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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s tease in the Verizon press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon has now sent out a statement officially addressing the Rock Band app coming to select Verizon Wireless 4G phones. In it, they briefly touch on a new feature called “Buddy Lists,” which lets players join games, locate others they have recently played with, and search for friends.

The announced setlist for the game is very similar to the original Rock Band app released for the iPhone/iPod Touch, with a few additions. The official press release does not mention if the ability to purchase additional songs as DLC exists in the newer Android version of the app.

• 30 Seconds to Mars – Attack
• AFI – Girls Not Grey *
• All American Rejects – Move Along
• Beastie Boys – Sabotage *
• blink-182 – All the Small Things
• Blondie – Hanging on the Telephone
• Foo Fighters – Learn To Fly
• Foo Fighters – Everlong
• George Thorogood and the Destroyers – Bad to the Bone
• Go Go’s – We Got The Beat
• Jethro Tull – Hymn 43
• Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
• Mötorhead – Ace of Spades
• The Pixies – Debaser *
• The Presidents of the United States of America – Ladybug *
• Rise Against – Give It All
• Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
• Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
• Steve Miller Band – Take the Money and Run

* Not available in the original Rock Band app.

[Verizon Wireless]

Take a look at the brand new app that is currently available in New Zealand, and should soon be available everywhere else. This new version (dare I say, sequel?) to the Rock Band iPhone game comes with 29 songs, and the (optional) vocal recognition mode that was requested in the previous version. You can also use the app in Landscape mode for more precision, because you’ll need it in the new Expert mode! With the included support for retina display, play through 6 cities and 36 events in World Tour mode to capture up to 50 different awards and achievements.

UPDATE: There is ALSO an iPad version, with enhanced graphics!

Some of the songs included are:

• 3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
• Alice in Chains – Your Decision
• Beastie Boys – So What’Cha Want
• Billy Idol – White Wedding
• Drowning Pool – Bodies
• Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf
• Evanescence – Call Me When You’re Sober
• Megadeth – Peace Sells
• NIN – The Perfect Drug
• Nirvana – In Bloom
• No Doubt – Hella Good
• Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
• Seether – Remedy
• Steve Miller Band – Rockn’ Me
• Vampire Weekend – A-Punk

More screens below!

[iTunes - New Zealand]

An ingenious young fellow by the name of Joe Bowers wasn’t just satisfied with playing the Rock Band iPhone app himself. Instead, he built something to take over for him. Joe recently created Skynet a robot that is capable of taking over the world independently playing the Rock Band app for the iPhone. I wouldn’t even know where to begin on making something like that.

Videos of it in action after the jump…

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I know this is a busy weekend for everyone.  Halloween is tomorrow, which means most of the day will be spent putting the finishing touches on your costume for that big Halloween bash you’re going to, and most of Sunday will be spent in the shower scrubbing off that makeup that claims it washes off easily (I know, I’ve been there).  But you’ve got an extra hour this weekend because of Daylight Savings Time.  Why not spend $6.99 for that Rock Band iPhone/iPod Touch app (this weekend only), and play for an extra hour.  C’mon, treat yourself!

You can download the app here, or just visit the App Store on your iPhone/iPod Touch!

At least, it’s live right now on iTunes in Australia and New Zealand.  UPDATE: It came out for the US at midnight Eastern last night, download it here. As you can see, this is the International version, and in Australia it is priced at $12.99 AUD (with 2 song DLC packs for $1.19 each), which converts to just under $12 US, although I’m still standing by my $9.99 prediction.  And although I cannot confirm it, since it is Monday right now in Australia and New Zealand, I’m assuming that the app will be released tomorrow in North America.  Here’s a link to the app if you don’t believe me, but it may only work if you are logged into Australia’s iTunes store.

Check out the pictures from the iTunes store below!

Have a good weekend everyone, but before you do, take a look at this teaser for the forthcoming iPhone/iPod Touch Rock Band app (FYI, I SWEAR this is my life):