Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Sean Lennon to tour with Yoko Ono Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon, will tour the UK playing a live version of the couple's last album, "Double Fantasy," part of a project meant to promote creativity among young people who have limited access to artistic tools, that will culminate in a live concert at London's Southbank center as part of her Meltdown Festival in June. Source: The Examiner

Pictures: Hard Rock exhibit includes rare John Lennon artifacts A special display of John Lennon artifacts has arrived at Seattle's Hard Rock Café in a limited traveling exhibit that will be on site for public viewing from today through May 19. The display includes his hand-written lyrics to the song "Help" and John Lennon's personal gold record for his 1974 album "Walls and Bridges." Source: John Lennon Examiner

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

John Lennon movie attracts award-winning cast Dan Fogelman's long-in-the-works directorial debut "Imagine" has added several tremendously talented, award-winning actors to its cast list, it was announced yesterday, including 4 time Oscar winner Annette Bening, 2 time Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine, Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner and Oscar winner Al Pacino. Source: The Examiner

Yoko: Being a Beatle wife harder than married to a politician In a BBC radio interview, Yoko Ono says life as the wife of a Beatle "never ends." But even though she will always be known as Lennon, she has refused to be defined by that and is arguably performing more now, with her son, Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono band, and putting on a greater number of art shows, than ever before. Source: The Telegraph, UK

Monday, May 13, 2013

New book reveals John Lennon regretted political campaigning According to Beatles friend and associate Joe Flannery, John Lennon regretted his political activism and was planning to return to his native U.K.. Lennon was an outspoken critic of Richard Nixon in the 1970s, but he later confessed to Flannery that he had gone overboard with his political statements. Source: Star Pulse

Friday, May 10, 2013

New Hard Rock collection in Tampa includes Lennon's glasses The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa has announced Friday that a new, traveling exhibit titled "Treasures of the Hard Rock" will be on display there June 14-22. The exhibit will feature many unique pieces pulled from Hard Rock International's more than 77,000-piece main collection, including glasses worn by John Lennon. Source: The Tampa Tribune

Video Interview: Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono In the course of an interview that first aired May 13, 2012 and is now available online, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon tell many interesting stories. They speak intimately about the music, and reminisce about the events that inspired the compositions. Sean reacts to a John Lennon recording he's hearing for the first time. Source: WNYC Radio, New York

Thursday, May 9, 2013

John Lennon's Ferrari up for auction John Lennon's 1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Coupe his bandmates bought for him the day he passed his driving test will be going up for auction this summer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. The Beatles paid £6,500 for it in 1965, it is expected to auction for $280,000 to $340,000, although Ferrari 330 GT 2+2s typically sell for much less. Source: NY Times

Yoko Ono launches Lennon bus in Liverpool Yoko Ono has visited Liverpool to launch a bus which will tour Europe and be used by young people to make music. Ono said it felt fitting to launch the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in the former Beatle's hometown. Yoko said, "Music is so important for everybody on this planet, I think it is the one thing that is keeping me young." Source: BBC News

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Forgotten John Lennon interview inspires kids in Nova Scotia People in the Cape Breton community of New Waterford in Nova Scotia have caught Beatlemania after uncovering a little-known recording of John Lennon from a local radio station, a news report from 1969 containing highlights from an interview with Lennon after the famous Beatle called the station during his famous Montreal bed-in. Source: CBC, Canada

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The true story of John Lennon's lost sister Victoria John Lennon learned that in 1944, when he was four years old, his mother Julia had an affair while his father was at sea, and the baby was given up. John was so overcome by emotion, wanting to find his sister that he placed an ad in the paper, and hired detectives. John never found her. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Examining the truth about John Lennon's mother Julia Through the years, Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother, has generally been cast as a frivolous, flirtatious woman who willingly gave her son up in 1946. In his song "Mother," John Lennon quips, "I wanted you, you didn't want me." But after Mimi, family members began to admit that Julia wanted him very badly, but wasn't allowed to keep him. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Rock art show to feature paintings by the Beatles The Classic Rock Art Show near Philadelphia in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, features the world's largest collection of paintings, drawings and photographs created by and depicting some of the most celebrated names in classic rock. Paintings by Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr will be showcased. Source: Montgomery News, PA

John Lennon Songwriting Contest winner will perform at Beatles festival The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, open to amateur and professional songwriters from around the world, received over 200 entries. Catherine Feeny of Portland Oregon was selected by a panel of judges as the winner of the contest for her original song titled "Unity," and will perform at this year's Abbey Road on the River festival. Source: Beatles News

Monday, May 6, 2013

Rare Beatles guitar expected to fetch £150k at auction A rare guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison worth about £150,000 will go on display this week. The Beatles VOX guitar, a custom prototype made in 1966 and later given to "Magic Alex" Mardas, a friend of the band, will be on display in London from Thursday to Saturday, then it will be taken to New York for auction. Source: Huffington Post, UK

Saturday, May 4, 2013

John Lennon drawings go on display in Los Angeles This weekend only, artwork by John Lennon can be seen at an exhibit in Century City, Los Angeles. This exhibition displays more than 120 serigraphs, signed lithographs and lyric sheets by the legendary Beatle, and also include part of the rare "Bag One" series, 15 drawings sold as a collection in a portfolio-shaped case during the 1960s. Source: Hollywood Reporter

