Activision E3 extravaganza had star-studded line up
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Actvision's E3 show tonight, which can only really be described as a party, was full of famous people. Literally.
There were also about 5,000 attendees at the Staple Center in LA to participate in the festivities.
- Usher performed, DJ Z-Trip threw some mixes into the joint, Dead Mau5 played some f**king loud house, Jane's Addiction performed Mountain Song, Been Caught Stealing, Rihanna performed, and then with Eminem, and David Guetta was there as well.
- There was a stripper with a new True Crime: Hong Kong trailer in the backdrop doing her "thang". We saw that trailer this week already. The game's out this year.
- Christ Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) was there too. Played Black Hole Sun with the LA Philharmonic. We died inside when we heard about that.
- Maynard from Tool sang Bohemian Rhapsody. We died again.
- There were more strippers. They danced to No One Ever Really Dies by N.E.R.D.,with Travis Barker on drums.
- There were fireworks, flames, explosions, stuff blowing up and then Eminem closing the show with a BANG!. Shouting at the crowd, getting them riled up. He did three songs. Last one was with Rihanna - who came back out on stage.
- Tons of singing, dancing, a giant cock thing, the whole nine yards. What a show.Apparently.
- Games shown while the musicians played were: DJ Hero 2, Guitar Hero: Megadeth, Tony Hawk: Shred.
- Speaking of Hawk, Tony himself was there, and confirmed there would be a hanging ramp in the game "but we had technical issues" - the game looked more old school skater with players skating on roofs, buildings etc.
Pat was there. Blogging it. In a private box. We were watching him type.
Estimated cost for the show, according to a very senior PR rep with Pat at the show: $5-6 million.
He reckons Eminem would be paid "something like a quarter of a million." About the cost of a really big booth at E3.
Find out what else happened through the link.