In an interview with Spinner, Ringo says it’s strictly a coincidence:

No, there’s no rivalry. Paul is Paul, Ringo is Ringo and this is what we do. We don’t phone each other and say, ‘You can’t you bring your record out because I’ve got one!’. We live our lives, we make our music and pick a release date. This was the date we picked and that’s just how it is.

Starr’s new release, Ringo 2012, came out earlier this week. It’s believed McCartney’s new record, titled Kisses on the Bottom, will be out next week.

Ringo’s album features nine tracks, with guest performances from Joe Walsh of the Eagles and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

Paul’s latest is a collection of standards that he remembers from childhood, in addition to a couple of original songs. Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton make guest appearances.

The Beatles’ producer, Sir George Martin, along with his son, Giles, and Harrison’s son, Djani, made the discovery at London’s Abbey Road studios, where the Beatles recorded the song in the summer of 1969. Harrison recorded the short solo on electric guitar, in contrast to the acoustic guitar tracks on the version that was released.

Here’s the video clip:

The video comes from Martin Scorsese’s documentary, Living in the Material World, which has just been released on DVD.

Photographer Mike Mitchell with one of the Beatles 1964 Washington concert photos.

It was February 11, a few days after the Beatles arrived on their first U.S. tour, and the band was playing its first North American concert at the Washington Coliseum in the nation’s capital. Mitchell had unrestricted access to the stage that night and snapped scores of black-and-white photos. He put the negatives in a box, stored it in his basement, and forgot about them for almost 20 years.

Now the photos from that historic evening are going on the auction block at Christie’s New York. And they’re a sight to behold.

Mitchell photographed the Beatles individually and as a group, catching the essence of their appeal in sharply-focused, backlit images that he digitized years later and copied back into gelatin silver prints. Christie’s is offering each of the prints individually — only one per negative — at starting prices of between $1,000 and $6,000. Officials at the auction house say they expect the photos could fetch far more.

To see the photos and get more information on the auction, click here.

“Right now, I’d rather put it quickly in a song, snippets of part of my life. Everybody talks about the Cavern Club, but in this new track, I actually mention the Iron Door, which was a much better club.”

Ringo launches a 27-date European tour in June with his All-Star band.

The other surviving Beatle, Paul McCartney, is about to re-issue a remastered version of his first solo album. The re-issued ‘McCartney’ will feature seven bonus tracks in addition to the original material released in 1970.

It’s being released in June along with ‘McCartney II,’ recorded in 1980, which will include eight bonus songs.

The Who’s Roger Daltrey is taking his show on the road this summer. Tickets go on sale Friday for The Who’s rock opera ‘Tommy, ‘ featuring Daltrey and bandmate Pete Townshend’s younger brother, Simon.

All 15 dates are in the UK. Daltrey performed ‘Tommy’ at a London charity concert earlier this year.

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Townshend at Woodstock, 1969 (l); at the 2010 Super Bowl (r)

A half-century later, Townshend now says he wishes he never joined the band. He says despite The Who’s success, he’d have done better as a solo performer. Townshend told Uncut Magazine, “Even though I am quite a good gang member and a good trooper on the road, I am bad at creative collaboration.”

He added, “I would have made a much more effective solo performer and producer working the way Brian Eno has worked.”

Townshend also says he’d also be in better physical shape.

“My ears, right wrist and shoulder would work more efficiently,” he said. “In all other respects, I am in extremely good shape.”

The comments came on the eve of bandmate Roger Daltrey’s performance in “Tommy.” He’ll reprise the 1969 rock opera tonight in London.

We’re compiling a list of listener choices. If your favorite tunes are included in the Top 50:

• They’ll be featured in a special program — “Your Top 50 Favorite British Invasion Songs”
• We’ll publish the results here on the website
• They’ll get more airplay on British Invasion Radio

So share your favorites with us now. Click here for a ballot.

Poster from the last Stones tour in 2007.

The Stones haven’t played on the road since 2007, when their Bigger Bang tour grossed more than $550 million.

In November, Richards disclosed the Stones might celebrate their 50th anniversary with a series of concerts in 2012. And the idea gained momentum this week with the release of court papers in a legal battle between the promoter Live Nation and its former chairman. The documents discussed the possibility of a new tour. But the band says it has “no firm plans” for a series of concerts.

Despite that, you will get the chance to see Mick Jagger sing on the Grammy Awards show for the first time in his career. Jagger is taking part in a tribute to gospel and blues legend Solomon Burke, who died last fall. CBS will broadcast the Grammies live from Los Angeles on February 13.

The Who's Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend

Daltrey’s voice was strong as he performed two solos during the first part of the gig at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo. Following performances from Jeff Beck, Bryan Adams and Blondie’s Debbie Harry, The Who regrouped to close the show with “Baba O’Riley,” “Who Are You” and “Wont Get Fooled Again.”

This was The Who’s first concert in almost a year. They have no others scheduled, through Daltrey has hinted at the possibility of a tour sometime in the future.

Waters says Wyman and the Stones have recorded a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Watching the River Flow”, and that Richards plays on three cuts. Wyman played bass for the Stones for 30 years before leaving the band in 1992. Proceeds from the album are going to the British Heart Foundation.