There's been a recent flurry of Guitar Hero news. First, some striking Guitar Hero World Tour details have been revealed:
- The guitar has a new slider down the neck for more freeform sustained notes particularly in the music studio mode, an accelerometer knob for pitch adjustments and a bridge button as an alternative for star power and for making palm-muted notes when recording your own tracks
- Your old Guitar Hero axes will still work, without support for these new features of course
- The drums, apart from having an extra cymbal pad over Rock Band, are silicone enhanced for added bounce and reduced strike noise, wireless, and (as previously reported) sensitized to react to how hard you hit
- Guitar Hero III downloads will be supported, though it has not been revealed whether you'll get a free upgrade for vocal and drum parts or if you'll be stuck playing them with dual guitars
- “Back in the Saddle”
- “Beyond Beautiful”
- “Bright Light Fright”
- “Combination”
- “Draw the Line”
- “Dream On” (new recording)
- “Kings and Queens”
- “Let The Music Do The Talking”
- “Livin’ on the Edge”
- “Love in an Elevator”
- “Make It” (new recording)
- “Mama Kin” (new recording)
- “Mercy” by Joe Perry
- “Movin’ Out” (new recording)
- “Nobody’s Fault”
- “No Surprize”
- “Pandora’s Box”
- “Pink”
- “Rag Doll”
- “Rats In The Cellar”
- “Shakin’ My Cage” by Joe Perry
- “Sweet Emotion”
- “Talk Talkin” by Joe Perry
- “Toys In The Attic”
- “Train Kept A Rollin”
- “Uncle Salty”
- “Walk This Way”
- “Walk This Way” with Run-D.M.C.
- Plus a guitar battle with Joe Perry
- “Hard to Handle” by The Black Crowes (cover)
- “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick
- “Complete Control” by The Clash
- “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult
- “I Hate Myself for Loving You” by Joan Jett
- “All Day and All of the Night” by The Kinks (cover)
- “Always on the Run” by Lenny Kravitz
- “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople (cover)
- “Personality Crisis” by New York Dolls (cover)
- “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent
- “King of Rock” by Run-D.M.C.
- “Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots
- "I Am Not Your Gameboy" by Freezepop - take that, Rock Band!
- "Anna Molly" by Incubus
- "I Know A Little" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (cover)
- "I Don't Want to Stop" by Ozzy Osbourne
- "Knock me Down" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band (cover)
- "Black Magic Woman" by Santana (cover)
- "Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row (cover)
- "Stray Cat Strut" by Stray Cats
- "Pride And Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
- "La Grange" by ZZ Top (cover)
