No Beatles solo projects in 'Rock Band'

Harmonix has revealed that The Beatles' solo projects will not be featured in its upcoming Rock Band game based on the iconic musicians.

According to studio exec John Drake, there will be no tracks from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr's side-projects included in the title, but they may be added as DLC at a later date.

"The design team really focused on The Beatles: Rock Band being about the four guys," he told Joystiq. "It's about the lives and times of these four individuals playing together and the joy that came from the music they made.

"So you won't see session players, you won't see the families because it was hard to see where the line would be drawn. I know our creative and executive team spent a lot of time with Apple trying to say, 'Do you include Eric Clapton's solo, or Billy Preston's keyboard stuff?' So instead, we just made it about those four guys," he continued.

"But it is about the defined part of their career, so you probably won't see Ringo's solo career, or Wings, or John Lennon's or George's songs. It's going to be just the four Beatles playing together. It doesn't mean we won’t see any of those songs in Rock Band, or something along those lines."

The Beatles: Rock Band is released on September 9 for Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3.