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GH: World Tour DLC - Smashing Pumpkins Smiling Politely

Sep. 2 4:13 PM by Terry Terrones

Guitar Hero World Tour isn't even out yet but Red Octane is already getting gamers ready for some great downloadable content. The Smashing Pumpkins, complete with a virtual Billy Corgan, will be debuting their new single "G.L.O.W." as part of an exclusive GHWT downloadable song pack that will include "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze". Here's hoping an in-game Homer Simpson joins the band and is seen taking cannon balls to the gut in the background.

Read on for all the details (except for specifics on pricing).

Santa Monica, CA - September 2, 2008, The Smashing Pumpkins, one of rock's defining and most acclaimed bands who've sold over 30 million albums, is coming to Activision Publishing, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® World Tour in a ground-breaking way as the band will debut their new single "G.L.O.W." exclusively in the game. This marks the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the franchise which will be released afterwards, giving Guitar Hero® fans exclusive access to Smashing Pumpkins music before anyone else. The new track, bundled with two other rocking Smashing Pumpkins hits, "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze," will be available post-launch of the game as a three-song downloaded content pack.

Additionally, on-disc with the release of Guitar Hero World Tour this fall, The Smashing Pumpkins' singer, songwriter and lead guitarist Billy Corgan will appear as an in-game character and will bring with him "Today," the band's smash hit from their pivotal and four-times platinum 1993 album Siamese Dream. "Today" is one of the band's many hits that have defined the alternative music era and continue to resonate on modern rock radio, influencing a whole new generation. Players will be able to experience the unique alternative rocker's likeness in-game as he sings and shreds on guitar, or play as the revered rock star throughout their vocal and axe careers.

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