Beatlemania being kept alive...

The world will give its attention to the Fab Four this week, as it has done regularly for more than four decades, the latest rekindling of one of music's most enduring love affairs.

Wednesday will bring a Beatles bounty, led by the premiere of long-awaited CD upgrades and "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game -- groundbreaking releases designed to captivate diehard devotees while luring a new generation of fans into the fold.

The 09/09/09 release date -- number nine, number nine, number nine, if you will -- is the culmination of a ubiquitous, months-long promotional campaign. And it's the biggest blast of Beatlemania since the multimedia "Anthology" project rolled out in 1996. More...

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