ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

In case you're wondering why you didn't see the Beatles on your tube last week, the word is that they turned down that $30 million dollar reunion deal mentioned here last month. Not that that should stop fledgling impressario Mike Matthews, president of the sound equipment company that brought you the Mike Matthews Freedom Amp, who's dangling $6 million in front of the Fab Four in an attempt to get them to do a one-time-only hour-long telecast.