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Tour Challenges

Money Rewards for Tour Challenges

• Local Upstart - $7/star
• Underground Favorite - $10/star
• Opening Act - $15/star
• Chart Topper - $20/star
• Headliner - $30/star
• Legendary Act - $40/star
• The Impossible Challenges - $60/star

This does not seem to be done strictly to this formula, needs some testing to figure out how it works

In Rock Band 1, players progressed throughout songs in the game by completing each tier of songs in a linear fashion. After each song in a tier was completed the player would move on to the next tier. In Rock Band 2, players are challenged in many different ways with the new "Tour Challenge" game mode in Rock Band 2. With the 84 standard on disc songs there are 81 challenges to compete in, progressing from the Local Upstart Challenges all the way to the Impossible Challenges. The premise of the "Tour Challenge" mode is that it challenges the user to play a predetermined set of songs that the user may not choose in the difficulty sets. The player must also play all of these songs in one set so if you score a certain amount of points on the second song of a challenge you can not change that score unless you go back and replay the whole challenge. An additional feature to challenge mode is the ability to save a set list in the middle of a challenge without losing progress. So if a player was competing in the "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" Album by The Red Hot Chili Peppers they would be able to save their progress if they were 12 songs into the challenge, and continue at a later time. There are many different kinds of challenges sorted throughout the mode. There are some challenges that require a certain number of band members and there are also challenges specific to a certain instrument. The main Instrument challenges are unlocked by progressing through each of a specific interments challenge. To unlock each instruments "Impossible Challenge" you must complete each Challenge for that instrument in each Challenge tier (usually denoted by an instrument icon).

Additional Challenges

Rock Band 2 comes packaged with 81 challenges fresh out of the box, but with the Tour Challenge mode a user can greatly expand the number of challenges they can complete by purchasing DLC off of the Xbox Live Marketplace or the Playstation Store or by exporting songs from the original Game_RockBand Rock Band∞. Once a certain criteria has been met a new challenge will appear. This will usually occur when there are three songs from the same band present on the users hard drive. There are also Album challenges that will appear when a user has purchased a full album of a certain band. i.e. Rush's "Moving Pictures" There are also other challenges that appear on the main rock band disc without purchasing DLC including Genre challenges like "Metal" Challenges, and Decade based challenges like "90's Hits".

Dynamic Challenges

List of challenges by category

The Impossible Challenges (19 challenges)

• The Final Band Challenge - 5 songs - Requires two or more players in your band
• The Impossible Guitar Challenge - 5 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• The Impossible Bass Challenge - 5 Songs - Requires bass player in your band
• The Impossible Drums Challenge - 5 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• The Impossible Vocals Challenge - 5 songs - Requires vocal player in your band
• Impossible Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Impossible Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Metal - 5 songs
• Infinite Metal Challenge - 54 songs
• '80s Hits - 4 songs
• Infinite '80s Challenge - 74 songs
• Impossible Harmonix Bands Challenge - 3 songs
• "Avenged Sevenfold" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" Album Challenge - 17 songs
• "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?" Album Challenge - 8 songs
• "Who's Next" Album Challenge - 4 songs
• Metallica Challenge - 4 songs
• Earache Thrash Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs
• Rock Band Impossible Songs Challenge - 4 songs

Legendary Act (23 challenges)

• Band Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires 2 or more players in your band
• More Band Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires 2 or more players in your band
• Fretboard Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• Bass Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires bass player in your band
• Fill Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• Vocal Nightmares - 5 songs - Requires vocal player in your band
• Nightmare Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Nightmare Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Classic Rock - 5 songs
• Infinite Classic Rock Challenge - 42 songs
• Nu-Metal - 4 songs
• '70s Hits - 4 songs
• Infinite '70s Challenge - 84 songs
• Talky Challenge - 3 songs - Requires a vocal player in your band
• Femme Fatale Challenge #2 - 5 songs
• "Boston" Album Challenge - 7 songs
• "Outlandos d'Amour" Album Challenge - 4 songs
• All That Remains Challenge - 3 songs
• Nine Inch Nails Challenge - 7 songs
• Rush Challenge - 6 songs
• Smashing Pumpkins Challenge - 4 songs
• System of a Down Challenge - 3 songs
• Rock Band Nightmare Songs Challenge - 4 songs

