Today, October 9th, 2010, John Lennon would have turned 70. Fans and even non-fans know when and where he died: He was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, in front of the Dakota, where he lived with Yoko Ono. He was 40. I knew that without checking but if you [...]

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Today we attended a press conference and preview performance for Ringo Starr‘s appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. The former Beatle will be the only guest (and of course, musical guest) on the show, and he, Jimmy Fallon and Ben Harper (playing along with Starr’s band) spoke to members of the press today.

Here’s a look at what went down.

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Suddenly, The Beatles are culturally relevant again. Not that their achievements have faded a single bit since they disbanded, but the upcoming release of video game The Beatles: Rock Band (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii) stands at the crossroads of music distributing and video game revolution — and it’s the first significant step by The Beatles towards distributing their music digitally.

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