Yes Chris Hicks = EA
Erm no if you READ the article about the UK release it quite clearly has the original quote from the EA representative "We are expecting to see Rock Band 2 ship in September for the Xbox 360, with other platforms to follow" nowhere in the article does it say that EA, Harmonix or MTV said it would be a global release just that it would release in September using the same quote as IGN. Chris Hicks wrongly reported that it was a global release, and though the title of the article makes it appear to be an EA quote nowhere in the actual article is there a quote from EA which mentions Europe or a global release and so EA had to release a statement correcting HIS mistake.
If you provide me with a quote from EA and not some two-bit journalist who can't get his facts right that it was to be a global release then I'll admit I'm wrong otherwise I suggest you stop this as it's derailing the thread and you're embarrassing yourself. I did provide all the facts as that article doesn't have any quotes from EA that weren't in the IGN or EuroGamer articles.
Also I find it entertaining that you clearly spent a lot of time looking for an article to prove me wrong, you can call me a retard fanboy but you're the one with the problem, I pity you.