Headliner (27 challenges)

• Challenging Band Hits - 4 songs - Requires 2 or more players in your band
• Challenging Riffs - 4 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• More Challenging Riffs - 4 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• Challenging Basslines - 4 songs - Requires bass player in your band
• Ludwig Drumming Challenge - 4 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• Challenging Choruses - 4 songs - Requires vocal player in your band
• Challenging Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Challenging Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Prog - 3 songs
• Infinite Prog Challenge - 18 songs
• '00s Hits - 4 songs
• Infinite '00s Challenge - 100 songs
• Touring Harmonix Bands Challenge - 3 songs
• "Devo Rock Band Re-Records" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Nevermind" Album Challenge - 9 songs
• "Screaming for Vengeance" Album Challenge - 9 Songs
• "Stadium Arcadium" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• Bang Camaro Challenge - 3 songs
• The Grateful Dead Challenge - 7 songs
• Queens of the Stone Age Challenge - 4 songs
• Stone Temple Pilots Challenge - 3 songs
• The Who Challenge - 7 songs
• Harmonix Rock Band Tracks Challenge - 9 songs
• Roadrunner Records Pack 01 Challenge - 6 songs
• Rock Band Blistering Songs Challenge - 4 songs
• Rock Band Bonus Tracks Challenge - 4 songs
• Rock Band Challenging Songs Challenge - 4 songs

Chart Topper (25 challenges)

• Band Boosters - 4 songs - Requires 2 or more players in your band
• Guitar Solos - 4 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• Bass Grooves - 4 songs - Requires bass player in your band
• Drum Deciders - 4 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• Shure Vocal Challenge - 4 songs - Requires vocals player in your band
• Moderate Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Moderate Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Pop-Rock - 4 songs
• Infinite Pop Rock Challenge - 39 songs
• '60s Hits - 2 songs
• Infinite '60s Challenge - 8 songs
• Guitar and Vocals - 6 songs
• "Dr. Feelgood" Album Challenge - 10 songs
• "Indestructible" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Live at Leeds" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Saints of Los Angeles" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• Black Sabbath Challenge - 3 songs
• The Mother Hips Challenge - 3 songs
• The Offspring Challenge - 5 songs
• (Arguably) Punk Pack 02 Challenge - 3 songs
• Crue Fest Pack 02 Challenge - 3 songs
• Harmonix Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs
• Rock Band Live 2008 Tour Pack Challenge - 4 songs
• Rock Band Skilled Songs Challenge - 5 songs
• Scene Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs

Opening Act (26 challenges)

• Solid Band Hits - 4 songs - Requires 2 or more players in your band
• Solid Guitar Hits - 4 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• Ernie Ball Bass Challenge - 4 songs - Requires bass player in your band
• Solid Beats - 4 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• Solid Karaoke Hits - 4 songs - Requires vocals player in your band
• Solid Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Solid Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Alternative - 4 songs
• Infinite Alternative Challenge - 75 songs
• Rock - 5 songs
• Infinite Rock Challenge - 87 songs
• '90s Hits - 4 songs
• Infinite '90s Challenge - 74 songs
• Breakout Harmonix Bands Challenge - 3 songs
• Guitar and Vocals Challenge - 6 songs - Requires at least 2 players in your band, requires guitar and vocals players in your band
• "Don't Make Me Wait" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Doolittle" Album Challenge - 15 songs
• "Moving Pictures" Album Challenge - 6 songs
• "The Cars" Album Challenge - 9 songs
• Blondie Challenge - 3 songs
• The Clash Challenge - 4 songs
• David Bowie Challenge - 4 songs
• Duran Duran Challenge - 3 songs
• Oasis Challenge - 4 songs
• Classic Rock Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs
• MTV2 Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs
• Rock Band Solid Songs Challenge - 9 songs

