Sting and Tool to appear in Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero World Tour will feature a playable character with the voice and likeness of Sting.

Activision has announced that singer-songwriter, actor, author, activist and lead singer/bassist of The Police, Sting, will add his voice and likeness to Guitar Hero World Tour as a playable character. Players will be able to take to the stage as Sting throughout their vocal career or play alongside him as he performs Police classic, "Demolition Man".

The popular alternative metal band Tool will also be contributing to Guitar Hero World Tour. Players will be able to rock out to "Parabola" and Grammy-award winning "Schism" from Tool's critically-acclaimed 2001 album Lateralus in addition to "Vicarious" from their 2006 Grammy-award winning album 10,000 Days.

Guitar Hero World Tour will also feature an all-new venue designed in collaboration with the band which highlights the art style that has become a staple in their music videos, live shows and album artwork.

Guitar Hero World Tour is scheduled for release this autumn for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2.