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We are extremely proud to announce the launch of NIRVANA REVENGE, the newest addition to our stellar lineup of special edition versions of Tap Tap Revenge. Featuring 13 of the greatest songs from this monumental band, including SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, ALL APOLOGIES, COME AS YOU ARE, and more, this game will surely find a featured position on your touchscreen.

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Nirvana exploded onto the 90’s scene, forever altering the sound, course, and attitude of modern music. They brought a DIY, punk-rock ethos to the top of the charts, embodied the grunge / Gen X genre, and left a compact, powerful catalog of songs that continue to resonate with and inspire listeners everywhere. Arguably the most influential band of the last 25 years, without Nirvana things would sound very different today.

In addition to the music, Nirvana Revenge is packed with extra features:
- Narrative vignettes that introduce each track, taken from Seattle radio station 107.7 The End’s “Nightly Nirvana Sessions”
- A history section that tracks the course of the band and the Seattle music scene
- Bluetooth battle mode, 4 landscape boss tracks, four addictive difficulty levels, and more!

Nirvana Revenge includes 13 classic Nirvana songs:

- All Apologies (In Utero, 1993)
- Breed (Nevermind, 1991)
- Breed (Live At Reading, 2009)
- Come As You Are (Nevermind, 1991)
- Heart Shaped Box (In Utero, 1993)
- In Bloom (Nevermind, 1991)
- Lithium (Nevermind, 1991)
- Lithium (Live At Reading, 2009)
- Rape Me (In Utero, 1993)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nevermind, 1991)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live At Reading, 2009)
- Stay Away (Nevermind, 1991)
- You Know You’re Right (Nirvana, 2002)

THE NIRVANA REVENGE CONTEST

As if the mere existence of Nirvana Revenge wasn’t enough, we’re offering up a super-special Nirvana contest. Get tapping to win the grand-prize of a With The Lights Out box set and a Live At Reading 25-track Deluxe CD/DVD + T-Shirt Crate, or one of 30 Live At Reading CDs! This contest takes place in Nirvana Revenge, so don’t delay on the download!

How to win: Go download and play Nirvana Revenge. Each day, the player that submits the MOST TOTAL POINTS wins one of the Live At Reading CDs. You can play your favorite song over and over, or you can play all the tracks in the game — your total score each day is all your scores added together. Then, the Grand prize goes to the player with the most total points in the first 30 days after launch.

The contest begins on Wednesday, May 12th at 12:01 AM and runs until Thursday, June 10th at 11:59 PM. Make sure your scores are counted by playing Nirvana Revenge while on a good internet connection, during the contest period. For official rules, click here. Apple is not a sponsor of this contest.

This special version, featuring one of the most iconic bands of all time, is a must have for every music fan. Get NIRVANA REVENGE today!

KINGS OF LEON, the internationally heralded winners of the 2010 Grammy for Record Of The Year, are the latest artists to receive their very own version of the #1 most-downloaded iPhone / iPod Touch game TAP TAP REVENGE!

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KINGS OF LEON REVENGE features:
- 10 Smash Hits To Tap And Shake: Use Somebody, Sex On Fire, The Bucket, Be Somebody, On Call, McFearless, Notion, Black Thumbnail, Crawl, and True Love Way!
- Special Themes Based On The Albums, Videos, And Graphics Of Kings Of Leon.
- 2 challenging modes: Arcade And Head-to-Head Bluetooth Battle.
- 4 Rail Boss Tracks.
- Access To An Exclusive Kings Of Leon / Tap Tap Revenge Chat Room!

We are extremely proud to add KINGS OF LEON REVENGE to our hit series of Tap Tap Revenge releases, following our previous titles featuring the music of Lady GaGa, Metallica, Coldplay, The Dave Matthews Band, and Nine Inch Nails.

Get your copy of KINGS OF LEON REVENGE right now from the iTunes store, and set your fingers on fire!

Enter the KINGS OF LEON REVENGE Contest and score an 16GB Wi-Fi Apple iPad!