Underground Favorite (16 challenges)

• The Band Apprentice - 4 songs - Requires at least 2 players in your band
• The Guitar Apprentice - 4 songs - Requires guitar player in your band
• The Drum Apprentice - 4 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• The Vocal Apprentice - 4 songs - Requires vocals player in your band
• The Bass Apprentice - 4 songs - Requires bass player in your band
• Apprentice Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Apprentice Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs
• Grunge - 5 songs
• Femme Fatale Challenge - 5 songs - Requires vocals player in your band
• "Exclusive 2008 Rock Band Re-Recording" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• "Weezer (The Red Album)" Album Challenge - 3 songs
• Ramones Challenge - 3 songs
• Weezer Challenge - 3 songs
• Crüe Fest Pack 01 Challenge - 3 songs
• Rock Band Warmup Songs Challenge - 9 songs
• The PAX 2008 Collection Challenge - 3 songs

Local Upstart (6 challenges)

• Band Warmups - 3 songs - Requires at least 2 players in your band
• Fender Warmups - 3 songs - - Requires guitar player in your band
• Drum Warmups - 3 songs - Requires drum player in your band
• Vocal Warmups - 3 songs - Requires vocals player in your band
• Warmup Marathon Part 1 - 6 songs
• Warmup Marathon Part 2 - 6 songs

Challenge Prerequisites

• The Band Apprentice - complete Band Warmups
• Solid Band Hits - complete The Band Apprentice
• Band Boosters - complete Solid Band Hits
• Challenging Band Hits - complete Band Boosters
• Band Nightmares - complete Challenging Band Hits
• More Band Nightmares - complete Band Nightmares
• The Final Band Challenge - complete Band Nightmares

• The Guitar Apprentice - complete Fender^TM Warmups
• Solid Guitar Hits - complete The Guitar Apprentice
• Guitar Solos - complete Solid Guitar Hits
• Challenging Riffs - complete Guitar Solos
• More Challenging Riffs - complete Challenging Riffs
• Fretboard Nightmares - complete Challenging Riffs
• The Impossible Guitar Challenge - complete Fretboard Nightmares

• The Bass Apprentice - complete Fender^TM Warmups
• Ernie Ball Bass Challenge - complete The Bass Apprentice
• Bass Grooves - complete Ernie Ball Bass Challenge
• Challenging Basslines - complete Bass Grooves
• Bass Nightmares - complete Challenging Basslines
• The Impossible Bass Challenge - complete Bass Nightmares

• The Vocal Apprentice - complete Vocal Warmups
• Solid Karaoke Hits - complete The Vocal Apprentice
• Shure Vocal Challenge - complete Solid Karaoke Hits
• Challenging Choruses - complete Shure Vocal Challenge
• Vocal Nightmares - complete Challenging Choruses
• The Impossible Vocals Challenge - complete Vocal Nightmares

• The Drum Apprentice - complete Drum Warmups
• Solid Beats - complete The Drum Apprentice
• Drum Deciders - complete Solid Beats
• Ludwig® Drumming Challenge - complete Drum Deciders
• Fill Nightmares - complete Ludwig® Drumming Challenge
• The Impossible Drums Challenge - complete Fill Nightmares

