NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Beatles are back – but this time the world’s most famous rock band may be stirring more excitement in executive suites than in campuses and schoolyards. When “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game hits store shelves on Wednesday – packed with 45 songs for players to sing, strum and drum along with – the industry hopes it will provide the lift that retailers, publishers and console makers desperately need for this holiday shopping season.

Mary J. Blige tops Jackson tribute in Vienna

VIENNA (Reuters) – R&B stars Mary J. Blige, Akon and Chris Brown and veterans Natalie Cole and Sister Sledge will honor the late Michael Jackson at a concert in Vienna later this month, with more stars due to be announced this week. Thirteen artists so far have been confirmed to perform at the concert, set in front of Vienna’s Schoenbrunn castle on September 26, Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson and producer Georg Kindel told reporters at a news conference in Vienna.