Are you the King of Tapdom? Do you utterly RULE over everyone you battle? Good, then this contest is for you. Get out your iPod, polish those thumbs, and get your tap on. Every day for the next 30 days one KINGS OF LEON REVENGE player wins “Only By The Night” on CD! Then, one grand prize winner gets an autographed 10″ vinyl for “Red Morning Light” as well as a soon-to-be-released 16GB Wi-Fi iPad!! Sweet!

How to win: Each day of the contest, we’ll pick a random song in KINGS OF LEON REVENGE. The daily prize goes to the player with the highest score submitted on that day for the chosen song. Then, the autographed 10″ vinyl grand prize goes to the player with the highest score submitted on USE SOMEBODY in KINGS OF LEON REVENGE during the contest. Sounds easy, right? Now get to it, and long tap the King!

The contest begins on Friday, March 12th, at 12:01 AM Pacific Time, and runs until Saturday, April 10th, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. Scores must be submitted in Kings of Leon Revenge, while online, during the contest period for entry.

Who? ROGUE WAVE

What Song? Good Morning (The Future) from their brand-new album “Permalight.”

How’s your winter going? Are you frozen and buried under 10 feet of snow or waterlogged from an El Nino deluge? Certainly, the foul elements are good for your Tapping regimen. Long stretches of uninterrupted hibernation, just you and your avatar shut indoors, racking up countless hours and massive coins. But a lack of sunshine will turn your skin to paper, and there is a danger the touchscreen will no longer register your taps.

Fret not! The thaw is upon us, and soon we’ll be basking in the glorious sunshine of spring, leading directly to summer 2010: The Summer of Tapping. To help usher in this eagerly anticipated transition, we’ve selected the deliriously upbeat GOOD MORNING (THE FUTURE), the first single from the brand-spanking new album from ROGUE WAVE!

Northern California indie-rockers Rogue Wave are emerging from their own cold season, having in the past two years weathered the liver transplant of drummer Pat Spurgeon and near paralysis of singer Zach Rogue, debilitating medical challenges that would have broken up lesser bands. Instead of surrendering, they rose from their infirmaries, and have returned with an album that is their most upbeat, joyous, and danceable yet, a bold rebellion against the dark times through which they’ve come. GOOD MORNING (THE FUTURE) masterfully captures the current global mood: a realistic view of the world as it is, but also a harmoniously optimistic anthem to what it can become. And just in time, because we all need some sun!

Play ROGUE WAVE for free right now! Click HERE for TTR3 and HERE for TTR2. You must be on your iDevice and have one of our tappity-apps installed. Once “Good Morning (The Future)” has infiltrated your being, tap over to roguewavemusic.com, and find out where you can see the band out on tour this spring.

The Rogue Wave Contest

UPDATE: Grand prize winner: bmwayman. Runner up winners: jamaine21, DMGilchrist, deesimz, Jettoman, opacho

After seeing the online video of a rogue wave taking out the crowd at this year’s Mavericks Surf Contest, we thought we had this week’s contest: send in a video of yourself playing TTR while surfing at Mavericks, site of the mainlands biggest waves. One small problem: great whites are HUGE iPhone fanatics, and will evidently bite off your hands to get one. I’m actually writing this with my toes.

So instead, here’s this week’s legally-approved, dry-land challenge, THE ROGUE WAVE CONTEST!

The LOOT: One grand prize winner gets a brand new music player preloaded with Rogue Wave tracks and music videos! Five runner-up winners get Permalight on CD AUTOGRAPHED by the band!

How to win: It’s a battle contest! Send & play battles on Rogue Wave’s “Good Morning (The Future)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. You can send battles to your friends in Tap Tap Revenge, post them to the public battles board, or even send them to any email address. Each battle you send gets you one contest point. Each battle you play from someone else also gets you one contest point. Rack up as many points as you can — the player with the most contest points at the end of the contest is the grand prize winner. The next five players with the most points are the runner-up winners.

