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(Click here for latest articles)| Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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| 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.
Related Articles Source: Guitar International |
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| 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 |
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| Thursday, April 11, 2013 |
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| 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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| Tuesday, April 9, 2013 |
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| Very rare No. 5 copy of Beatles White Album sells for $5,300 |
A collector has paid more than $5,300 on eBay for an ultra-rare early stereo pressing of the Beatles White Album, which may have once belonged to John Lennon. The auctioneer claimed that the first five copies of the album went to the Beatles, with the additional album going to producer George Martin, and that Lennon allegedly claimed No. 5.
Source: Ultimate Classic Rock |
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| Ian Hart to play John Lennon for third time |
Actor Ian Hart plays John Lennon for the third time in a new TV drama which portrays the Beatle as 50 years old, unemployed, and living in a run down flat. Hart previously played lennon in The Hours and Times, a fictionalized account of Lennon and Brian Epstein on holiday together to Spain in 1963, and Backbeat, about the band's early days in Hamburg.
Source: RTE, Ireland |
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| Monday, April 8, 2013 |
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| Julian Lennon at 50 |
Julian Lennon, the most famous Beatlekid of them all, turns 50 today. Where did the years go? Even more breathtaking, Julian has now lived a decade longer than John did. But where Julian stands in the Lennon family is as puzzling as ever, with recurring rifts between Julian and his mum Cynthia on one side, and Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon on the other.
Source: Yahoo! Music |
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| Friday, April 5, 2013 |
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| Yoko to perform Double Fantasy at London music festival |
Double Fantasy, the last music written by John Lennon, will be performed for the first time in London by Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band at the Meltdown festival at Southbank Centre. The event, curated by Yoko, takes place from June 14 to June 23. Tickets go on sale to centre members on April 9, and to the public on April 11.
Source: London 24 |
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| Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
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| Artist carves mini John Lennon into tip of pencil |
Sculptor Hedley Wiggan has carved a tiny John Lennon bust into the tip of a pencil. He spends up to 60 hours crafting his microscopic masterpieces, using just an old pin and a jeweller's magnifying glass. His latest work of John Lennon and Beatles bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, each took a month to complete.
Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Wednesday, April 3, 2013 |
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| New graphic novel published about the life of John Lennon |
Lennon at Sea, the first of many graphic novels about the life and music of John Lennon, is now available. Lennon at Sea is the illustrated story of Lennon's private life focusing on his dramatic sea voyage to Bermuda in June, 1980, a visit which produced his last creative burst of music that surfaced on the Double Fantasy and Milk & Honey albums.
Source: PR Log |
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| Tuesday, April 2, 2013 |
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| Grammy winning engineer Dennis Ferrante on John Lennon radio show |
Jude Southerland Kessler's guest on The John Lennon Hour on Beatles-A-Rama this Sunday night, April 7, will be legendary recording engineer and Grammy winner Dennis Ferrante. Dennis spent his career working with recording greats including John Lennon, The Four Tops, David Bowie, Don McLean, Lighthouse and Alice Cooper.
Source: PR Log |
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| Monday, April 1, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney, Julian Lennon react to producer Phil Ramone |
On Saturday, Julian Lennon posted, "I'm deeply saddened to hear the news of my dear friend and first ever producer, Phil Ramone." In a statement today, Paul McCartney said, "I'll always remember him as a great friend that I knew, loved and admired over the many years that we worked and played together."
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Saturday, March 30, 2013 |
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| Legendary producer Phil Ramone |
Phil Ramone, who co-produced Ringo Starr's "Time Takes Time" and two Julian Lennon albums, among many others. Ramone produced "Valotte" and "The Secret Value of Daydreaming" for Julian Lennon, produced several individual tracks for Paul McCartney, and also did mixing for McCartney's "Ram" album.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Book Review: The John Lennon Letters |
The John Lennon Letters, edited and introduced by Hunter Davies, is a fascinating look at John Lennon's life through his written and typewritten correspondence with people during his lifetime. It is a remarkable book, in it we get a pretty good snapshot of the life of someone who meant so much and continues to have meaning to so many.
Source: Observer 1984 |
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| McCartney guitarist Hugh McCracken |
Hugh McCracken, who played the guitar solo on Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey on Paul McCartney's Ram, and also played McCartney's Red Rose Speedway, and John Lennon's Double Fantasy. He was a popular session guitarist, appearing on albums by artists including Billy Joel, James Taylor, Paul Simon and the Monkees.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Friday, March 29, 2013 |
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| John Lennon's angry letter in online auction |
A letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney around the time of the breakup of the Beatles is among hundreds of historical documents being offered in an online auction on May 30. The typed, undated letter reflects the deep animosity between the two Beatles around the time of the group's formal split in 1971.
Source: Sky News, UK |
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| Portraying John Lennon on film is never an easy job |
Former La's bassist John Power's certainly got a head start on most other contenders for playing John Lennon in a new musical, courtesy of a definite physical likeness and the same nasally vocals. He even went to the same school as Lennon. But several actors have played John Lennon on film over the years, most to great critical success.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post |
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| Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |
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| New take on John Lennon music heard at Liverpool soccer stadium |
The Bermuda-produced CD "Lennon Bermuda" has struck the right note in the home city of John Lennon, and is being given airtime inside Liverpool Football Club's Anfield stadium. PA announcer George Sephton, who plays music during the half-time interval at home games for the English Premier League team, described the CD as "a stunner."
