Beatles: Rock Band 'Sgt. Pepper's' DLC debuts Nov. 17

by Xav de Matos on Nov 13th 2009 10:15AM

In a move no doubt inspired by the Movember Movement, Harmonix and MTV Games have revealed that the second DLC album for The Beatles: Rock Band, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, will release the week of November 17. Tracks from the British sensation's eighth studio album, as featured in the DLC release, include:

"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)"
"A Day In The Life."

Xbox 360 and Wii owners can purchase the DLC on Tuesday, November 17. The tracks will be available as a complete Track Pack for 1080

($13.50) or 160

($2.00) individually on Xbox 360; and 200 Wii Points ($2.00) per track on Wii. PlayStation 3 players get a few extra days to grow out their glorious mustaches when the pack lands on PSN on Thursday, November 19 for $13.49 (or $1.99 per track).

As previously revealed, Beatles fans can look forward to next month when 1965's Rubber Soul will become available as the game's third full-album DLC.

Tags: dlc, ea, Electronic-Arts, full-albums, harmonix, Microsoft, moustache, movember, mtv-games, Nintendo, release-date, rock-band, sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band, the-beatles, the-beatles-rock-band, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (43)

A DAY IN THE LIFE!!!

Also, when are PS3 owners getting All You Need is Love?

I read the news today, oh boy.

If Harmonix does it right, it'll be impossible to pass it on drums.

I had no idea this was happening, but BestBuy just sent me DLC codes for Rita, Day in the Life, and Oh! Darling because I bought the game from them a couple weeks ago.

I do loves me some free DLC.

Please, don't screw European PS3 users over this time, please, please, please...

That price isn't that bad.

Whatever, I was going to buy it anyway.

John is rockin an Al Bundy double time in that pic.

The Beatles kcus

What, you think if you spell it backwards nobody will downvote you?

@Devin

It is a sin to say such a thing!

It's not a sin, it's just stupid.

Ok I am finally getting to the Rock Bandwagon. Can anyone please explain how the importing of games works? I think I recall someone saying it's $10 each to import the previous titles to the newest. Just want to know the best route for a good rock band experience. Also I have the GH3 guitar, before they added the tapping thing to it. Will that work with RB?

http://www.joystiq.com/Instrument-Compatibility-Matrix/

They've already got something to help you.

Thanks Bradwart. I truly appreciate this!

Rock Band 2 is the main 'platform'

$5 to import Rock Band 1 (used copies are OK)

$10 to import LEGO Rock Band (new, one time use only codes)

Track Packs have DLC codes which are free (new, one time use only codes)

The Beatles is completely independent from all of this.

And your GH3 guitar is the best (imo). It can suffer from missed notes over time, but there's a quick fix available that I've used. I'd have to google it to find it again.

@GewurztraminerX

Thank you for the helpful information. Also do you mean that the guitar tends to wear down after use or just suffers from missed notes in general for RB? My guitar broke and red octane replaced it. Since then I haven't even used it.

It has to do with the detachable neck. It'll loosen over time which can make it so the circuit is incomplete while playing, therefore missing notes even when you know you're holding down the frets. I know it's an issue on the 360, not sure about the PS3, and so far the Wii seems safe from the issue (but if you're talking about importing I'll assume you're not planning on the Wii for Rock Band).

For me, it only affected the green fret, but that's still a big deal. I was all set to get a new controller when I came across a review on Amazon that talked about how to fix the very same issue (http://www.amazon.com/review/R3LQ1F5NHNJ9WC/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm). I don't think I used the site he linked in the review, but I basically got the idea that it was fixable from the review and googled more about it until finding a site with pretty easy instructions on how to fix it. It's an easy mod; just need the right screwdriver, relocate a chip inside, and put it back together. Certainly cheaper than buying a new controller.

But hey, if you have brand new unused controller, probably not an issue right now.

Yeah my guitar had the issue of acting as if the strum bar was constantly being held down. I suppose I shouldn't have to worry about that for a while. This will be good to keep in my book marks for future reference if need be. You both have been a great deal of help in clarifying my questions. Thank you :)

The Beatles DLC will play on The Beatles: Rock Band, but not on any other title.
The Beatles: Rock Band can NOT be exported for use in other Rock Band titles.

DLC from anyone other than The Beatles will work in Rock Band and Rock Band 2.
For the main series, you will want to play via Rock Band 2, since Rock Band 2 can't export yet.

I'm 95% sure of these prices, so it could be wrong.
It's $5 to export Rock Band (1) tracks.
It's $10 to export Lego Rock Band tracks.
And it's free to export Rock Band Track Packs (AC/DC, genre-based, etc.).

It's one cent cheaper on PS3.

Guess that's the advantage of not having to price it in Microsoft FunBucks.

It's two days sooner on 360.

Guess that's the advantage of having a Microsoft FunBox.

Life flows on within you and without you............

...it's far too late, when they pass away...

I thought that Within You Without you was already on-disc, as a part of Tommorow Never Knows.

They sound similar, but Tomorrow never knows is on Revolver.

it's a crappy mashup, not the original.

The song that's on the disc is a mash-up of "Within You Without You" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" for the 2006 album Love. This WYWY is the original album version.

The track included on the disc is a remix from the "Love" soundtrack. It combined Within You Without You with the drums from Tomorrow Never Knows, hence the title.

@mywhitenoise
How is it crappy? Both songs are the Beatles and they blend in together well. Plus the effect, especially with the Beatles: Rock Band trippy dreamscape is great.

I really want the real Tommorow Never Knows.

Gah I finally cracked and bought Beatles Rock Band. Now I fear I'll have to start buying this content. I need to keep an eye out for discount MS Points cards.

.:We'd like to take you home with us, we'd love to take you home!

This price seems much more reasonable than Abbey Road's $18, and there should be more interesting stuff in the dreamscapes this time around. Hooray for Mr. Kite and When I'm 64, too!

Sgt. Pepper's >>> Abbey Road. And next month is Rubber Soul?? Consider me giddy.

all three albums are great, no doubt about it.
but i still think it's criminal that A Hard Day's Night and Help! aren't available as DLC.

Yay! My favorite Beatles album. I just wish they were doing Revolver also...are they?

Depends on sales of the first 3 DLC albums

I really hope they do Revolver. That's my favorite one.

...

Yay! More Beatles!

So if they do the White Album (which they better, Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey must come out), do you think they'll release it as one big pack or two?

Probably one at a time

Now if only we could get the Revolver album!

Tomorrow never knows would be sick.

You can win some tracks on Twitter http://twitter.com/paramchuk

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