The contest begins on Friday, March 5th at 12:01AM and runs until Sunday, March 7th at 11:59PM Pacific Time. All battles must be played on Rogue Wave’s “Good Morning (The Future)” in Tap Tap Revenge 3, while online, for entry into the contest.

Hey Tappers –

It’s been a crazy month here at the Tapulous Shop, focusing almost entirely on quality and customer service! Here’s a quick rundown of the most recent happenings:

1. Online Games: Some of you sent us some messages that this was getting a bit laggy… well we hear ya. We doused the servers with WD-40 last night, you should see things moving a bit more smoothly.
2. Online weapons: Don’t like all the weapons in the online rooms? Cruise over to online play for some smaller, more intimate games — and more “No Weapons” rooms.
3. Facebook: It’s back in Tap Tap Revenge in all its glory. Connect up with Facebook and post your top scores and personal bests on each song.
4. Remember all that tapping you did in TTR2? Well we do, and it wasn’t for nothing. We’re bumping up your level so you can access more free songs. Check out your Tap Tap 3 news feed this weekend for the news.
5. Were you one of those folks that got Tap Tap 3 for $.99? Aside from the fact that you’re some of the coolest people on the planet, you also get a bunch of extra stuff — unavailable to the rest of the world: First and foremost, you get NO third party ads (well, almost all of you…), you got the game 60 days before everyone else, and you had access to an entirely different and unrestricted collection of music.  Now, in addition, and as promised, you also get a one-of-a-kind avatar item: THE CROWN, and to top it off – 15,000 coins to spend at your leisure. But, best of all — you get a huge THANKS from everyone at Tapulous.
6. Are you a premium user and bummed that you never got one of the SWEET Supernova guitars for 400,000 coins? OK, we hear you. IF you have over 400,000 coins by Monday, you can buy this guitar for 400,000 coins. If you qualify (premium user + 400,000 coins), we’ll send you a feed message on Monday with how to buy the instrument.
7. WHERE IS THE ULTIMATE TAPDOWN?? Due to the large portion of players and finding new creative ways to hack Tap Tap, we had to postpone the greatest tournament of all time. Well it’s on the way… The dev team & the beta crew spent the last few weeks working out the final kinks to ensure a fair tournament. The update is on the way — THEN IT’S TAPDOWN TIME.

There is plenty more to do, and we haven’t forgotten. Keep us in the loop and let us know what’s on your mind.

Meanwhile, get ready for Riddim Ribbon, which is now just one week away!  Head over here for another quick video, more wallpapers… and we’ll be making a special Riddim Ribbon avatar item available in TTR3 this weekend.

See you in February!

PS: Check out the awesome, newly redesigned David Guetta premium bundle theme.

The Band: DATAROCK

The Jam: Fa-Fa-Fa from the album “Datarock Datarock”

Did you know that Tap Tap Revenge has built in GPS capabilities? No, no…not THAT kind of GPS, the global positioning system. We pack in our own type of GPS, the Guaranteed Party Starter. TTR doesn’t have to be something you do by yourself, headphones on, slumped in the corner. Here’s a quick guide to using your TTR GPS:

1. Download this week’s block-rockin’ featured track from DATAROCK
2. Crank up those teeny-tiny iPhone / iPod speakers, or better yet, plug into your boombox’s line in. (Note: all cool people carry a boombox wherever they go)
3. Go to a public place and start tapping.
4. Get your head noddin’, your booty shakin’, and your feet stompin’. If you can, occasionally moonwalk.
5. Watch the party form around you!

There it is, the magic of Tap Tap Revenge GPS. However, it doesn’t work without the crazy-fresh electro-rock of Datarock’s Fa-Fa-Fa. So it’s lucky we have it FREE this week!

Hailing from Bergen, Norway, a mountainous town known as “The City of Rain,” Datarock members Fredrik Saroea and Ket-Ill came together with a simple goal: To alter the face of contemporary music as we know it, by transforming themselves into what they call “the peak of pop evolution.” Or, as Saroea once explained their formation, “We fell in love. He became pregnant and gave birth to a small Casio watch. As our love grew, the Casio watch grew to become a Casio keyboard. And that’s how we became Datarock.”

