Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional to Co-Headline the First Ever ROCK BAND LIVE TOUR This Fall

Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional to Co-Headline the First Ever ROCK BAND LIVE TOUR This Fall

Tour Includes Special Guests Plain White T's and The Cab

Tickets Go On Sale on Friday, August 8th

NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The musical video game phenomenon of Rock Band(TM) is coming to a city near you. This fall Rock Band Live (http://www.rockbandlivetour.com/) will travel across the country with headline acts Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional, together on stage, with very special guests Plain White T's, The Cab, and possibly YOU!

The concert tour will let Rock Band bands rock their way onto the main stage with a truly interactive experience that allows fans to compete in head-to-head competitions for the chance to play on the main stage in-between the tour acts' sets. Bands will be selected through local radio promotions, national contests and on-site at each show.

Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 8th at 10:00AM local time. The tour will kick off on October 5th in San Diego, CA and continue through November 14th ending in Houston, TX.

"Rock Band Live brings together a terrific combination of artists for a night of rock 'n roll love," said Paul DeGooyer, MTV's Senior Vice President of Electronic Games & Music. "The bands are fantastic, the timing dovetails perfectly with the release of Rock Band 2, and the events will be tons of interactive fun for families."

"We're huge fans of Rock Band and feel honored to join the Rock Band 2 game disc setlist with some of our favorite artists like The Who, Bob Dylan and Journey!" said Panic At The Disco's Brendon Urie. "And what better way to celebrate our involvement with the game than joining the first Rock Band tour. We're definitely excited to be a part of things."

"I'm practicing my Rock Band drumming," deadpanned Dashboard Confessional singer Chris Carrabba, "With any luck I'll win a spot on stage to show what I can REALLY do."

Panic At The Disco will be featured on the Rock Band 2 game disc coming out this September. In addition, all Rock Band Live tour acts will be featured in a forthcoming downloadable content pack for the game.

   About the Tour   The Rock Band Live tour will visit the following locations:     Date                          City                Venue   Sunday, October 05, 2008      San Diego, CA       San Diego Sports Arena   Wednesday, October 08, 2008   Phoenix, AZ         Jobing.com Arena   Thursday, October 09, 2008    Las Vegas, NV       Hard Rock Outdoors   Friday, October 10, 2008      Los Angeles, CA     Staples Center   Saturday, October 11, 2008    San Jose, CA        SJ Events Center   Sunday, October 12, 2008      Sacramento, CA      Arco Arena   Tuesday, October 14, 2008     Seattle, WA         Everett Event Center   Thursday, October 16, 2008    Salt Lake City, UT  The E Center   Friday, October 17, 2008      Denver, CO          Broomfield Events Center   Saturday, October 18, 2008    Lincoln, NE         Pershing Center   Sunday, October 19, 2008      St. Louis, MO       Scott Trade Center   Tuesday, October 21, 2008     Minneapolis, MN     Target Center   Wednesday, October 22, 2008   Chicago, IL         Allstate Arena   Thursday, October 23, 2008    Detroit, MI         EMU   Friday, October 24, 2008      Toronto, Canada     Arrow Hall   Tuesday, October 28, 2008     Bridgeport, CT      Harbor Yard   Wednesday, October 29, 2008   Lowell, MA          Tsongas Arena   Friday, October 31, 2008      Washington, DC      Patriot Center   Saturday, November 01, 2008   Philadelphia, PA    Spectrum   Sunday, November 02, 2008     Newark, NJ          Prudential Center   Tuesday, November 04, 2008    Atlanta, GA         Gwinnett Center   Thursday, November 06, 2008   Tampa, FL           USF Sundome   Friday, November 07, 2008     Miami, FL           U of Miami -- Bank                                                      United   Saturday, November 08, 2008   Gainesville, FL     U of F -- O'Connell                                                      Center   Sunday, November 09, 2008     Orlando, FL         UCF Arena   Tuesday, November 11, 2008    Bossier City, LA    Century Tel   Wednesday, November 12, 2008  Dallas, TX          Nokia Theatre   Thursday, November 13, 2008   Austin, TX          Frank Erwin Center   Friday, November 14, 2008     Houston, TX         Reliant Arena     

Rock Band Live is an MTV event and sponsored by Hot Topic and Pepsi Stuff. Each will offer exclusive consumer promotions later this fall. For more information on the tour and ticket sales, please visit www.rockbandlivetour.com.

   Rock Band Live is being produced by MTV and AEG Live.    About the Artists  

Panic At The Disco released their sophomore album, Pretty. Odd. on March 25, 2008 through Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen. While the album is equally as catchy and infectious as their debut, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, the new album was created as an expansive pop album that channels the ghosts of Brian Wilson, The Beatles and The Zombies. The band's previous album sold over 2.2 million copies, and their single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" became a #1 hit on MTV, snagging the Best Video award in 2006.

Dashboard Confessional, led by critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba, has had three consecutive gold records -- The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001), A Mark A Mission A Brand A Scar (2003), and Dusk and Summer (2006). The band toured with U2 and wrapped up their last headline run in 2006 with a sold out Madison Square Garden show. They are putting the finishing touches on a new album, which was produced by Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger.

Joining Panic At The Disco and Dashboard Confessional are very special guests Plain White T's and The Cab. Plain White T's are about to release Big Bad World the highly anticipated follow-up to the band's platinum-plus-selling breakthrough release Every Second Counts. On the strength of mega-hit single "Hey There Delilah," which rocketed to No. 1 in 10 countries and was the fourth song in history to sell over 3 million digital downloads, Every Second Counts sold over a million and a half copies worldwide and earned the Chicago quintet not one, but two Grammy nominations. The Cab are the next up-and-coming band that will soon become a household name. They released their debut album, Whisper War, on April 29th through Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen.

About MTV Networks

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

About MTV Games

MTV Games is dedicated to creating, marketing and publishing high-quality, innovative interactive products that are relevant to the MTV audience and complement the core values of the MTV Networks brands.

About Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, and established in 1995, is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix was founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, who formed the company to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and have pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US. For more information please visit: www.harmonixmusic.com .

About AEG Live:

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG Live, the nation's second largest concert promotion and touring company is comprised of special event, broadcast and exhibition divisions, fourteen regional offices and numerous state of the art venues nationwide.

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Source: MTV Networks

CONTACT: Mariana Agathoklis for MTV, +1-212-846-5755, or
Mariana.Agathoklis@mtvstaff.com; or Amy Troendly for AEG, +1-323-930-7126, or
ATroendly@goldenvoice.com

Web site: http://www.mtv.com/
http://www.rockbandlivetour.com/
http://www.harmonixmusic.com/

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