Guitar Hero World Tour is going to be sporting some huge rock acts – specifically The Eagles, Nirvana, and The Smashing Pumpkins.  According to a press release from Activision, sing packs will be available for download pretty soon.  Check it out!

Holy Crap, new Guitar Hero World Tour news! We’re going to see a new guitar controller, and unfortunately, a $179.99 price tag. From Nintendic:

Developer Neversoft and publisher Activision will have wanted to keep a few key details about Guitar Hero World Tour secret, at least until next month’s E3, but it now appears that the cat has been let out of the bag – specifically, details about the fancy new guitar peripheral that is planned to ship with the rhythm/music title.

Leaked information on Guitar Hero World Tour claims that the game will cost $179.99 USD when released, bundled with the guitar, drums, and microphone. As for the brand new guitar, it is said to be touch-sensitive, with a ‘Neck Slide’ that opens up the whole neck of the instrument for unbound solos and extra freedom to improvise whilst rockin’ out.

A few of the artists on the GHWT game: Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, System of a Down, Ozzy Osbourne, Interpol, Muse, and “dozens more” promised.

We’ll see Guitar Hero World Tour on October 27 and October 28 in the US and Europe, respectively.