Source: Royal Gazette, Bermuda |
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| Monday, March 25, 2013 |
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| Yoko Ono sued over claims of copying on her recent clothing line |
A fashion designer has sued Yoko Ono for "ripping off" her fetish-inspired clothing line which includes jock straps and thigh-high boots, and designer Helah Namtzadeh said she took "everything with no shame." Ono claims the clothes are a tribute to John, but Namtzadeh dismissed her "feeble attempt" to claim designs as her own.
Source: The Daily Mail, UK |
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| Friday, March 22, 2013 |
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| John Power to star in John Lennon musical |
John Power, guitarist in the La's and singer in Cast, will make his theatrical debut in Rob Eaton's musical Lennon at the Royal Court Liverpool. The show follows Lennon's life from his childhood with his aunt Mimi through to his later life in New York with Yoko Ono. Power will play the role of the older Lennon, who acts as the show's narrator.
Source: NME |
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| Wednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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| Photos: John Lennon and Yoko Ono married in 1969 |
On this day in 1969, John Lennon married Yoko Ono at the Rock of GIbraltar in the U.K. The wedding marked the beginning of an adventurous week for John and Yoko, which also included a trip to Paris and an organized "Love-In" as a form of peaceful protest against the Vietnam War in the presidential suite at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam.
Source: WZLX FM, Boston |
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| Monday, March 18, 2013 |
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| Plaque commemorating Lennon and Harrison unveiled in London |
An English Heritage blue plaque commemorating John Lennon and George Harrison has been unveiled in London at the site of The Beatles' Apple Boutique. Lennon was commemorated there in 2003, the plaque has been updated to include Harison. Rod Davis, member of Lennon's first band The Quarrymen, unveiled the plaque.
Source: TNT Magazine, UK |
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| Yoko Ono shares her make-up tips for men |
Rainbows and sparkles are the order of the day for all you experimental metrosexual males, according to Yoko Ono's bonkers make-up tutorial for hip boutique Opening Ceremony. Ono has created a short film of make-up tips for men, set to animated graphics and a bouncy soundtrack by Yoko herself.
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Saturday, March 16, 2013 |
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| Nutopians to celebrate John Lennon's music at two N.Y. concerts |
The Nutopians, a seven-piece group, including Rex Fowler of the veteran group Aztec Two-Step, and Tom Dean of Devonsquare, will perform songs from their "Lennon Re-Imagined" CD at two concerts April 5 and 6. The concerts are to help raise awareness for WhyHunger's "Artists Against Hunger & Poverty" program.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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| Yoko Ono grants rights for John Lennon song to TV show |
Yoko Ono has granted producer Ryan Murphy the rights to use John Lennon's super personal track "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" on the upcoming season finale of his show The New Normal. In the song, Lennon passionately expresses love for his son Sean. The show centers on a gay couple that hires a surrogate in a bid to become fathers.
Source: Artist Direct |
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| Monday, March 11, 2013 |
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| Audio: Lennon pulverises Jagger in 1970 interview |
In a 1970 interview, John Lennon tells Rolling Stone, "I like Honky Tonk Women but I think Mick's a joke. They're not in the same class, music wise, or power-wise, never were, and Mick always resented it. But I never said anything. I liked the direction they took after they got over trying to imitate us." (Warning: Adult language in audio clip.)
Source: Straight, Vancouver |
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| Friday, March 8, 2013 |
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| Julian Lennon/Steven Tyler single released next month |
Julian Lennon has announced that his new single "Someday" that features Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler will be released next month on iTunes, and his new album, "Everything Changes," previously only available in the UK, will be available worldwide shortly after the single. Tyler said he and Lennon decided to collaborate after Lennon heard him sing in the shower.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Monday, March 4, 2013 |
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| John Lennon Jesus quote published 47 years ago today |
On March 4, 1966, an article appeared in the London Evening Standard that would cause an uproar. "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink," John Lennon said in the article. The comments generated little response, but after U.S. teen magazine Datebook reprinted the quote out of context months later, the controversy boiled over.
Source: Ultimate Classic Rock |
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| Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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| John Lennon sculpture on loan to Florida to return to the UK |
A sculpture of John Lennon, a favorite photo-op for tourists visiting Mount Dora, Florida, for the last two years, has been removed by its owner to be relocated to the Isle of Wight. Called "Imagine," the sculpture by Lawrence Holofcener was loaned to the Florida town in 2010 to commemorate what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday.
Source: Orlando Sentinel |
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| New John Lennon signature amp now available |
American amp manufacturer Fargen has released the second amp in its line that honors Beatles guitarist John Lennon. The JL-15 combines Lennon's signature tone from the '60s and '70s with his world-renowned self-portrait. The amp is a production version modeled after the limited edition Artist Series announced last December.
Source: Musical Instrument Professional |
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