{"id":3762,"date":"2009-10-28T22:52:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T02:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2009-10-28T23:08:34","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T03:08:34","slug":"taylor-swift-joins-weezer-blink-182-in-hype-for-band-hero-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2009\/10\/28\/taylor-swift-joins-weezer-blink-182-in-hype-for-band-hero-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Joins Weezer, Blink 182 In Hype For &#8220;Band Hero&#8221; (View)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set to release next week, &#8220;Band Hero&#8221; offers a more pop-friendly alternative to the &#8220;Guitar Hero&#8221; and &#8220;Rock Band&#8221; games.  Designed with gameplay similar to that of &#8220;Guitar Hero 5,&#8221; the softer, more family-friendly game soundtrack features songs from Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Tonic, the Jackson 5, The Bravery and the Spice Girls.<\/p>\n<p>In promoting the game, Taylor Swift, Rivers Cuomo (Weezer frontman), Travis Barker (Blink 182 drummer) and Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy bassist and lyricist) filmed commercials.<\/p>\n<p>Having generated buzz for past parody commercials of Tom Cruise&#8217;s famous underwear-and-dress-shirt &#8220;Risky Business&#8221; scene, the series returned to the concept for one of its &#8220;Band Hero&#8221; advertisements.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for male fans, photos from the commercial shoot do not feature Taylor Swift in the &#8220;Risky Business&#8221; garb&#8211;Swift instead performs on stage wearing one of her signature sparkling dresses.  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