Wednesday, September 1, 2010

John Lennon 70th birthday album reissue details revealed The details of the forthcoming John Lennon album reissues have been revealed. Eight of John's albums are being reissued on October 9 digitally and on CD, with the project being overseen by Yoko Ono. The date would have been Lennon's 70th birthday. A new "stripped" version of his and Ono's 1980 Double Fantasy album, will be released. Source: NME, UK

Lady Gaga to join Yoko Ono on stage in Los Angeles Today, Yoko Ono announced on her website that Lady Gaga would be one of the special guests to join her and the Plastic Ono Band for one of two special performances in Los Angeles. Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band will be performing at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles on October 1 and 2. Lady Gaga will appear on October 2nd only. Source: Anaheim Pop Culture Examiner

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

John Lennon peace rally at Lincoln Memorial on Thursday Organizers of Abbey Road on the River today announced plans to host "Give Peace a Chance" on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:11pm. The moonlit sing-a-long of John Lennon's 1969 single will honor the legendary musician in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the steps of the Reflecting Pool. Source: Beatles News

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Lennon's sells for $14,740 at UK auction A that belonged to John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said. Anne-Marie Trace, who works at the Beatles Shop in Liverpool which organized the sale, said, "I think it's the most unusual item we've ever had in our auction." Source: Reuters, UK

Friday, August 27, 2010

Yoko Ono plans Iceland event to celebrate John's birthday Yoko Ono is set to host a special event on Iceland to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. Travelling to the Scandinavian island Yoko Ono will host several special events on October 9th to honour John Lennon's life. Attempting to promote peace, the events will contain some spectacular ceremonies. Source: Clash Music

Harry Nilsson documentary to debut in New York The documentary about Harry Nilsson entitled Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? is finally getting a New York debut and about to be released on DVD, according to May Pang. The film debuts in NY at the Village Cinema on Sept. 10th and then on DVD on October 26th. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

John Lennon docu-drama gets UK premiere in Liverpool What if John Lennon hadn't died 30 years ago? What if he were still alive today and out there somewhere, living a quiet life away from the public gaze? That's the premise behind Canadian director Peter McNamee's movie Let Him Be which gets its UK premiere at International Beatle Week in Liverpool this weekend. Source: Liverpool Echo

John Lennon sample helps Welsh singer to the airwaves The Beatles are notorious for the difficulty people have in using their material. Try sampling A Day In The Life and see how far you get. But Tyrone Marshall, a Welsh singer-songwriter, has been able to sample one of John Lennon's last ever interviews and it's gaining him some coverage including in Lennon's home city. Source: BBC News, Wales

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Remember Lennon: Imagine 70 tribute concerts On the evening of John Lennon's birthday, October 9, 2010, "Remember Lennon: Imagine 70" will be staged at the historic Shubert Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. The night before, on October 8, the same multi-media extravaganza will grace the stage of the Calvin Theatre & Performing Arts Center in Northampton, MA. Source: John Lennon Examiner

The day John Lennon saw UFO's over New York Thirty six years ago on the balmy evening of August 23, 1974, John Lennon stood on his deck overlooking the East River, smoking a cigarette, when suddenly he looked up to see what was obviously a UFO floating overhead. He screamed for his then-girlfriend, May Pang to come and see what he was seeing. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Monday, August 23, 2010

There's no place like nowhere Thirty years ago this month, John Lennon left Newport on a small boat headed for Bermuda. He hoped the voyage would unlock his writer's block. But the small vessel was clobbered by waves and gale force winds while Lennon clung terrified to the wheel for dear life. John said that the trip was one of the most important events of his life. Source: Rhode Island Monthly

John Lennon's to be auctioned with Beatles memorabilia John Lennon's from Tittenhurst Park will be among the highlights of an auction of Beatles memorabilia this week. Also at the auction, a mono copy of the Two album is expected to fetch at least about $3,800. The exact number of mono copies sold is not known, but auction organisers say it might be as few as a ''couple of hundred''. Source: The Telegraph, UK

Monday, August 16, 2010

Lennon letter delivered nearly four decades later A little-known folk singer who once complained that success was threatening to ruin his career has finally received a letter of reassurance sent to him by John Lennon nearly 40 years ago. Lennon wrote to Steve Tilston in 1971 after reading an interview with him in a music magazine. The letter is now estimated to be worth around $11,000. Source: The Telegraph, UK

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Yoko Ono goes on the attack Yoko Ono isn't exactly the most popular of celebrities. Appearing before television critics to promote an upcoming documentary about John Lennon, Ono's behavior this week has been jaw-droppingly odd. Offensive, even. She accused one writer of being both "sexist" and "racist" for asking the most innocuous of questions. Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

John Lennon's killer's parole hearing delayed A parole hearing was delayed until September, a court official said Tuesday, as the man sought conditional release after nearly 30 years in prison. For the sixth time, he is seeking release as part of a routine review of sentences. Source: My Fox NY