Now you will experience Datarock. Once you’re plugged into the Datarock machine, tap over to datarockmusic.com, and check out all their videos, albums, and remixes.

The Datarock Contest

OK, so the slick disco beats of Datarock’s “Fa Fa Fa” have got you covered musically. But what if your fashion is lacking? Well, they’ve got you covered there, too. Literally. Part of this week’s grand prize is an official DATAROCK TRACK SUIT! Now you can look as awesome as these guys:

But that’s not all! They’re also throwing in a STEINBERGER GUITAR! Wow, these guys rule! 5 runners-up will also receive an autographed copy of the Datarock CD. Here’s all you have to do:

This one is easy. Download and play Datarock’s Fa-Fa-Fa in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Every score you submit ABOVE 250,000 points counts as one contest point. The player with the most contest points at the end of the contest is the grand prize winner. The next 5 players with the most points get the runner-up prizes. You can play on easy or hard — as long as you get over 250,000 points.

The contest runs from Friday, January 29th at 12:01 AM through Tuesday, February 2nd at 11:59 PM. You must submit your scores in Tap Tap Revenge 3, while online, during the contest period for entry into the contest.

UPDATE: Congrats to the winners! Grand prize winners: The_Offspring and Biblekid2! Runner up winners: Chris_Liquid, KATIEHIGGINS, Shun_ENDO, bernardjoseph, SoFresh_SoClean, and Papas_Con_Chile!

The Band: THE FEATURES

The Songs: LIONS and WOODEN HEART from the new album “Some Kind of Salvation”

America and England. Such a long, crazy history we’ve had with each other. Sure there was that one really bad dust-up in the late 1700’s, and we sent that Werewolf to London in the 1980’s, but we’ve had a very useful relationship, too. For example, we’ll often send over our unknown musicians, you’ll go wild over them, give them back to us, and say, “Hey dummies, these guys are awesome, and they’re yours!” Like Jimi Hendrix, or the White Stripes. We’re still not sure what you did to Madonna…

This week’s artists are a prime example of this phenomenon. THE FEATURES are a very American band, much beloved in their home state of Tennessee. But they’ve found greater success in the U.K., gaining fans, winning awards, and earning glowing reviews from NME and The Guardian. Now it’s the rest of the world’s turn to catch on to their Southern-souled, blues-soaked power pop. When their musical compatriots Kings Of Leon started a new label with Bug Music, The Features were the first signing, and “Lions” the first single. So the band comes well recommended.

Once you’re completely smitten with their uber-catchy, genuine rock and roll, tap over to TheFeatures.com and become a super-fan.

The Features – Some Kind Of Contest

The LOOT: This week you’ll be competing for TWO GRAND PRIZES: Two winners each get an brand new electric guitar — AUTOGRAPHED by the Tapulous crew AND a vinyl copy of Some Kind Of Salvation autographed by The Features. Six runners-up will win signed copies of the CD.

People often ask us, “What does it take to win a contest?” Our answer is always the same: Relentless tapping. For example: If you’re just quickly checking your mail on the iPhone, go ahead and knock out a dozen games. If you’re sitting in class, try a “blind tap” under the desk. If your boss is talking to you, put up your hand, say “Hold that thought,” play a quick game of Tap Tap, then say, “Continue.” We promise he’ll laugh.

If you follow those tips, you’ll be well on your way towards winning THE FEATURES – SOME KIND OF CONTEST.

Now here’s the scoop: Download “Lions” and “Wooden Heart” in Tap Tap Revenge 3. Go hang out in The Features online contest rooms, take down some opponents, and rack up some points. For every online game where you get 1st place — you get 1 contest point. The top two players that have the most contest points at the end of the contest win the grand prizes. The runners-up are the next 6 players with the most contest points.

