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Ringo and Paul launch The Beatles: Rock Band at E3

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Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, got together today in Los Angeles at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo to officially announce new information about their upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band videogame due for release 9 September.

"The game is good. The graphics are very good, and, er, we were great," said Starr.

"We never thought we'd end up as androids," McCartney added. "Thank you very much for having us on your game show."

Among the details disclosed were 10 of the 45 songs expected in game: I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Taxman, Day Tripper, Back In The USSR, I Am The Walrus, Octopus's Garden, Here Comes The Sun and Get Back.

In other words, not too shabby.

I Saw Her Standing There - The Cavern Club

Different venues played by The Beatles will be recreated for The Beatles: Rock Band, including The Cavern Club in Liverpool (where they got their start), The Ed Sullivan Show, Shea Stadium and The Budokan in Japan.

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Ed Sullivan Show

Taxman - Budokan

The game will take fans into the studio experience after the band stopped touring through "artistic visual expressions known as Dreamscapes, intended to transport players to the imaginative environments that capture the essence of The Beatles' genre-busting musical and fashion transformations during their later years," according to a release given to attendees at E3.

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