Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band next week

Apple Corps and MTV Games’ Harmonix announced The Beatles classic album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), will be available in its entirety for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band starting November 17, 2009.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the second full album from The Beatles to hit The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store since the game’s launch on September 9. Last month MTV Games and Harmonix released Abbey Road (1969) as the first full downloadable album for use in the game. Additionally,
“All You Need Is Love,” the first downloadable track available for the game, has shown similar success with more than 100,000 downloads to date on Xbox LIVE. Proceeds to that song are being donated to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Available for Xbox 360 (Nov. 17) and PlayStation 3 (Nov. 19), songs that are not already part of the original game’s line-up - including “Fixing A Hole,” “She’s Leaving Home,” “Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!,” “Within You Without You,” “When I’m Sixty-Four,” “Lovely Rita,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” and “A Day In The Life” - will cost $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per track. The “Complete Album Pack” will cost $13.49 USD, £7.49, €8.99 (1080 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

And if you own the Wii version, you can by individual tracks for $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) each starting Nov. 17.

Abbey Road now available for The Beatles Rock Band

Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix have released Abbey Road for The Beatles: Rock Band - the first Beatles album available for purchase as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. You can find out more about the contents of the package by reading this story from yesterday.

More Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December. The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii.
The album is available today on Xbox 360 and Wii, and will be released Oct. 22 on PS3.

The Beatles Rock Band soon gets Abbey Road album

Apple Corps, MTV Games and Harmonix announced Abbey Road (1969) as the first Beatles album to be available for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store. This download will give players access to all the songs on the album - some were released when the game went live earlier this year including With Come Together, Something, Octopus’s Garden, I Want You (She’s So Heavy), Here Comes The Sun and The End.

Available for Xbox 360 (Oct. 20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct. 22): The Complete The Album Pack features the singles Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, and Because; a B-side 16 minute medley that includes: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight and The End; and songs that can be played as 1-to-3-song sets based on how they were recorded / composed (You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/ She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End and Her Majesty. The Complete Album will be available for $16.99 USD, £10.46 UK, €11.37 EU (1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360).

available for Wii on Oct. 20 are individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Because, You Never Give Me Your Money, and Her Majesty
Each will be priced at $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per each individual track. Her Majesty will costs $1.00 USD (100 Wii Points). Multi-Track sets including
Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, and Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End are also available at
$3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack.

Additional Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December. The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for purchase on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, PlayStation Network and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii.

The Beatles: Rock Band Announced and Dated

Last year, when MTV Games, Harmonix, and Apple Corps announced that they had reached a licensing agreement for use of the library of music from The Beatles, fans everywhere started salivating over the possibility of hitting Rock Band’s virtual stage with John, Paul, George, and Ringo. That possibility was immediately shot down, with the involved parties specifically stating that the new game would NOT be an expansion to the Rock Band line. Fret not, rock game gods, it seems like SOMEONE was stretching the truth.

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Harmonix and MTV Games Join With The Beatles

The ongoing battle for dominance of the music video game market took a major turn today, as MTV Games and Harmonix, the force behind the hit Rock Band games, announced they’ve entered into an exclusive deal with Apple Corps, Ltd., the company formed to manage the multimedia rights to the vast works of legendary band, The Beatles.

This partnership marks the first time that Apple Corps, along with EMI Music, Harrisongs Ltd, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, has agreed to present The Beatles music in an interactive video game format. Published by MTV Games and developed by Harmonix, the new game will be an unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles. The game was creatively conceived with input from Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, and enjoys their full blessing. In addition, Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE project, will provide his expertise and serve as Music Producer for this groundbreaking Beatles project.

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