In the lead up to the September release of Rock Band 2 in Europe, MTV and EA have announced a price cut for the Rock Band Instrument Edition on the Xbox 360.

Phew, given that the damned thing cost an arm, a leg and the torso of a Def Leppard drummer when it was originally released in April, it's about time.

The price, we're informed drops from £129 (€158) to £109.99 (€135) in the United Kingdom for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii full instrument versions. It drops to €139.99 (£113) in Europe.

Release dates for the latter three versions are: UK the week of September 8th (as we said last week). France the week of September 15th. Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg the week of September 22nd. Spain the week commencing September 29th. If you've got a PS3 or a 360, you'll get the full US listing plus the tunes listed below. If you've got a Wii or PS2, you'll get the ones listed at this link.)


Blur Beetlebum (English) (not the original track)
Oasis Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (English)
Tokio Hotel Monsoon (English)
Muse Hysteria (English)
Les Wampas Manu Chao (French)
Playmo New Wave (French)
Die Toten Hosen Hier Kommt Alex (German)
Juli Perfekte Welle (German)
H-Block X Countdown to Insanity (German)

Yes, Oasis... which might go some way to explaining Noel Gallagher's goblin lazer sex comment.