The Who are going to do a Rock Band videogame next year, Industry Gamers reports. Roger Daltrey apparently let the cat out of the bag in this Springfield (Mass.) Republican interview, in which he was asked about The Beatles: Rock Band and said:

Unless they burn our game consoles.

No wonder Daltrey's enthusiastic. The Beatles' Rock Band version has overtaken Guitar Hero in U.S. sales.

We already knew that Bono was putting his poverty crusade on hold so he can lust after getting U2 its own Rock Band. But that's not a done deal.

Bono probably needs to close that deal, because U2 is basically employing deficit spending to stage its obscenely expensive and lavish tour. Just before its Sunday stop at the Rose Bowl, U2 had played in front of 3 million people and had grossed $300 million — and have barely recovered startup costs. Absurdest excess: a 170-ton, $40 million, four-pronged stage.