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• Air instruments

Complete the Platinum Bonus Challenge on Aly & AJ's "Like Whoa".

• All Slider Gems

Complete the Platinum Bonus Challenge on Styx's "Mr. Roboto".

• Auto Kick

Complete the Gold Bonus Challenge on Duran Duran's "Rio".

• Characters

Complete the indicated task in Career mode to unlock the corresponding character.

Adam Levine: Complete the Gig on Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved".
Adrian Young: Complete the Gig on No Doubt's "Don't Speak".
Frankenrocker: Complete the Diamond Bonus Challenge on Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down".
Gwen Stefani: Complete the Gig on No Doubt's "Just A Girl".
Shadow Character: Complete the Gold Bonus Challenge on David Bowie's "Let's Dance".
Skeleton Character: Complete the Platinum Bonus Challenge on Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn".
Taylor Swift: Complete the Gig on Taylor Swift's "Love Story".
Tom Dumont: Complete the Gig on No Doubt's "Just A Girl".
Tony Kanal: Complete the Gig on No Doubt's "Don't Speak".

• HUD Free mode

Complete the Platinum Bonus Challenge on Alphabeat's "Fascination".

• Invisible characters

Complete the Platinum Bonus Challenge on Filter's "Take A Picture".

• Trophies

Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation 3 trophy rewards.

Trophy	How to unlock
A Cool Mill (Bronze)	Score over 1,000,000 points as a band in any single song in Career or Quickplay.
A New Challenge Awaits (Silver)	Complete 50 of the Career Challenges at Platinum or Diamond.
Face to Face (Bronze)	Complete 25 online Pro Face-Off matches, win or lose.
Fevered Pitch (Bronze)	100% a song as a vocalist.
Four of a Kind (Bronze)	Complete a song as 4 of the same instrument on any difficulty in Quickplay or Career.
Glimmer (Bronze)	Earn 111 Stars in Career.
Iced Out (Bronze)	Earn Diamond level on a Career Challenge.
In the Moment (Bronze)	Successfully complete a Band Moment.
Jack of All Trades (Bronze)	Complete at least one challenge for every instrument at Gold level or better.
M.C. (Bronze)	Host an online Career game and play a song.
My First Gig (Bronze)	Complete a Career gig on any difficulty.
Nation's Star (Silver)	Complete 50% of the gigs in Career.
Nice to Meet You (Silver)	Complete the gigs and unlock all of the celebrity characters.
Picture Perfect (Bronze)	Streak through an entire song without missing a note on medium or harder difficulty.
Platinum Blonde (Bronze)	Earn Platinum level on a Career Challenge.
Platinum Trophy (Platinum)	Earn all of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Trophies in Band Hero.
Rise to Fame (Bronze)	Complete 25% of the gigs in Career.
Road Most Traveled (Silver)	Unlock every venue.
Secret Notes 1 (Bronze)	Hint: *e*** *c*****y.
Secret Notes 10 (Bronze)	Hint: *a* B****a*.
Secret Notes 11 (Bronze)	Hint: *o ***b*.
Secret Notes 12 (Bronze)	Hint: ***v** **y*.
Secret Notes 13 (Bronze)	Hint: **i** *i***.
Secret Notes 14 (Bronze)	Hint: **ll*** ****l*.
Secret Notes 15 (Bronze)	Hint: **l*** **ff.
Secret Notes 16 (Bronze)	Hint: *e***w***d.
Secret Notes 17 (Bronze)	Hint: *h* *ll-**e***** **j****.
Secret Notes 18 (Bronze)	Hint: **y O*****.
Secret Notes 19 (Bronze)	Hint: **r* **u****.
Secret Notes 2 (Bronze)	Hint: **n** ***k***.
Secret Notes 3 (Bronze)	Hint: *** *ol**** ****e*.
Secret Notes 4 (Bronze)	Hint: **l* *ll**.
Secret Notes 5 (Bronze)	Hint: A** * A*.
Secret Notes 6 (Bronze)	Hint: ***o*n 5.
Secret Notes 7 (Bronze)	Hint: **v** *o***.
Secret Notes 8 (Bronze)	Hint: *v***s***c*.
Secret Notes 9 (Bronze)	Hint: H*****.
Shine (Silver)	Earn 555 Stars in Career.
Sparkle (Silver)	Earn 333 Stars in Career.
Star Light, Star Bright (Bronze)	Score over 10,000 points while in a single Star Power deployment in Career or Quickplay.
Star Powered (Bronze)	Earn an 11x multiplier.
Studio Time (Bronze)	Create a GH Studio song.
Testing the Waters (Silver)	Play through every Band Hero song once.
The Long Road Ahead (Gold)	Complete Career on any difficulty with any instrument.
There's no 'I' in 'Band Hero' (Bronze)	Complete a song with 4 players without any members failing on expert in Career or Quickplay.
Till Death Do Us Part (Bronze)	Play an online Do or Die game.
Treasure Hunt (Gold)	Collect all of the Secret Notes.
Welcome to Band Hero (Bronze)	Complete all of the tutorials.
World Known (Silver)	Complete 75% of the gigs in Career.

• Various Cheats

In the Cheats menu, select "Enter new cheat" and hit the frets(one at a time) in a specific order to unlock something.

Effect	Password
Air Instruments	Blue, Yellow, Blue, Red(2), Yellow, Green, Yellow.
All Hammer Ons/Pull Offs	Red, Green, Blue, Green, Blue, Green, Red, Green.
All Slider Gems	Yellow, Green, Yellow(3), Red, Blue, Red.
Auto Kick	Yellow, Green, Yellow, Blue(2), Red, Blue, Red.
Electrika Steel	Blue(2), Red, Yellow, Red, Yellow, Blue(2).
Focus Mode	Yellow(2), Green(2), Red(2), Blue(2).
HUD Free Mode	Green, Red, Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red.
Invisible Characters	Green, Red, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Green.
Most Characters	Blue, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Red, Green, Red, Yellow.
Performance Mode	Yellow(2), Blue, Green, Blue, Red(3).

• Various Codes

Enter the following codes with your guitar controller at the cheats menu for the desired effect.

GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, BLUE, YELLOW, BLUE - Always Slide
YELLOW, GREEN, RED, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, RED - Auto kick
RED, RED, BLUE, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW - Air instruments
GREEN, GREEN, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN - All hammer-ons and pull-offs
GREEN, GREEN, RED, RED, YELLOW, RED, YELLOW, BLUE - Contest winner 1
YELLOW, GREEN, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN - Focus mode
GREEN, RED, GREEN, GREEN, YELLOW, GREEN, GREEN, GREEN - Clean screen (no HUD) mode
GREEN, RED, YELLOW, YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, BLUE, GREEN - Invisible characters
YELLOW, YELLOW, BLUE, RED, BLUE, GREEN, RED, RED - Performance mode
BLUE, BLUE, GREEN, GREEN, RED, GREEN, RED, YELLOW - Unlock all characters

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