Beatles

Sgt. Pepper coming to The Beatles Rock Band

It was 2 months ago today, that Rock Band let us play, a truck load of Beatles songs, so that we could all sing along. Now may I introduce to you, the pack we've all wanted for years - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band!

Yes, Harmonix and Apple Corps. have...

BlueBeat claims it owns copyright in Beatles tracks

Hank Risen, the owner of BlueBeat.com, which was found last week to be selling MP3s of the Beatles' catalogue for as little as 15p per track, has defiantly stated that he owns the copyrights in the songs that he's selling.

EMI filed a lawsuit against the company,...

Beatles offer 16GB apple-shaped USB drive

The Beatles have perennially refused to put their catalogue on any digital download sites, despite a little-known site called BlueBeat stocking the fab four's tracks at knock-down prices.

But if you want to get your hands on legitimate digital recordings of your...

Beatles live performance coming to venue near you

That's a headline you could read in the not too distant future thanks to a new technology that is hoping to change the way we listen to music forever.

The concept, created by Zenph Studios and called "Re-Performance", works not by re-mastering music in the traditional...

Beatles go on sale online

The Beatles' entire back catalogue has found itself online for streaming and downloads semi-legally thanks to music service BlueBeat Music.

The site, which will no doubt be pulled within hours is currently offering Beatles fans the chance to own songs for just...

U2 wants their own video game

U2's bassist, Adam Clayton, has said that the band wants to follow in the footsteps of Metallica and the Beatles by starring in their own video game. The band has been extensively associated with Apple's iPod and RIM's BlackBerry products in the past, but hasn't ever...

Beatles tracks now available to stream free online

The Beatles are finally available online! Well not quite, but UK music site We7 is offering some Fab Four tunes as sung by Sir Paul McCartney. Hit play in the box above to hear the tunes, or head over to We7.com for the full playlist.

Beatles and iPod touch camera no show, what happened?

The clues were all there, but as always the Apple faithful wished for more than the company could deliver.

In the end the one-hour keynote presentation presented Apple fans with a faster iPod touch, a nano with digital camera and an update to the iTunes store....

Ion I Profile converts your Beatles vinyl to iPod

If you are a true fan of The Beatles, the will-they won't-they saga about the entire collection appearing on iTunes won't interest you: you've already got them on vinyl, which we all know, is the purists only format.

Ion are throwing you a lifeline with their...

PHOTOS: The Beatles: Rock Band art work

Today, as 09/09/09, sees the long-awaited launch of the The Beatles: Rock Band music-themed video game.

To whet your appetite for the new title, here's a brief gallery of character art work and screen shots for the game.

The Limited Edition Premium...

The Apple iPod rumour round-up - 09.09.09

Yes, it's 09.09.09. The day has arrived. The day The Beatles digitised 14 of their albums for download and the day Apple refreshes its iPod range at a press conference in San Francisco to be beamed around the world.

The internet rumour mill has been churning...

Conflicting sources turn Beatles iTunes announcement into pantomime

"He's behind you, Oh no he's not," is the usual cry at the pantomime and the same is quickly happening to the much hyped Apple announcement on the 9 September as conflicting source of what will and what won't be announced crash against each other.

Whether or...

The Beatles heading to iTunes says Yoko Ono

Believe what you will, but when a major news organisation publishes then removes a story there is some cause for it to make headlines.

According to titbits scraped from an uncached and unseen story, Sky News in the UK is claiming that

"The whole...

Harmonix says no to Beatles SingStar

Harmonix, the company behind The Beatles: Rock Band has issued a denial that the company is working on a SingStar version of the game.

"MTV Games and Harmonix have the exclusive rights to create music games based on The Beatles per our exclusive partnership...

SingStar: The Beatles on the way

EA is expected to announce that it will be releasing a Beatles version of its SingStar game within days of The Beatles: Rock Band going on sale.

The news, leaked at games conference GamesCom in Germany to gaming industry mag MCV, suggests that EA is hoping...

VIDEO: The Beatles: Rock Band trailer

As the The Beatles: Rock Band edges closer to its 9 September launch date, new footage from the game has been spied on the Internet.

This is apparently a new trailer for the game, and will give fans an idea of the kind of graphics they can look forward to....

PHOTOS: Beatles Rock Band

A whole new set of screenshots have been released for Beatles Rock Band, showing the group in various stages of their career.

As Pocket-lint has previous reported, the game will be out on 09/09/09, and special edition bundles will be available that feature...

Beatles "All You Need Is Love" to be Xbox 360 exclusive

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, came together on stage to kick off the 2009 E3 gaming event with the world premiere of The Beatles: Rock Band.

As many of you will know already, The Beatles: Rock Band will...

Paul McCartney's Rock Band bass revealed

As you know, The Beatles: Rock Band is on the horizon, and dated for the 9 September - less than 4 months away.

As a result, we're starting to see more details coming out about the game, including all of the special edition controllers, which we've brought...

The Beatles: Rock Band special bundle revealed

A few more details and pricing for The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle have been revealed by Harmonix, MTV and EA.

The bundle will include The Beatles: Rock Band game, a Hofner Bass controller, described as a large scale replica of the bass...

Re-mastered Beatles CDs to launch with Rock Band game

The original Beatles catalogue, digitally re-mastered for the first time, is to get a worldwide CD release on 09/09/09 - the same date as the The Beatles: Rock Band goes on sale.

However, there's still no news on the catalogue being made available for download....

Instruments start to appear on Beatles Rock Band site

We know that "The Beatles: Rock Band" will go on sale on 9 September 2009, but what's not known yet is full details of the game's content, including instruments to be included.

Harmonix promised "a limited number of new hardware offerings modelled after instruments...

The Beatles: Rock Band to launch 09/09/09

The forthcoming Beatles-themed music game has been given a name and a launch date, fans of the Fab Four will be delighted to hear.

Harmonix, the developers behind the game, has revealed that "The Beatles: Rock Band" will go on sale on 9 September 2009 - so...

Free Beatles tracks pulled

"Some thought this was too good to be true", NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation said in its blog. "And it was".

Norway's public broadcaster has pulled the downloadable podcasts containing "free" songs from the Beatles, citing a licensing issue.

Beatles tunes available for free download

NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is offering Beatles music available now as a free download.

From the broadcaster's "Vår daglige Beatles", or Our Daily Beatles, a series of radio programmes from 2001, the tunes are available as free and legal downloads...