Surviving Beatles unveil 'Rock Band' details at E3
Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the wives of late Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison (Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison) helped pave the way for the upcoming release of "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game with an appearance today (6/1) at the E3 Expo in New York City.
Set for release Sept. 9, the game disc will feature 45 songs, 10 of which were revealed today, according to a press release: "I Saw Her Standing There," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "Taxman," "Day Tripper," "Back...
Guardian Music — It has taken almost 50 years - but the Beatles are finally going digital, as the group's remaining members unveiled the forthcoming version of the game Rock Band.Sir Paul... more info
Reuters — DENVER (Billboard) - The surviving members of the Beatles unveiled new details about their upcoming "Rock Band" videogame at the E3 videogame conference in Los Angeles.
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Rolling Stone — “Who ever thought we’d end up as androids?” laughed Sir Paul McCartney, giddily strumming the air guitar onstage this morning alongside fellow Beatle Ringo Starr fo... more info
Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving members of The Beatles, appeared together in Los Angeles on Monday to present a "Rock Band" vide... more info
Stereogum —
Yes the motherload edition of Rock Band becomes a reality on 9/9/09. Everybody is excited. Apple Corps/Viacom/MTV Games shareholders are super excited. Your boyfriend ... more info
MTV.co.uk News — Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney have appeared in New York to launch new computer game The Beatles: Rock Band. The surviving members of the Fab Four were joined by Georg... more info
Live Daily — Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the wives of late Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison (Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison) helped pave the way for the upcoming release ... more info
The Yellow Stereo — I’ve been kind of mum on this game since Apple Corps, MTV, and Harmonix announced their exclusive partnership to create it. I knew that they would treat the game wi... more info
PopSugar UK —
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and George Harrison's widow Olivia got together to launch The Beatles version of Rock Band yesterday. - BBC
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The Newsroom — Conan O'Brien makes debut on 'The Tonight Show'; Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr launch 'Beatles: Rock Band' computer game; Judge puts 'Columbo' actor Peter Falk in conser... more info
I Guess I'm Floating — Right when I thought the Guitar Hero 5 indie news would help give the rhythmic franchise a slight upper hand, Rock Band rightfully steals the stage at E3 yesterday. I ha... more info