Rock Band is shaping up to be quite a killer game once it’s released. But why stop there? MTV Games, Harmonix and EA today announced the Rock Band tour, giving both gamers and musicians a chance to rock out.

“We’re a couple months away from the launch of Rock Band and the response has already been incredible,” said Jeff Yapp, EVP, MTV Program Enterprises. “We simply couldn’t wait any longer to get the game into consumers’ hands and give them a taste of the power of the Rock Band experience. This tour will give everyone from casual music fans, to hard core gamers and professional musicians the chance to live out their rock star fantasies on an authentic concert stage and the chance to audition for a once in a lifetime opportunity to fulfill their rock star fantasies live on MTV in front of thousands of fans.”

It will kick off this Sunday in Las Vegas. Rock Band outfitted tour rigs will spread across the country on a 24 city tour to give fans the chance to play on a full concert style stage with the sort of lights and sounds expected from a rock concert. Aspiring rockers will also have the chance to participate in a nationwide casting call through “Rock Off” events. Performers will have to perform their music which will be captured on video and viewed by MTV casting directors. Two bands will be chosen and flown to New York City to spend a day with a real rock band and receive true rock star training. The auditions will culminate with the bands rocking on-air on MTV’s TRL, with one ultimately chosen to open on a real stage for a yet-to-be-named mega band at the Rock Band launch concert.

Tour dates and locations just after the jump.

Las Vegas, NV
September 9 – 16, 2007
Milwaukee, WI
September 13 – 16, 2007
Sacramento, CA
September 20 – 23, 2007
Columbus, OH
September 20 – 23, 2007
Seattle, WA
September 27 – 30, 2007
Chicago, IL
September 27 – 30, 2007
Portland, OR
October 4 – 7, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
October 4 – 7, 2007
Oakland, CA
October 11 – 14, 2007
Cleveland, OH
October 11 – 14, 2007
San Francisco, CA
October 17 – 21, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
October 18 – 21, 2007
San Diego, CA
October 25 – 28, 2007
Baltimore, MD
October 25 – 28, 2007
Los Angeles, CA
October 31 – November 18, 2007
New York, NY
November 1 – 4, 2007
Boston, MA
November 8 – 11, 2007
New Jersey
November 15 – 18, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
November 27 – 30, 2007
Atlanta, GA
November 27 – December 2, 2007
Austin, TX
December 6 – 9, 2007
New Orleans, LA
December 6 – 9, 2007
Dallas, TX
December 13 – 16, 2007
Orlando, FL
December 13 – 16, 2007