UPDATED: NME.com is reporting the complete roster of artists for Guitar Hero 5. Here’s the list. The original article is below! Very impressive!

Band Of Horses
Bush
Darkest Hour
Blur
Kiss
Blink-182
Iron Maiden
Wild Cherry
Muse
The White Stripes
Jimmy Eat World
Bob Dylan
Gorillaz
Beastie Boys
The Raconteurs
Coldplay
Duran Duran
Tom Petty
Nirvana
Public Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Sword
AFI
Rush
Doors Down
Smashing Pumpkins
David Bowie
Mötley Crüe
Attack! Attack!
Dire Straits
Johnny Cash
The Derek Trucks Band
Sublime
Wolfmother
Rammstein
Beck
Garbage
Billy Squier
My Morning Jacket
Kaiser Chiefs
Brand New
Santana
Bon Jovi
Weezer
Billy Idol
Elliott Smith
A Perfect Circle
Sonic Youth
Kings Of Leon
The Bronx
Queen & David Bowie
Screaming Trees
The Killers
Vampire Weekend
TV On The Radio
John Mellencamp
Scars On Broadway
The Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Face to Face
Peter Frampton
No Doubt
Iggy Pop
Spacehog
Thin Lizzy
The Police
Children of Bodom
Elton John
Arctic Monkeys
Thrice
Rose Hill Drive
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Deep Purple
Darker My Love
Jeff Beck
Love and Rockets
The Duke Spirit
Sunny Day Real Estate
King Crimson
T. Rex
Gov’t Mule
Eagles Of Death Metal
Grand Funk Railroad
Megadeth

Rolling Stone is reporting that artists and songs featured in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 are starting to leak out.  Confirmed artists so far include:

Queen & David Bowie, Kings of Leon, Santana, Sonic Youth, A Perfect Circle, Weezer, Bon Jovi, Billy Idol, Elliott Smith, Bronx, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, the White Stripes, Blur, Blink-182, Kiss, Band of Horses and Iron Maiden.

It’s certainly starting to be impressive, but many bloggers and video game fans feel that the franchise is being run into the ground head first just for money’s sake.

Scheduled to come out this year also include: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, Guitar Hero: On Tour; Modern Hits and another game called Band Hero.  Too many games for sure, let’s just hope they don’t really kill the franchise by over-saturating the market.

Guitar Hero 5 is set to release September 1st on all platforms.  We’ll keep you updated as more artists and songs are revealed.