Lots more songs in the SingStore. Click through to find out what you could be singing this week.

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That’s right people, you could be on-stage at Glastonbury. Three lucky winners will get a solo slot on either Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday night on the Queen’s Head stage. As if that wasn’t enough, if you’re a winner you’ll also get free entry to the festival for yourself and a friend!

How do you win? Click here to get over to the SingStar site, pick your favourite song from the list, record your killer performance and upload it to the site. If users have voted you 4 stars or more by June the 8th, your performance will be put before a panel of independent judges, who will select the winners.

Start warming up your vocal chords…

Read on for a list of all the new tracks in the European list…

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The PlayStation Day press conference and sampling session covered the musical capabilities of the PlayStation in depth - both as a device with which to create music and device with which to consume it. Read on for the offical press release…

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Another aspect of the PlayStation which recieved substantial coverage at PlayStation day was the console’s ability to facilitate and realise user creativity. Naturally a lot of attention in this area was focussed on LittleBigPlanet - check out the screens below if you need reminding why….

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Steve Boxer speaks to Paulina Bozek, Executive Producer of SingStar, in the first of a regular series looking at the people behind the games…

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So, you all asked the questions and Paulina Bozek was on hand to give the answers. Sorry it took a few more hours than intended but there were a lot of questions. Over to Paulina.

1. Will all the tracks from SingStar Vol 1 & 2 be downloadable from SingStore and when will this happen?

‘Licensing music for digital distribution is a different process to that of the disc-based product. We are working hard at clearing tracks for the SingStore and will continue to clear as many tracks as quickly as possible. When Vol 2 is released a number of tracks from the disc-based product will also be available to buy in the SingStore.’

2. Will the Harmony Mode on SingStar Vol 2 be available to owners of the first SingStar blu-ray disk? Will this be as a downloadable upgrade and will user’s be charged for it?

‘The new Harmony mode will be available as a free upgrade via the PlayStation®Network. It will be compatible with the specially selected duet tracks. Once the upgrade goes out, we’ll be making more of these songs available in the SingStore, and there is a great selection on the vol. 2 disc.’

3. Will the new tracks be in HD?

‘SingStar tracks feature the artists’ original music videos. We’ve gone for a lot of classic party tunes from different decades on this vol. 2 disc so HD is not a possibility for many of these.

We’re continuing to work with Record Labels to get HD videos wherever possible. At the moment, there still aren’t a lot of Music Videos being shot in HD but when they are, we’ll have them. Otherwise, we do a lot of extra video processing to make sure we get the Standard Def videos looking as good as possible.’

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Here is the full European track listing for the SingStore this Friday. We know many of you are European readers so we thought we would be kind and get you the whole track listing.

Danish Language

Johnny Deluxe Ft. Anna Nordell — Drommer Jeg?
Rasmus Nohr — Sommer I Europa
Swan Lee — I Don’t Mind
TV-2 — De Forste Kaerester Pa Manen
Johnny Deluxe — Drenge Som Mig

Dutch Language

Koos Alberts — Zijn Het Je Ogen
Erik Mesie — Zonder Jou
Frank Noeijen — Kronenburg Park
De Kast — Morgen Wordt Het Beter
Benny Neyma — Vrijgezel

English Language

GANGgajang — Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)
Placebo — Every You Every Me
Corinne Bailey Rae — I’d Like To
Dover — Serenade
The Gift — Ok! Do You Want Something Simple?
The Gift — Question Of Love
Jackie Wilson — Reet Petite
The Pipettes — Pull Shapes
The Magic Numbers — Forever Lost
Billy Ocean — Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
Roy Orbison — Crying
Duran Duran — Ordinary World
Maximo Park — Girls Who Play Guitars
Natasha Bedingfield — These Words
Billy Joel — Piano Man
Billy Joel — It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Bic Runga — Sway

French Language

Têtes Raide — Fragile

German Language

Maya Saban & Cosmo Klein — Das Alles Ändert Nichts Daran
MIA — Zirkus
2raumwohnung — Besser Geht’s Nicht
Pohlmann — Wenn Jetzt Sommer Wär

Italian Language

Subsonica — Tutti I Miei Sbagli
Subsonica — Nuova Ossessione
Simone Cristicchi — Vorrei Cantare Come Biagio

Portugese Language

The Gift — Fácil de Entender
Mesa c/ Rui Reininho — Luz Vaga
Los Hermanos — Anna Júlia

Spanish Language

Extremoduro — So Payaso
Joaquín Sabina — El Blues De Lo Que Pasa En Mi Escalera
Seguridad Social — Quiero Tener Tu Presencia
La Oreja de Van Gogh — Dulce Locura
Alejandro Sanz — Y, ¿si fuera ella?
Edurne — Amores Dormidos
Miguel Bosé — Morenamía

We have just received the official press release from Sony on SingStar Vol.2 for PS3, now including a brand new harmony duet mode - which is basically a new way of playing that allows two players to sing together, showing off their harmonising skills. Sony have also sourced some special tracks to showcase this feature, including the ace Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus number ‘We All Stand Together’ and The Mamas & The Papas classic ‘California Dreamin”.

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