The contest begins on Friday, January 22, and runs through Tuesday, January 26th. That’s 120 hours to secure these sweet prizes

The Band: NO DOUBT

The Jam: HELLA GOOD from the multi-platinum “Rock Steady.” Also available in the No-Doubt Premium-Track Pack.

Northern California, home of Tapulous Enterprises and Tap Tap Revenge, has given the world so many amazing inventions: Silicon Valley, and all that compu-magic. Blue jeans, made for miners in the Gold Rush. The fortune cookie, created for San Francisco’s Tea Garden.

But our greatest creation is the word “hella.” Gwen Stefani picked up on it during No Doubt’s early tours through the Bay. Let’s all make an effort this week to really work “hella” into our vocabulary. Examples:

“Oh man, that track on Extreme was hella hard! My finger’s burnin!”
“I saw the Tapulous Holiday Party at the Lady Gaga show. They were gettin’ hella rowdy!”

Trust me, people will respond positively. Speaking of positive things, this week’s track, “HELLA GOOD,” is certainly hella good. No other band from the modern ska revival has achieved the heights of No Doubt, and it’s not just because they lack international fashion icon Gwen Stefani behind the microphone. No Doubt brings the best influences of punk, pop, dancehall, and new-wave back to the O.C., mixes them up, and puts them back out in songs beloved by millions of fans around the world.

Go get HELLA GOOD now in the Tap Track store!

THE HELLA GOOD CONTEST

Alright, get your fingers warmed up, because you’re going to be doing hella tapping this week, yo! The winner of the No Doubt HELLA GOOD CONTEST is going to win…A LIMITED EDITION CITY POSTER, SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF NO DOUBT! Five runner up winners get the entire No Doubt catalog.

Here’s what you’ve got to do:

You have to have hella skills to win this one. Between Friday, December 18th and Monday, December 21st, play against Ed’s challenge on No Doubt’s Hella Good in Tap Tap Revenge 3. You can find it in your Tap Tap news feed or in the featured page in the store.

The grand prize and runner up winners will be drawn from the TOP 50 players who beat Ed by the most points. He plays on hard, and he’s pretty good — so practice up! You must play through the entire challenge, while online, during the contest period, for entry into the contest.

Who: AFI

What: MEDICATE from the just-released album “Crash Love”

Just because we’re finishing up TTR3, it doesn’t mean we’re going to just sit back and let TTR2 and TTThursday wither away and die. POW! Just like that, here’s a GINORMOUS track that’s going to make a lot of tappers very, very happy.

Over the course of 7 albums and nearly 20 years, AFI have grown out from their hardcore-punk roots, moving through darker periods of goth and industrial, before breaking out to a wider audience with their 2006 multi-platinum album “Decemberunderground,” and the smash single “Miss Murder.”

With “Medicate,” AFI is unencumbered by any previous musical labels placed on them. Punk energy mixes with moody, mysterious lyricism, and it’s all slammed into your ears by a barrage of guitars. Singer Davey Havoc describes “Crash Love” as “a really straightforward rock record. I don’t think we’ve ever recorded one of those before… so it’s very fresh for us.”

Click HERE to download and play “Medicate.” You MUST tap the link on your iDevice and have TTR2 installed. Cruise by afireinside.com for all your AFI info, and check them out on tour all across the USA this fall.

THE AFI CONTEST

We really wanted this week to be a Cannonball Run-style race from Tapulous HQ in Palo Alto up Highway 101, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and through the redwood empire to AFI’s hometown of Ukiah, CA. But our legal firm, Tapum and Shakem LLP, nixed that idea. Instead, here’s this week’s contest:

Your goal: submit the most points on AFI’s Medicate in Tap Tap Revenge. Simple as that. The top 50 players with the most points at the end of the contest are entered into a drawing for some totally awesome AFI prizes.

So what can you win? Think 5 copies of the new album “Crash Love” — and A SIGNED GUITAR! Yea thats right, we went there.

