Foo Fighters, Skynyrd front On Tour Decades

Activision packs 28 master tracks into latest portable Guitar Hero, due for the DS on November 16.

Not long after Activision released Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS in June, the publisher was touting the game as its best-selling entry on Nintendo's portable in corporate history. Not six months later, the publisher is already playing an encore with On Tour Decades, which is slated to arrive for the DS on November 16.

Today, Activision took the wraps off of On Tour Decades' setlist. In all, the list includes 28 master tracks, two more than the first installment in the franchise. Notable performers in this edition include rhythm-game veterans such as the Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Boston, and Weezer. As previously noted by Nintendo, gamers will be able to share songs between the two games as well as play along together by way of the DS' Wi-Fi capabilities.

As with the original On Tour, Decades will make use of the Guitar Grip peripheral, which slots into the soon-to-be-extinct Game Boy Advance slot on the DS. In addition to holding down the appropriate button on the grip, gamers will strum along to the tunes with a stylus-inspired guitar pick.

Check out GameSpot's previous coverage of On Tour Decades, as well as the review of the first game, for what to expect from Activision's latest rhythm-game offering.

Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades' full song lineup is listed below.

Alien Ant Farm - "Smooth Criminal"
All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
Blind Melon - "No Rain"
Blondie - "One Way or Another"
Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name"
Boston - "Rock and Roll Band"
The Darkness - "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride"
Fall Out Boy - "The Take Over, The Breaks Over"
Foo Fighters - "The Pretender"
Free - "All Right Now"
Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"
Journey - "Any Way You Want It"
Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
Linkin Park - "One Step Closer"
Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama (live)"
Paramore - "Crushcrushcrush"
Queen - "We Are the Champions"
R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Can't Stop"
Sammy Hagar - "I Can't Drive 55"
Seether - "Remedy"
Smashing Pumpkins - "Tarantula"
Stone Temple Pilots - "Down"
Veruca Salt - "Volcano Girls"
Weezer - "Buddy Holly"

52 Comments

  • ironscoug

    Posted Feb 14, 2009 2:50 pm PT

    finaly some journey!

  • CreatureRising

    Posted Nov 29, 2008 10:33 am PT

    Been a Bon Jovi Fan for a While can not Believe they finally put a song besides Livin on a Prayer or Dead or Alive

  • lobster-man44

    Posted Nov 19, 2008 3:21 pm PT

    some of the reviews said that it had 35 songs. They even had a list. And yep, there were 35.

  • WiiNut6493

    Posted Nov 13, 2008 10:46 am PT

    I CANT DRIVE........55!!!!!!!!!!

  • Blako782

    Posted Nov 11, 2008 7:54 pm PT

    OMG! You Give Love a Bad Name, and We are the Champions! That is just amazing!

  • taddia

    Posted Nov 6, 2008 2:16 pm PT

    this is awesome. i think the dsi version could support a.. sd slot adapter maybe? that could be a solution Oo

  • 4quarters

    Posted Nov 3, 2008 1:20 pm PT

    Where is the PSP version of Guitar Hero? It would easily screw into the top usb plug then turn sideways and use the x button for strum. The sound and graphics would be better and it's not as wide as a DS, so it would be more comfortable to hold. Come on Activision!!!

  • dennis8

    Posted Oct 31, 2008 5:22 pm PT

    wow, for a short track list thats some good songs.. im really confused now hahaa

  • Nozizaki

    Posted Oct 31, 2008 3:52 am PT

    The song list is making meh luv dis game more!

  • RAVEZero

    Posted Oct 30, 2008 9:52 pm PT

    Well, this should be interesting. Can't wait to try it.

  • -Beatz-

    Posted Oct 30, 2008 12:26 pm PT

    Meh, rhythm games on handhelds kinda suck, I think atleast. Rock Band 2 and World Tour are so much better investments. Look at how tiny and sucky (I think it's sucky) is the track list.

  • otanikun

    Posted Oct 30, 2008 5:54 am PT

    Some of these songs are on World Tour, wtf?
    Besides, considering the lukewarm reception of the first hand held iteration, haven't they learned not to include another installment?

    Get ready for more hand cramps everybody whom is a sucker to buy it.

  • Jedilink109

    Posted Oct 30, 2008 3:30 am PT

    I don't have a problem with most of these songs, but seriously, why Fallout Boy!?!?!?! Does the world REALLY need to hear more of THAT????

  • MSG-Deathscythe

    Posted Oct 30, 2008 1:44 am PT

    i wish there were more tracks but this list is impressive for me. definitely a buy.

  • Jedilink109

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 10:39 pm PT

    Dude...where's the metal? And why can't they put more than 28 songs in these games?!!?!?

  • Little_Socrates

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 7:57 pm PT

    @edpeterson: Sweet Home Alabama should be the encore to just about any multi-band concert. Get everyone on stage and sing along, it's perfect.

    This set looks like a watered-down version of World Tour, with We Are The Champions and some DLC from previous Guitar Heros. And it's the DS game, which admittedly kinda stinks. I'm gonna skip this one...just like WT.

