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Activision teases out 21 more playable tracks for 360, PS3, PS2, Wii edition of family-oriented rhythm game, nine different tunes for DS.

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Guitar Hero 5 has been on retail shelves for only a few short weeks, but Activision will soon be giving it some family-targeted company in the form of Band Hero. Today, the publisher unveiled 21 more tracks for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 2 versions of the game, as well as nine separate tunes for the drum-pad-equipped DS Lite installment. Both the console and portable installments of Band Hero are due for release on November 3.

Taylor Swift will be making an in-game appearance.
Taylor Swift will be making an in-game appearance.

New tracks announced for the console edition of Band Hero run the gamut from David Bowie's early-'80s pop/dance hit "Let's Dance" to contemporary bubble-gum pop like Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday." Other notable tracks announced today as coming to the console version of Band Hero include Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," Evanescence's "Bring Met to Life," Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and Styx's "Mr. Roboto."

Likewise, Band Hero on the DS picked up tracks both classic and modern today. The nine tracks announced today include the Foo Fighters' "Monkey Wrench," The All-American Rejects' "Believe," and Sublime's "All You Need."

Tracks that have thus far been announced for Band Hero are listed below. For more information, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of Band Hero.

Console Edition
Newly announced:
The Airborne Toxic Event - "Gasoline"
Big Country - "In a Big Country"
The Bravery - "Believe"
Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry"
Counting Crows - "Angels of the Silences"
Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down"
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
Devo - "Whip It"
Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life"
Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday"
Jesse McCartney - "Beautiful Soul"
The Kooks - "Naive"
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Impression That I Get"
OK Go - "A Million Ways"
Pat Benatar - "Love Is a Battlefield"
Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - "Kids"
Styx - "Mr. Roboto"
Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"

Previously announced:
The All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
Alphabeat - "Fascination"
Aly and AJ - "Like Whoa"
Carl Douglas - "Kung Fu Fighting"
Cheap Trick - "I Want You to Want Me" (Live)
Don McLean - "American Pie"
Duran Duran - "Rio"
Jackson 5 - "ABC"
Janet Jackson - "Black Cat"
Katrina and The Waves - "Walking on Sunshine"
Lily Allen - "Take What You Take"
Maroon 5 - "She Will Be Loved"
No Doubt - "Just a Girl"
Roy Orbison - "Oh Pretty Woman"
Snow Patrol - "Take Back the City"
Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
Taylor Swift - "Picture to Burn"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
Tonic - "If You Could Only See"
Village People - "YMCA"

DS Edition
Newly announced:
The All-American Rejects - "Believe"
Boys Like Girls - "The Great Escape"
Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench"
Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
The Pretenders - "Boots of Chinese Plastic"
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - "You Better Pray"
Sublime - "All You Need"
Sum 41 - "In Too Deep"
The Vines - "Get Free"

Previously announced:
Avril Lavigne - "Girlfriend"
Blink-182 - "First Date"
Evanescence - "Call Me When You're Sober"
Fall Out Boy - "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
Kaiser Chiefs - "I Predict A Riot"
The Killers - "Spaceman"
KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See"
No Doubt - "Excuse Me Mr."
P!nk - "So What"
Queen - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows"
Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"

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