Monday, August 9, 2010

Beatle history for sale The Georgian house on Percy Street were Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the original members of The Beatles, had a flat, has come on the market. Number 9 Percy Street is were Stuart lived for a short time before moving to Gambia Terrace to share a flat with his friends from Liverpool College of Art, John Lennon and Rod Murray. Source: Click Liverpool

John's Octopus's Garden in Liverpool is blooming lovely Work on restoring the garden at John Lennon's Liverpool childhood home by University historians and the National Trust is starting to show results. Dr Jackson, a Senior Lecturer in Modern History said, "It is a massive task that we have undertaken in terms of establishing just how the garden was planted in the 1950s." Source: Click Liverpool

Friday, August 6, 2010

John Lennon conspiracy play goes back to Liverpool Among the tribute concerts, musicals, poetry competitions and commemorations for John Lennon this year is a play which takes quite a different view of Lennon's violent death 30 years ago. Liverpool playwright Ian Carroll's One Bad Thing returns to the stage in the city for the first time in seven years when it opens at the Actors' Studio in Seel Street. Source: Liverpool Echo

Hotel hosts filming for John Lennon documentary Liverpool's Hard Days Night Hote commemorated the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death after taking part in filming for an exclusive ITV1 documentary, which will include interviews with John Lennon's friends and others who will talk about their memories of the tragic day and what the musician continues to mean to the world of music. Source: Click Liverpool

Thursday, August 5, 2010

John Lennon remembered in PBS special John Lennon would have turned 70 in October. PBS is marking the occasion with 2-hour Nov. 22 American Masters special that chronicles his solo career in the last decade of his life, which he spent in New York City with his wife Yoko Ono. The film includes audio from four or five recording sessions not previously heard. Source: USA Today

Interview: Creator of the Lennon Box of Vision Jon Polk, creator of the Lennon Box of Vision, which will house the Lennon remasters that are due out for John's 70th birthday celebration this October, and is now available for preorder, is also the force behind the Lennon Time Capsule project, which will be sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 8. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Double Fantasy remixed where Lennon last worked The re-release of John Lennon's Double Fantasy album was remastered at the same studio the late Beatle was working in on the night he died. Producer Jack Douglas and his engineer reworked the album at a Sony studio in New York, which is housed at the site of the former Record Plant. Source: Ace Showbiz

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Lennon film to goes to PBS and DVD in November The BBC production of Lennon, an inside look at seven years in the life of John Lennon, will arrive on DVD just two days after TV premiere on on PBS. Warner Home Video and the BBC will be getting together for United States distribution on the DVD, due to arrive on November 23. Source: IGN

Beatles charity celebrates Help album anniversary To coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Beatles Help! album, Liverpool's Hard Days Night Hotel will host an intimate gig to help raise funds for the Beatles Day Foundation. The performance by the Backbeat Beatles is part of the hotel's ongoing support for the charity as it countdowns to the John Lennon Tribute season this autumn. Source: Beatles News

Monday, August 2, 2010

John Lennon on sale again as Liam opens fashion store Liam Gallagher looks more like John Lennon than ever as he steps out wearing a hat identical to one the Beatles star wore in A Hard Day's Night over 40 years ago. But this time the singer is using the look to promote his new clothing line, which has just gone on sale in London's Carnaby Street. Source: The Express, UK

Friday, July 30, 2010

Lennon Box of Vision only available for a limited time In celebration of John's 70th birthday, the Lennon Box of Vision is now available for presale. Each uniquely numbered copy will include the complete artwork for John and Yoko's Wedding Album, the complete calendar artwork for Live Peace In Toronto and all of John's studio albums, compilations and live albums originally issued in the LP format. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Book to include rare Beatles photos and new Beatles truths Shivering Inside, the second volume in Jude Southerland Kessler's 9-book series on the life of John Lennon, will be released on 9 October 2010, just in time for John's 70th birthday. The 800-page narrative covering the years of Dec. 1961-mid-April 1963 will include rare photos supplied by close friends of Lennon. Source: Beatles News

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to create John Lennon time capsules In honor of John Lennon's 70th birthday on October 9, 2010, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and BoxofVision LLC will create three authorized time capsules of John Lennon's post-Beatles recordings and fan contributions submitted via the web, to carry his legacy of peace and love to future generations. Source: Beatles News

Is John Lennon 'bigger than' The Beatles in collecting? When it comes to investing in collectibles, is John Lennon now bigger than The Beatles? Whilst The Beatles may lead the way in album sales, with 600 million worldwide, eclipsing those of Lennon and the other members' solo careers, when it comes to investing in memorabilia from Beatles and Lennon album covers, it's a very different story. Source: Paul Fraser Collectables

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Yoko Ono continues to oppose parole for John Lennon's killer Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who nearly 30 years ago killed her husband, former Beatle John Lennon, and who comes up for parole next month, her lawyer said. Ono has consistently opposed parole for the man and has again sent a letter to the parole board, her lawyer, Peter Shukat, told the Daily News. Source: NY Post

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