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Season 18 of Rock Band 4 Rivals Heads to the Movies!

EXT. A ROCK CLUB - NIGHT

CAMERA pans down from a dark, stormy sky and holds on a city block centered with the marquee for THE RIVALS CLUB sheltering a few shivering patrons from the rain. The sign illuminates the words:

ROCK BAND 4 RIVALS SEASON 18 – OPENING THIS WEEK

AN OLD BOX VAN pulls up to the entrance and CAMERA moves across the street, towards the rear door of the van as we hear it open;

From the van steps YOU and YOUR CREW. CAMERA follows as they brush passed the patrons outside and push through the doors and enter.

---INSIDE THE RIVALS CLUB. YOU and YOUR CREW are greeted by ALEX, the club’s promoter)

ALEX

Finally! You made it! Look, Season 18 is about to start, we gotta get you movin’!

YOU

Hey thanks for the heads-up ALEX, but we know. We just spent four break weeks getting ready…

CREW MEMBER #1

And don’t forget those two Coldplay challenge weeks!

CREW MEMBER #2

(Struggling to carry a drum set through the door)

Right! So, ALEX, what’s the deal?

ALEX

Folks… We’re goin’ to Hollywood!

THUNDERCLAP from outside, cut to black

---TITLE CARD: [ROCK BAND: NOW PLAYING]

Hey Crew,

I am going to be honest with you: I miss going to the movies. While digital rentals and streaming services get some of the way there, it’s an activity I don’t see myself returning to for a while. So, to bring a bit of the cinema to your home, we’re theming Season 18 around exploring how our soundtrack can fill out the worlds of our favorite film genres.

The season kicks off with “Sweet Harmonies”, taking you through the world of Romance & RomComs. We’ve lined up our Spotlights & Challenge list to tap into all of the sappy tropes; from the meet-cutes and complicated love triangles, to the friends-to-lovers and my personal favorite: “Hey, I’m Actually a Secret Royal/Billionaire”.

Each new Season of Rivals makes for new rewards. Each tier will reward you with a unique alien head for your character, rounding out our trilogy of alien outfits!

We’re also making a slight change to our “Spotlight Pass” offering. To better reflect what the pass provides, we are renaming it to the simple and straight forward “Season Pass”. Nothing will change about how it behaves: you will still get all of the songs released during that season, it’s only available for that season, and one of the tracks each week will be one of the Rivals Spotlights.

The Season Pass will be available Thursday August 27th when the Season starts.

One last thing, this season happens to overlap with Rock Band 4’s 5th Anniversary! We are going to be doing a bunch of cool things around the event, so be sure to follow us on Twitter or Facebook to stay connected on what we’re doing for this very special anniversary.

And with that, enjoy the show! Concessions are available in the lobby.

Troy & The Rock Band Team