I believe that I can finish the whole “Story” level of the game in one seating, yes I do. The latest level of the game that I have cleared is the Abbey Road 66-67 but Budokan stage is my favorite since most of my great Beatles songs (at least for me) are included in the playlist – Day Tripper, And Your Bird Can Sing, Taxman.

Here are the other stages of the game that I have ‘conquered’:

• The Cavern
• Ed Sullivan Show
• …
• Budokan

Unlike the previous Rock Band games, the entire setlist will be available from the get-go in The Beatles: Rock Band. Considering the mainstream appeal of the Beatles, Harmonix realized it was foolish to lock away the core content of the game from the masses. Instead, the story mode provides something sorely missing from the first two Rock Band games: context. The tour mode of the previous titles attempted to emulate the experience of being a band on the rise, but did so through a simple numeric representation of how many fans players have accumulated. The Beatles offers cutscenes, both rendered in the game’s engine and through animation, that begin inside one of the band’s earliest venues: The Cavern Club.

Players will have to play through a number of pre-selected songs in order to progress onto the next part of the story, visiting venues such as the set of the Ed Sullivan Show, Budokan, Shea Stadium, and the rooftop of Apple Records. Those who manage to get 5-star ratings on all the songs will unlock a number of extras, such as photos that chronicle the history of the Beatles. These images include intimate details fact-checked by Paul McCartney himself.

Read the rest here:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/14/hands-on-with-the-beatles-rock-band-story-mode/