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Stand-up comedian and actor Dane Cook will play Xbox LIVE Gold Members in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in a special Game with Fame event. If you’re a Gold Member (if you’re not a Member, upgrade now!) join us Sunday, December 27, from 10:00 – Midnight ET (7:00 – 9:00 P.M. PT) for some seriously funny battlefield action. If you get a chance to play with Dane Cook, we want to hear all about it! We’ll be posting recaps from gamers all across the country. Send us an email with the subject “GWF — Dane Cook,” and be sure to include your Gamertag and home town!

Send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (9:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts:

* DCook GwF

Dane Cook started his career at the age of 18, and quickly turned into a “comedian phenom and icon” as he was named by Entertainment Weekly. His first CD release, Harmful if Swallowed, went platinum, a rarity among comic albums, and his follow-up double CD/DVD Retaliation debuted at a remarkable number four on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum. Cook has also appeared in numerous films including Dan in Real Life (with Steve Carell), Mr. Brooks (with Kevin Costner), and My Best Friend’s Girl (with Kate Hudson). His latest CD, ISolated INcident, based on his Comedy Central special of the same name, fuels his current ISolated INcident – Global Thermo Comedy Tour.

Check out Dane’s special Game With Fame message! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuL_JN81yFU

If you want to see Dane Cook in action, check out these movies and specials from Zune:

My Best Friend’s Girl: http://social.zune.net/movies/My-Best-Friends-Girl/8bdf484b-9cf4-4abd-b21d-1467015a7f1f

Dan in Real Life: http://social.zune.net/movies/Dan-in-Real-Life/04496f6f-b246-455c-9eaf-e8f5ce2dd895

Employee of the Month: http://social.zune.net/movies/Employee-of-the-Month/9277fccb-bdaf-4c0a-a342-7c113f072a36

Waiting: http://social.zune.net/movies/Waiting/c81ab3fc-512b-4320-9209-901418b13402

Comedy Central Premium Stand-Up Special: ISolated INcident:

http://social.zune.net/tv/episode/CC+Premium+Stand-up+Specials/Dane+Cook+ISolated+INcident/e5d181bc-8ea6-4f38-98e5-0e3ee7dc044c

Comedy Central Presents Stand-Up: Dane Cook: http://social.zune.net/tv/episode/Comedy+Central+Presents+Stand-up/Dane+Cook/451d99d4-c14e-4f30-82ab-78882cc9609d

Dane Cook Game With Fame on Xbox LIVE

Date: December 27th

Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (PST)

Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

GAMERTAGS: DCook GwF (note: space between DCook and GwF)

URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/1227-danecook.htm

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Innovative progressive metal band Dream Theater, in celebration of the pending release of their new album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, will play Call of Duty®: World at War with Xbox LIVE® Gold Members June 20. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold Member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Dream Theater, send a friend request to the following Gamertags and be online half an hour before (7:30 A.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Saturday, June 20, 8:00 A.M. ET. Note the special time because Dream Theater will actually be playing from Bilbao, Spain, while they’re on tour. If you get a chance to play with Dream Theater, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail (xlmail@microsoft.com) with the subject: “GWF – Dream Theater.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.
The band’s tenth album, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, will be released June 23 in both a standard edition, and a special 3-CD collection including a CD of instrumentals and one of cover songs. They’ve been recording since 1989, and have developed a huge and intense international fan following. Drummer Mike Portnoy says of the new release, “I think that this album is taking all the things that our fans love about us and putting them all in one place. A lot of the music is dark and heavy, but at the same time it has a lot of soft and melodic edges that are equally important to our sound.” The band consists of James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar), Portnoy, and Jordan Rudess (keyboards).

If you want a sampling of the sound of Dream Theater, we have five music videos available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace:
“A Rite of Passage” http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/7524da7e-88dc-4f62-81a2-d5fdd97867bd/

“In The Name Of God” http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/9b877940-1d0b-4f15-b76e-d9db30611a58/

“Lie” http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/a852e649-a289-4a16-b5c4-828259f6046d/

“Pull Me Under” http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/7f3863dd-d7ce-494a-adf3-baa04363909e/

“Take the Time” http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/5507aa90-8cd4-40cd-bab9-af76b8ac1ed4/

Dream Theater Game With Fame on Xbox LIVE
Date: June 20th
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 AM (EST)
Game: Call of Duty: World At War
GAMERTAGS: DreamThtr GwF1 (*Note: space between DreamThtr and GwF1) and DreamThtr GwF2 (*Note: space between DreamThtr and GwF2)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0620-dreamtheatre.htm

Check out the promo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfM_EIA67hw
Follow the Game With Fame Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamewithfame

