Guitar Hero World Tour, the next big game in the franchise that brought rhythm games to glory, will feature drums. It's a complete bolt from the blue. Everyone thinks so... really.

In case there's anyone out there who missed that little nugget of information when the game was announced last week, Activision has put out a video celebrating the fact.

Below, you'll find the likes of Chad Smith from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Stuart Copeland from The Police lending their professional opinion on the drum kit to Activision and Red Octane. They seem so impressed that you could almost be forgiven for thinking Harmonix didn't announce that there would be drums in Rock Band over a year ago...

For more on what Guitar Hero World Tour will have to offer, click here.