[Blizzcon 2010] Tenacious D to rock BlizzCon 2010

Ending months of speculation, the greatest band in the world* today confirmed that they would be playing the closing concert of BlizzCon 2010. That's right, Tenacious D - Jack Black and Kyle Gass - will be following in Ozzy Osbourne's footsteps and playing Saturday night, October 23, at the celebration of all things Blizzard.

Tickets to the event are sold out, but you can pick up a Virtual Ticket, which will give you more than 50 hours of event footage (including Tenacious D's performance), either online or via DIRECTV in the US.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, who will be gracing the closing concert stage with his band L80ETC, explained the choice:

"The best way to wrap up two days of epic entertainment is with an epic rock concert--and few bands fit the bill like Tenacious D.

"We're looking forward to a great show and can't wait to see what Jack and Kyle have in store for everyone attending BlizzCon and watching from home."

Now - in case you've been living under a boulder and have no idea who we're talking about - Tenacious D formed back in 1994, and swiftly rose to "rock god-dom" with the release of HBO's cult-hit series Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth. Since then, they've released a couple of albums and two live DVDs, sold out arena shows all over the world, and even starred in their own feature-length movie, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. They're already promising big things for their BlizzCon performance - an earth-shattering set including the debut of new (and soon-to-be-legendary) songs!

…and all of this kicks off next week, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California. GamePron will be there, cameras at the ready, bringing you all the news that's fit to print - and maybe some more on the side.

*Based on internal reports from Tenacious D and key band devotees

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3 Responses to “Tenacious D to rock BlizzCon 2010”

1. GamePron News Season 1, Episode 5 « GamePron says:

   October 16, 2010 at 3:53 pm

   [...] that the Warcraft movie has been put on the backburner again, and the rock-tastic announcement that Tenacious D will be playing the BlizzCon closing concert. There’s a couple of upset gamers this week too [...]

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2. The lineup video! The swag pic! « GamePron says:

   October 21, 2010 at 7:16 pm

   [...] trek to the Anaheim Convention Centre for the festivities over the next couple of days (including Tenacious D on Saturday!), don’t forget to check out Punkley’s BlizzCon 2010 Survival Guide, [...]

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3. Foo Fighters to headline BlizzCon 2011 « GamePron says:

   September 28, 2011 at 3:56 pm

   [...] love to say that he won the dancing contest last year, he actually showed up as the drummer for Tenacious D at last year’s closing [...]

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Article Details

• published: October 11th, 2010
• by: Jessica Citizen
• in: BlizzCon, Company: Blizzard, Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain, Ozzy Osbourne, Tenacious D
• comments: 3

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