Rock Band

Stir it up! Rock Band and reggae fans can now get their jam on, as it has been confirmed that Bob Marley's Legend will be headed to Rock Band. Coming with all 13 of the album's tracks, you can download each song individually, or get the entire album in the Rock Band Store starting on Sept. 21 and 22 in the US and UK (respectively) on your PS3 and Xbox 360s. In addition to the announcement, Ziggy Marley released a statement about bringing his father's legacy to a broader and younger audience. Find out what he had to say, along with the entire track listing (in case you didn't already know it by heart), after the break.

• America Ferrera to executive produce Pedro & Maria for MTV — PopWatch
• Next year's Razzies will be televised — Vulture
• Lilith Fair dates (including Rihanna!) — Rock & Roll Daily
• Could Lindsay Lohan be in Tarantino's next movie? — Cinematical
• Drake's new video "Over" — Spin
• Intriguing: Hangover director Todd Phillips and Joel Silver are teaming up for "Project X" with a cast of unknowns — Moviefone
• Let He-Man casting begin! Masters of the Universe finds screenwriters — Slash Film
• Friday Night Lights gets a new hottie — Ausiello Files
• Summit acquires teen book series Homelanders — Collider
• Green Day Rock Band coming this Summer — GeekSugar

• Robert De Niro to play famed Packers football coach Vince Lombardi — Collider
• Lost's Michael Emerson reveals his, um, "situation" — TV Squad
• The Tribeca Film Festival announces its feature lineup — Vulture
• Put on your Poker Face: Lady Gaga is joining Rock Band — Spin
• Looks like the Jersey Shore is moving their hot tub to South Beach — E! Online
• 5 shows Undercover Boss should infiltrate next season — TV.com
• Evan Rachel Wood drops out of Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark musical — Splash Page
• Keri Russell is returning to TV, yay! Even better: she's playing Will Arnett's love interest — Ausiello Files
• Two Wizard of Oz reboots? Ugh. — Cinematical
• 6 free apps you need before heading to SXSW — GeekSugar

Yes, yes, YES! My favorite eclectic, tech-loving music artist, Lady Gaga, is coming to Rock Band. A four-song pack will be released next month including hits "Monster," "Just Dance," "Poker Face," and my absolute favorite sing-along jam, "Bad Romance." Users will be able to download all four songs for $7 and individual songs for $2 each. No word on if the pop star will ever offer a dress-up edition of the game — but if she did, I would be all over that disco bra.

In other Gaga news, she's also rumored to be gearing up to perform an ambitious 3D concert and, of course, releasing a 3D DVD of the performance. I'm guessing these rumors are true considering the deluxe edition of Fame Monster contained a pair of 3D glasses and a promise of "things happening soon."

• Jimi Hendrix's stepsister says a game based on his career will land this year — Joystiq
• EPIC files FTC complaint against Google Buzz — Gizmodo
• Text-only Facebook may be rolled out for non-smartphone cell users — Switched
• How to green your office — Unplggd
• Comparing three Monster in-ear headphones — Crave
• Take a trip on the Trans Siberian Railway from the comfort of your couch — Oh Gizmo!

If you've got a real band but spend your downtime playing your console's instruments as well, why not make some money off all that button mashing and submit your original songs for purchase through the Rock Band Network Music Store? Now open for public beta testing, the Rock Band Network gets you a ton of exposure to players all around the world who are looking for new tracks in the online store. Want to talk numbers? Through the RBN three-tiered pricing structure, you'll get 30 percent of every song sold (not including tax). Talk about a sweet deal — you get money for playing a game!

Find out how to get your songs in the game when you read more

OK, so how many times have you bragged to a group of friends that you beat your all-time high score on Guitar Hero after a monster jam session, only to be blasted for not learning to play a "real" instrument? Yeah, I've been there too, friend. Now you can take your rock prowess from the console and blend it with actual chord knowledge with the You Rock guitar.

This USB controller does so much more than make you feel like a rock god when playing a video game — it's also a MIDI controller, so you can play and record songs on your iPod, MP3 player, or audio recording software, hook up some headphones to play in silence (to the outside world, anyway), and still rock out to Guitar Hero or Rock Band. The You Rock guitar has colored keys so you can strum along with your video game, and real strings so you can take things to the next level at home. Priced at $180, it's the perfect gateway from gaming to real-life rocking.