• Warmup Marathon Part 1 - complete one of Band Warmups, Fender^TM Warmups, Vocal Warmups, or Drum Warmups
• Warmup Marathon Part 2 - complete Warmup Marathon Part 1
• Apprentice Marathon Part 1 - complete one of The Band Apprentice, The Guitar Apprentice, The Bass Apprentice, The Vocal Apprentice, The Drum Apprentice, or Warmup Marathon Part 2
• Apprentice Marathon Part 2 - complete Apprentice Marathon Part 1
• Solid Marathon Part 1 - complete one of Solid Band Hits, Solid Guitar Hits, Ernie Ball Bass Challenge, Solid Karaoke Hits, Solid Beats, or Apprentice Marathon Part 2
• Solid Marathon Part 2 - complete Solid Marathon Part 1
• Moderate Marathon Part 1 - complete one of Band Boosters, Guitar Solos, Bass Grooves, Shure Vocal Challenge, Drum Deciders, or Solid Marathon Part 2
• Moderate Marathon Part 2 - complete Moderate Marathon Part 1
• Challenging Marathon Part 1 - complete one of Challenging Band Hits, Challenging Riffs, Challenging Basslines, Challenging Choruses, Ludwig® Drumming Challenge, or Moderate Marathon Part 2
• Challenging Marathon Part 2 - complete Challenging Marathon Part 1
• Nightmare Marathon Part 1 - complete one of Band Nightmares, Fretboard Nightmares, Bass Nightmares, Vocal Nightmares, Fill Nightmares, or Challenging Marathon Part 2
• Nightmare Marathon Part 2 - complete Nightmare Marathon Part 1
• Impossible Marathon Part 1 - complete one of The Final Band Challenge, The Impossible Guitar Challenge, The Impossible Bass Challenge, The Impossible Vocals Challenge, The Impossible Drums Challenge, or Nightmare Marathon Part 2
• Impossible Marathon Part 2 - complete Impossible Marathon Part 1

• Alternative - complete one of Solid Band Hits, Solid Guitar Hits, Ernie Ball Bass Challenge, Solid Karaoke Hits, or Solid Beats
• Infinite Alternative Challenge - complete Alternative
• Grunge - complete one of Challenging Choruses or Alternative
• Pop-Rock - complete one of Drum Deciders or Alternative
• Infinite Pop Rock Challenge - complete Pop-Rock
• Prog - complete one of Challenging Basslines or Pop-Rock
• Infinite Prog Challenge - complete Prog
• Classic Rock - complete one of Bass Nightmares or Prog
• Infinite Classic Rock Challenge - complete Classic Rock
• Rock - complete one of Fill Nightmares or Classic Rock
• Infinite Rock Challenge - complete Rock
• Metal - complete one of Band Nightmares or Rock
• Infinite Metal Challenge - complete Metal
• Nu-Metal - complete one of Ludwig® Drumming Challenge or Metal

• '90s Hits - complete one of The Band Apprentice, The Guitar Apprentice, The Bass Apprentice, The Vocal Apprentice, The Drums Apprentice
• Infinite '90s Challenge - complete '90s Hits
• '60s Hits - complete one of '90s Hits or Band Boosters
• Infinite '60s Challenge - complete '60s Hits
• '00s Hits - complete one of '60s Hits or Challenging Band Hits
• Infinite '00s Challenge - complete '00s Hits
• '70s Hits - complete one of '00s Hits or Challenging Riffs
• Infinite '70s Challenge - complete '70s Hits
• '80s Hits - complete one of '70s Hits or Fretboard Nightmares
• Infinite '80s Challenge - complete '80s Hits

• Femme Fatale Challenge - complete Solid Karaoke Hits
• Femme Fatale Challenge #2 - complete both Vocal Nightmares and Femme Fatale Challenge
• Talky Challenge - complete Vocal Nightmares
• Guitar and Vocals Challenge - complete both Guitar Solos and Shure Vocal Challenge

• Breakout Harmonix Bands Challenge - complete Solid Band Hits
• Touring Harmonix Bands Challenge - complete both Challenging Band Hits and Breakout Harmonix Bands Challenge
• Impossible Harmonix Bands Challenge - complete both The Final Band Challenge and Touring Harmonix Bands Challenge