The contest begins on Friday, October 2nd at noon, and runs until Monday, October 5th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You MUST submit your scores to the global scoreboard during the contest period, while online, for entry into the contest.

The Band: The Temper Trap

The Jam: Sweet Disposition from their debut album “Conditions”

Oops. We might have done it again. We might be giving some people their new favorite song in this week’s TTThursday.

If you haven’t heard The Temper Trap’s “Sweet Disposition,” prepare to be blown away. From an all-time great intro, dripping with delay-drenched guitars and a haunting falsetto, through the driving, marching rhythm that is reminiscent of a young and hungry U2, this upcoming Aussie group has delivered a glorious, dreamy anthem that will swing you from tears to ecstatic laughter.

FACT: CEO Bart has been lately leading late-afternoon hikes into the hills above Palo Alto, to a secret clearing in the redwoods where he has a massive speaker set-up. He cranks this song as the sun sinks into the vast expanse of the Pacific to re-energize us, reconnect us with the world, and inspire us in the final stretch to TTR3. Try it yourself. It’ll shiver your timbers.

Follow the global rise of the Trap at TheTemperTrap.net, at MySpace, and @TheTemperTrap.

THE TEMPER TRAP CONTEST

Why do we love The Temper Trap? Because their initials are TTT, and so are Tap Tap Thursday’s! So this week we give you the TTTTTTC!

The rules to the TTTTTTC are simple: Get the best streak!! You are shooting for the perfect FC (full combo) run on Sweet Disposition. The winners will be drawn from the top 100 players with the best streak — including ties. This is the best streak BY NUMBER, so I’d get started on the extreme track. Don’t be afraid, practice makes perfect – even Ed can do it. The contest begins on Friday, September 25th at noon, and runs until Monday, September 28th at 11:59PM PDT. You must submit your scores to the global scoreboard while online, during the contest period for entry into the contest.

The winner of the TTTTTTC gets a pair of tickets to see The Temper Trap LIVE in LA, SF, NYC, Philly or Boston! Five runner up winners get an autographed copy of The Temper Trap’s album “Conditions.”

GLWTTTTTTTC! KT! Did you get all that? Good.

The Band: Panic! At The Disco

The Song: New Perspective from the “Jennifer’s Body” Soundtrack Album

“So much time and so little to do… Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it.” – Willie Wonka, describing Tapulous in September 2009.

It’s a little known fact, but Tapulous Inc.’s business plan is simply a photocopy of the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and the investor power-point was scenes from both movies crudely spliced together. But it’s been a complete success, because we too are allowed to come up with fantastical contests and dish up scrumptious, mouth-watering TTThursdays, just like today! Plus Bart rides to work in a glass elevator.

So, what sounds tasty to you? A little Panic At The Disco? You’re hungry for some theatrically-grandiose Vegas rock? No problem, here’s “New Perspective,” their first new single in nearly a year and a half. Fill up on layers upon layers of thick guitars and sharp, glittering vocals. And for the final treat, you’re going to be tapping on Megan Fox in the “Jennifer’s Body” theme.

Check out the Jennifer’s Body movie trailer on YouTube.

THE CONTEST AT THE DISCO

This week is a MAX STREAKS contest. Lock into as many streaks as you can on “New Perspective.” Your MAX STREAK on each game submitted to the Global Scoreboard will be placed in your Streak Bucket. At the end of the contest, we’ll line up the top 50 buckets, and draw out the 1 grand prize winner and 5 runners-up.

Here’s what you can score: FIVE runner-up winners each get an autographed copy of the “Jennifer’s Body” soundtrack. One Grand Prize winner gets an ultra-rare autographed limited edition hardcover Panic! At The Disco photo book titled “A Picture With Books,” with their “Live In Chicago” CD/DVD. There are only 5000 of these books in existence, and this one is autographed!

The contest begins on Friday, Sept 11th at noon, and runs until Monday, Sept 14th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. You must submit your scores to the Global Scoreboard while online for entry into the contest.