Friday, May 3, 2013

Annette Bening and Bobby Cannavale in talks for Lennon film Annette Bening and Bobby Cannavale are in negotiations to appear in Imagine, Dan Fogelman's John Lennon-centric story. Meanwhile, Al Pacino is in the process of closing his deal to star in the movie, which centers on an aging rocker (Pacino) who discovers a letter from John Lennon and decides to alter the course of his life. Source: Hollywood Reporter

Folk artists perform Paul McCartney's songs A 2011 album featured country artists paying homage to Linda McCartney. Now a follow-up album, scheduled for release June 25, showcases songs by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Source: USA Today

Thursday, May 2, 2013

John Lennon's traveling art exhibit comes to Charlotte In My Life: The Artwork of John Lennon is doing more than causing folks to "come together." The exhibit features approximately 100 prints of sketches and drawings by Lennon, some of them doctored with slight tintings and color additions. This has irked Gary Arseneau, a printmaker of original lithographs, who calls the art "fraudulent." Source: Creative Loafing, Charlotte

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Beatles exhibition comes to Montreal The Beatles in Montreal, an exhibition at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archeology and History in the Vieux Port area in Old Montreal, marks the 50th anniversary of the first and only visit by the Beatles in Montreal, Sept. 8, 1964, at the Forum. Included in the exhibit is John Lennon's psychedelically painted 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V. Source: Ottawa Citizen

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Beatles vs. the stock market Autographs of The Beatles and drawings and handwritten lyrics by John Lennon have sold at auction in recent years for very impressive amounts. Increased interest in fine art through the recession has kept values increasing, making art and collectibles a much better investment in the last five years than the stock market. Source: Property Casualty 360

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

John Lennon bus crosses pond to the UK and Europe Already a huge success in the US, a new John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, made possible by the support of Yoko Ono, is coming to the UK and Europe. Yoko, along with special guests, will be in Liverpool for the European launch of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus on Wednesday May 8 at the Museum of Liverpool. Source: Vintage Vinyl News

Friday, April 19, 2013

John Lennon suit fetches $200,000 in Argentina auction A grey coloured suit, worn by John Lennon in the film A Hard Day's Night has gone under the hammer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The slim fitting Alpaca wool made jacket, which fetched a whopping amount of $ 200,000, features the label tag of "Tailoring Guild DA Millings & Son" along with the stamp of Lennon's first name, John. Source: Fibre 2 Fashion

John Lennon reimagined as a washed-up aged 50 shirker What if John and Paul had never made their first No 1 together? That's the premise for a new short film which imagines what might have happened if John Lennon had quit The Beatles before they hit the big time in 1962. In Snodgrass, which airs in the UK on April 25, Lennon would have ended up on the dole living on memories of past glories. Source: The Independent, UK

Thursday, April 18, 2013

A famous Lennon returns to Gibraltar The second famous Lennon to visit the Rock, Julian Lennon is to make an emotional visit to Gibraltar, where his father John lennon got married in 1969. The star in his own right, who lives in France, is due to make a flying visit next month on May 23, to visit the International Beatles Memorabilia and Julian Lennon Collection exhibition. Source: The Olive Press, Spain

Singer portrays John Lennon in touring Beatles tribute Chicago native Jimmy Irizarry showed an early proficiency for portraying one of the Beatles. "My older brothers had bought the Beatles records and were fans, and that's pretty much what I grew up listening to. Right away, they were my favorite band." He learned his first few guitar chords at 12 and has been playing ever since. Source: Charleston Daily Mail

Monday, April 15, 2013

Author to rewrite Lennon book after legal threat from Yoko's lawyers The author of a just-published book on John Lennon will rewrite his book after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Yoko Ono's lawyers objecting to some material in the original edition. Thom Donovan, author of "Lennon At Sea," said they objected to "rare and unpublished material provided to you by Fred Seaman." Source: Beatles Examiner

Friday, April 12, 2013

Rare Beatles VOX guitar on display in Ireland starting next week An exclusive exhibition featuring a very rare Beatles guitar played by both John Lennon and George Harrison opens at a museum in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday, April 16, open through Wednesday, May 8. The striking custom guitar built by Mike Bennett and Dickey Denney was gifted to "Magic Alex" Mardas by John Lennon in 1967. Source: Guitar International

Yoko Ono publishes new poetry book Returning to her roots, 80-year-old avant-garde icon Yoko Ono will publish a follow-up to her 1964 book "Grapefruit." "Acorn" is a collection of 100 conceptual instructions which function as Zen-like incantations for how to live a mindful life. It is the culmination of "100 Acorns," a writing project Ono undertook in the summer of 1996. Source: Los Angeles Times

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Sean Lennon finds his inner flea for animated musical film Sean Lennon voices a 7-foot singing flea in the film A Monster in Paris. Some of the younger Lennon's oldest and most precious memories are watching cartoons and classic Disney movies with his animation-adoring dad, so it's a highlight in his diverse career. "It's certainly my first venture into the insect kingdom," Sean says with a laugh. Source: USA Today

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