Post-hardcore band Thursday, celebrating the release of their latest album Common Existence, will play Call of Duty: World at War with Xbox LIVEGold members March 21. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Thursday, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (2:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Saturday, March 21, 3:00 P.M. ET. If you get a chance to play with Thursday, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Thursday.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Since SPIN Magazine called them “the next big thing” in 2004, the band has released their classic A City By The Light Divided, the CD/DVD package Kill The House Lights, a split EP with Japanese band Envy, and now, perhaps their most emotionally-felt album, Common Existence. “Writing this album was an enormous amount of work because we wanted to do something that was a progression and was also closer to the heart of what Thursday’s sound is about,” singer Geoff Rickly explains. “Despite all the hard work, it’s the most fun I’ve had making a record.” Their intense lyrics, incendiary vocals, and amazingly unique sound has won them fans all over the world. The band consists of Rickly, guitarists Tom Keeley and Steve Pedulla, bassist Tim Payne, drummer Tucker Rule, and keyboardist Andrew Everding.

Check out an exclusive Game With Fame video: with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wln1vetIf6U&feature=channel_page

Watch the band’s videos on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace! We have five different songs from three of their albums:

“Resuscitation of a Dead Man” (featuring Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath) from Common Existence: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/1d615f1b-352c-4906-a3a0-5e4e1ad5b6a1

“Counting 5-4-3-2-1″ from A City By The Light Divided: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/36204927-e819-4b55-b4ef-db18d265e510

“For the Workforce, Drowning” from War All The Time: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/5ad85988-98be-4e22-936d-69f6c8942a51

“Signals Over the Air” from War All The Time: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/be3ec794-187c-4fbf-98a0-b2ca230020ad

“War All The Time” from War All The Time: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/videos/media/9b088786-0949-4a42-93b4-83e57449ee0f

Game With Fame Featuring Thursday
Date: March 21st
Location: Houston
Time: 2PM – 4PM (CST)
Game: Call Of Duty: World At War
GAMERTAG: Thursday GWF (**space between Thursday and GWF)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0321-thursday.htm

The Lonely Island, comic trio and actors and writers for the hit TV show Saturday Night Live celebrate the release of their album Incredibad, by playing Call of Duty: World at War with Xbox LIVE Gold members February 26. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with The Lonely Island, send a friend request to the following Gamertags and be online half an hour before (11:30 A.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, February 26, 12:00 P.M. Noon ET. If you get a chance to play with The Lonely Island, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – The Lonely Island.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Caccone form the comedic trio The Lonely Island. Known for their work on the classic hit show Saturday Night Live, the group has just released their debut album, Incredibad, now out on Universal Republic Records. The album contains the Internet and YouTube hit “D*** In A Box,” along with other satirical musical and audio pieces featuring such notable artists as Natalie Portman, T-Pain, Norah Jones, and Jack Black. The three have been friends for a long time. As Samberg says, “Since junior high and high school, and then we all eventually moved in together, starting out, basically, doing joke music. Our first projects were always about mixing music with comedy.” The results ended up with them winning an Emmy award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “D*** In A Box.” And the album promises more of the same. Samberg continues, “We never concern ourselves with what happens after. We’re grateful for all the success. We jumped at this opportunity because music has always been a big part of what we do. In a way, this album is our thank you for all that great musical inspiration … The mission statement of this album is to be funny – period! For us, the comedy always has to come first.”

Xbox Live Game With Fame with The Lonely Island
Date: February 26th
Location: New York City
Time: 12PM – 1:30PM (EST)
Game: Call of Duty: World at War
GAMERTAGS: LoneIsland GwF1, LoneIsland GwF2, LoneIsland GwF3 (**space between LoneIsland and GwF)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0226-lonelyisland.htm

Once described as “pure American metal,” and reaching out to fans with six brutal albums including their upcoming Wrath, the band Lamb of God will play Call of Duty: World at War with Xbox LIVE Gold members February 14. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member (if not, upgrade now!), and you want a chance to play with Lamb of God, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (10:30 A.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, February 14,11:00 A.M. ET. If you get a chance to play with Lamb of God, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail (xlmail@microsoft.com) with the subject: “GWF – Lamb of God.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

