News From The Analog

• Billboard sits down with Paul McCartney to talk about The Beatles:Rock Band, the remastering of Abbey Road and iTunes. Above photo (AP Photo/MTV Games)

• British phenoms Arctic Monkeys have lined up a UK and Ireland arena tour. NME has the scoop here.

• Last Thursday members of The Strokes, The Killers and even Kid Rock showed up to salute Tom Petty. Brooklyn Vegan has the scoop on last weeks Petty Fest at Bowery Ballroom in NYC.

• Aquarium Drunkard sits down with Vic Chesnutt. Read the interview here.

• Phish was featured on NPR's Morning Edition last week. The segment which featured Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell talked about their new album 'Joy' and what the future holds for the phab four. Click here to read the interview.

Last, but sadly it took seventy days for Michael Jackson to be buried. Pretty sad if you ask me, but this is just the beginning of what will be a very long line of court cases regarding who gets what. Rolling Stone has the coverage here.