track down all the featured artists can enter a sweepstakes to win five tickets to concerts at a venue of their choice. Cat’s out of the bag, but free tickets are free tickets, no?

Guitar Hero 5 is expected to be released worldwide this fall (September 1st), and with the latest upgrade of the smash hit game comes a massive wave of new artists to play along with, including The Bronx, The White Stripes, Public Enemy, Mötley Crüe, Queens Of The Stone Age and so much more!

According to information posted on the official Guitar Hero site, the entire setlist will be available for play immediately upon release, and for the first time home rockers will be able to select any combination of instruments- so multiple guitarists, bassists, drummers or vocalists will be able to play at the same time. There’s also a new Play Party Mode, allowing instruments to join and drop out of a song without interrupting or ending the track.

As previously announced, developers at Activision are also working on a DJ Hero spin-off game to launch later this year.

In the meantime, here’s the full list of bands set to feature in Guitar Hero 5:

Band Of Horses
Bush
Darkest Hour
Blur
Kiss
Blink-182
Iron Maiden
Wild Cherry
Muse
The White Stripes
Jimmy Eat World
Bob Dylan
Gorillaz
Beastie Boys
The Raconteurs
Coldplay
Duran Duran
Tom Petty
Nirvana
Public Enemy & Zakk Wylde
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Sword
AFI
Rush
3 Doors Down
Smashing Pumpkins
David Bowie
Mötley Crüe
Attack! Attack!
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
The Derek Trucks Band
Sublime
Wolfmother
Rammstein
Beck
Garbage
Billy Squier
My Morning Jacket
Kaiser Chiefs
Brand New
Santana
Bon Jovi
Weezer
Billy Idol
Elliott Smith
A Perfect Circle
Sonic Youth
Kings Of Leon
The Bronx
Queen & David Bowie
Screaming Trees
The Killers
Vampire Weekend
TV On The Radio
John Mellencamp
Scars On Broadway
The Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Face To Face
Peter Frampton
No Doubt
Iggy Pop
Spacehog
Thin Lizzy
The Police
Children Of Bodom
Elton John
Arctic Monkeys
Thrice
Rose Hill Drive
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Deep Purple
Darker My Love
Jeff Beck
Love And Rockets
The Duke Spirit
Sunny Day Real Estate
King Crimson
T. Rex
Gov’t Mule
Eagles Of Death Metal
Grand Funk Railroad
Megadeth