For more than a decade, Lamb of God has been burning up stages and arenas all over the world with their blistering hardcore metal sound. From their fan favorites New American Gospel and As the Palaces Burn, to their Grammy-nominated Sacrament, this is metal at its most pure and most honest. Now, with the upcoming release of their latest album Wrath, it’s back to the roots of what makes this band so great in the first place, their live energy. Guitarist Willie Adler, drummer Chris Adler, bassist John Campbell, guitarist Mark Morton, and vocalist Randy Blythe worked together closely to make Wrath. “It was really collaborative on all levels,” says Morton, “and that’s what you’re hearing when you listen to the record. It’s got this energy, this pulse, this alive feel to it–and I think that comes from the fact that we were all pitching in. This one really is an organic record, meaning that it’s natural–they’re real songs, and every note you hear on it is played by a real person, and it’s all captured in a very old-fashioned way. Chris said something early on in the making of this record that really stuck with me–he said, ‘If we don’t do the kind of record we want to do now, when the hell are we ever going to do it?’” It sounds like Lamb of God has done exactly the kind of record they wanted to do, and you’ll be able to hear the results February 24 when Wrath is released everywhere music is sold.

Game With Fame featuring Lamb of God
DATE: February 14th
TIME: 4:00 – 5:30 (GMT – Greenwich Mean Time)
LOCATION: London
GAME: Call Of Duty: World At War
GAMERTAG: LoG GwF (space between LoG and GwF)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2009/0214-lambofgod.htm?WText.camp=Community&WText.campSrc=RSS

Hard-rocking Southern band Black Stone Cherry will be on Xbox LIVE January 12 to play members in Call of Duty: World at War. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Black Stone Cherry, send a friend request to the Gamertag “BlackStone GWF” and be online half an hour before (5:00 p.m.) the Game with Fame session starts on Monday, January 12, 5:30 p.m. EST.

The band plays hard-edged Southern-fried rock and roll, and has released two albums to date. Their first self-titled debut came out in 2006, and the new album, Folklore and Superstition, launched earlier this year. Black Stone Cherry consists of Chris Robertson (vocals, guitar), John Fred Young (drums), Jon Lawhon (bass), and Ben Wells (guitar). If you get a chance to play with Black Stone Cherry, Xbox wants to hear about it! Send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Black Stone Cherry.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and hometown.

Game with Fame featuring Black Stone Cherry
Who: Black Stone Cherry
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. PST)
Game: Call of Duty: World at War
Gamertags: BlackStone GWF (space between BlackStone and GWF)
Link: http://www.xbox.com/gwfblackstone
Xbox Emerging Artist: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/emergingartists/2008/blackstonecherry/default.htm

Chris Henderson

Rock Ridge Music, a full-service record label with artist management and marketing services presents its Vice President of A&R, and current guitarist for the rock band 3 Doors Down, in a Game with Fame event as Chris plays Xbox LIVE® members January 7 in Call of Duty®: World at War. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Chris Henderson, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (4:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Wednesday, January 7, 5:00 P.M. ET.

Multi-platinum selling band 3 Doors Down have released two self-titled albums, the latest in 2008, and have racked up six number one hits in a career that has seen them go from the anthemic “Kryptonite” to the marvelous “It’s Not My Time” and “Train” off the new album. Chris notes, “I think it’s … fair to say we are one of the only Southern bands who has the balls to put a song like ‘Train’ out there these days.” He states, “We’re not a band that just goes through the motions. We go at everything hard.” That kind of attitude is what has made the band 3 Doors Down such a hit among fans. If you get a chance to play with Chris Henderson, we want to hear about it! Send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Chris Henderson.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Game with Fame with Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down
When: January 7th
Time/Where: Nashville, TN from 4 – 6PM (CST)
Game: Call of Duty 4: World at War
Gamertag: Chris 3Doors (space between Chris and 3Doors)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/gwfchris4doors

On the heels of releasing their fifth studio album, Folie à Deux, multi-platinum selling artists Fall Out Boy will be on Xbox LIVE® December 19 to play members in Call of Duty®: World at War. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Fall Out Boy, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (1:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Friday, December 19, 2:00 P.M. ET. Three-time winners at the MTV Video Music Awards, Chicago-based Fall Out Boy has gathered a tremendous following from their tour schedule and recordings. Their latest album, Folie à Deux, releases December 16, and features the hit single “I Don’t Care,” currently playing everywhere you hear music. The band consists of Patrick Stump (vocals/guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums). If you get a chance to play with Fall Out Boy, we want to hear about it! Send us an e-mail at xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: “GWF – Fall Out Boy.” Be sure to include your Gamertag and home town.

Be sure to check out their Rock Artist of the Month page: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/artist/rock/falloutboy.htm

Game with Fame with Fall Out Boy
WHEN: December 19th
TIME: 11AM – 1PM (PST) in Los Angeles
GAME: Call Of Duty: World At War
GAMERTAG: GWF FallOutBoy (**please note space between GWF and FallOutBoy)
URL: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/1219-falloutboy