  • gnbfd

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 6:43 pm PT

    "Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie""

    HOLY ****! On the ****ing DS? That will be hard lol.

  • SoraZerker

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 5:29 pm PT

    Queen - "We Are the Champions"

    Why wasn't that in WT?

  • edpeterson

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 5:04 pm PT

    wow, that's a pretty good list (the only really crappy song I see is Sweet Home Alabama) I really like Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal song Hopefully they'll have some more unlockable songs then the last one, and I'm glad they finally have Wi-Fi

  • Wet_Sand

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 5:03 pm PT

    Why weren't these songs in WT? I would kill to play Can't Stop or I Believe in a Thing Called Love.

  • tubbablubba

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 5:01 pm PT

    What the hell.

    Why are so many great tracks on a ds game.

    Smooth Criminal,Tarantula, I believe in a thing called love should all be on other iterations.

    Plus there are some godly tracks like The one I love and We are the Champions that should be on a console.

    But mostly can't stop... one of the best chili pepper songs making it one of the best songs ever. Why couldnt this setlist be cut and paste into a game with better gameplay

  • doctorwang12

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:47 pm PT

    thats just weird...not only alot of these songs r on GHWT but theres 3 more songs than the last DS guitar hero game (which sucked)...i wont b pickin this up especially when i get GHWT that has some of these songs and 60+ more than this...not too bad of a setlist tho

  • Sword-Hunter277

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:21 pm PT

    QUEEN MASTER TRACK?!?!?!?!

    OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. : O

  • SpeedMan72

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:18 pm PT

    wow thats a great setlist.

  • ZacherWol19

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    And i agree with IpodHero176

  • ZacherWol19

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:16 pm PT

    Geez unlike 1 this is like they best songlist

  • dragonballzmanx

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 4:08 pm PT

    *Gasp*
    "Can't Stop" is in this game?? That's one of the best songs EVER!!!

    If they have the songs on here that's means they have some of the rights to them, so maybe they will also be allowed to put some of these songs in World Tour I'm hoping.

  • jcloverboy

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 3:19 pm PT

    "Many of these songs should of been in GHWT's setlist or as DLC for World Tour."

    yep

  • IpodHero176

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 3:08 pm PT

    Many of these songs should of been in GHWT's setlist or as DLC for World Tour.

  • DoMiNiC147

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 3:07 pm PT

    Wait a second when the new DSi (I think it's called) Losing the GBA port making it impossible to play these games.

  • Slaughtahouse

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 3:06 pm PT

    i cant drive 55! lol i like that song but the game will suck.

  • Deactivation

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:50 pm PT

    I Believe In a Thing Called Love, appears first on DS Guitar Hero.... wtf


    PUT IT ON ROCK BAND HARMONIX!!!

  • Foolio1

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:47 pm PT

    The Darkness, Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal," Lenny Kravitz...I don't care what anyone else says, count me in!

  • siLVURcross

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:45 pm PT

    This series needs to die. Like. Right now.

  • fireboltjjl

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:35 pm PT

    only a 3 more songs than on tour?!?! well at least theres gonna be wifi

  • Arch649

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:28 pm PT

    I'm getting a little tired of this overlapping song business.

    16 songs on GH:WT are on Rock Band 2 (2 or 3 of which are downloads)

    and 11 of these song are in other games as well.

    I wanna play something else please.

  • Hott-FuzZ

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:27 pm PT

    Guitar Hero puts the same crappy bands in every game.

  • Airek49

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:25 pm PT

    Good songs for a terrible game... the first one was fail. Why do it again?

  • jazzyrider

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:21 pm PT

    some great songs there - wow!

  • TheMadHatter102

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    Veruca Salt? Hell yeah!

  • Thunder_Cat_1

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 2:12 pm PT

    I am still waiting for a queen track pack.

  • Keving7

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:58 pm PT

    wow GREAT setlist! i went from not buying, to definatley buying!!!

    yeah some of these songs are on rockband, but whatever

  • -Tish-

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:46 pm PT

    Man what a bad setlist.

  • yinyang3

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:46 pm PT

    They get Queen?! WTF?! Why doesn't Harmonix have Queen?! Damn it!

  • green11420

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:41 pm PT

    Nice setlist.

  • nklslinde21

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:40 pm PT

    dang i wish i could play these songs- but i only got a ps2

  • Somebody89

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:22 pm PT

    This version is selling way more than it should be. I'll take a pass on looking like an idiot playing this thing. Just go home and enjoy the full experience.

  • ken-e

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:19 pm PT

    ...and the cash cow says, "moooooooooooooooooooooo"

  • jazilla

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:12 pm PT

    It's getting to the point that i am so inundated with Guitar Hero information that I want to vomit a little bit inside my mouth when I hear any news about something they are releasing.

  • dementary

    Posted Oct 29, 2008 1:09 pm PT

    So, how about getting "Can't Stop" on Rock Band.....

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