Thursday, August 21, 2008

History: The Beatles started a revolution that changed us all forever The Beatles responded to the shift towards violence in the late sixties with "Revolution," the first Beatles song with an explicitly political statement. As John Lennon sings in his masterpiece on the need for nonviolent change, "When you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out?" [more...] Source: The Reporter-Times, Indiana

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Author Jim Sullivan imagining John Lennon There are some who will never forgive John Lennon for his abandonment of Beatle-dom and his embrace of Yoko. But whatever innocence the Beatles supposedly brought to America was gone by the late '60s as the Vietnam War raged and protest mounted. To Lennon, not speaking his piece wasn't an option. [more...] Source: Hall of Fame Network

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Artist says John Lennon art on display is fakes and frauds According to artist Gary Arseneau in Fernandina Beach, Florida, the "Coming Together through the art of John Lennon" exhibition now open to the public at the Waukesha County Historical & Society Museum contains at least five, and probably six, non-disclosed fakes. [more...] Source: Gary Arseneu Blog

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Lennon piano to go on show in New York A piano played by John Lennon will be exhibited at the opening of a new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum in New York City. Lennon had been playing the piano at the Record Plant recording studio on the day in 1980. He had become so attached to it that staff named the instrument The John Lennon Piano. [more...] Source: Showbiz Spy

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Waukesha museum preparing for Beatles exhibit Waukesha County's historical museum is closing its doors this week for the high-security installation of an exhibit that could open doors for the museum in the future. The museum is closing today and Thursday while crews inside assemble an exhibit featuring rare Beatles memorabilia, including original John Lennon artwork. [more...] Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

John Lennon's denied parole for fifth time The man who John Lennon in New York City nearly 28 years ago has been denied parole for a fifth time. The New York State said in a statement that the 53-year-old's request was denied "due to concern for the public safety and welfare." [more...] Source: Reuters

Yoko says don't release, for his own good Yoko Ono says should stay behind bars, for his own good. The widow of the Beatles legend Monday said she asked parole officials to deny freedom because a Lennon supporter might seek to take revenge. "It's dangerous for him to come out," Ono said. "Not only for us, but for himself." [more...] Source: NY Daily News

Friday, August 8, 2008

Liam Gallagher writes new tribute song to John Lennon Liam Gallagher has written a tribute to John Lennon on the new Oasis album. The band's frontman has stunned fans and even his brother, and bandmate, Noel with the poignant tribute to his hero. The song, called "I'm Outta Time," features a clip of the late Beatles legend talking in an old interview. [more...] Source: All Headline News

Thursday, August 7, 2008

John Lennon fans oppose parole A thousand fans of former Beatle John Lennon have signed a petition begging a board to keep behind bars. He has been rejected four times, and is due to face a board again next week. Officials reveal they have been sent 50 letters and a 1,100 name petition opposing his release. [more...] Source: Showbiz Spy

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

John Lennon's Oscar plays role in lawsuit Three women want to sell Oscars that once belonged to Buddy Rogers, but the Academy says they must give the Academy the first option to buy the statuettes. But lawyers say that when John Lennon's Oscar became Ono's property in December 1980, she donated it to Sean's school, which subsequently sold it. [more...] Source: The Desert Sun, Palm Springs

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Coming Together through the art of John Lennon "Coming Together through the art of John Lennon" at the Waukesha County Museum in Wisconsin will include a collection of John Lennon's original drawings, serigraphs, and lithographs, purported to be the third largest collection in the world, held by an private collector for decades. It opens to the public on August 16. [more...] Source: Lake Country Reporter

Monday, July 28, 2008

Yoko Ono's surprise letter to Northern Irish singer A Belfast musician who is organising a 'Festival of Peace and Love' in the city next month last night spoke of his shock after receiving a message of support from John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono. Paul Doherty, lead singer of the Vals and "Lennon's biggest fan" couldn't believe his eyes when peace campaigner Yoko contacted him to wish him luck. [more...] Source: Belfast Telegraph

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

John Lennon sketches fetch $50,000 A signed exhibition catalogue by John Lennon containing risque sketches he drew of his wife Yoko Ono in the late 1960s has fetched £25,000 at auction. Lennon signed the catalogue for his exhibition entitled the Bag One for American journalist Sandra Shevey when she interviewed him and Ono in New York in 1972. [more...] Source: Metro News, UK

Friday, July 18, 2008

New book from Beatles biographer Phillip Norman Phillip Norman wrote one of the first and still one of the best Beatles histories, "Shout!" in 1981. His new book, "John Lennon: The Life", is an in-depth account of Lennon's early years, stressing the lifelong rage and fear of abandonment instilled by familial instability. [more...] Source: Billboard

Imagine John Lennon's childhood: Nowhere Boy heads for big screen A new film will be made which tells the story of the early life of John Lennon. Nowhere Boy will be a film based on a book by Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, which questions the conventional account of his upbringing. Lennon was raised by his Aunt Mimi, who disapproved of his mother Julia, her younger sister. [more...] Source: The Guardian, UK

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

John Lennon sketches on display in Indiana Three sketches drawn by John Lennon in his pre-Beatle days will be available for viewing during a special 5 to 7 p.m. viewing at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts in Seymour, Indiana, on loan from a local art collector. Also, an oil painting John Mellencamp will be on display. [more...] Source: Times-Mail, Indiana

Monday, July 14, 2008

Yoko's remixes Give Peace A Chance To commemorate 39 years after the original, Yoko Ono has teamed up with some new friends who know electronic music, Tommie Sunshine and Johnny Vicious, to create Give Peace a Chance (The Remixes). Ono's record company is releasing the singles completely digitally to create less waste and lessen their footprint on the environment. [more...] Source: After Ellen

Bigger than? The Beatles were a band John Lennon famously claimed the Beatles were more popular, even predicting that would "vanish and shrink". But 28 years after his death, in an interview being broadcast for the first time, he claims that on the contrary, he hoped to encourage people to focus. [more...] Source: The Telegraph, UK

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Give Peace a Chance lyrics auctions for $800,000 Gail Renard has sold the handwritten lyrics to John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance at an auction house in London today. Christie's auction house sold the item for just over $800,000. She obtained the lyrics during the John and Yoko's bed-in for peace at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel in May 1969. [more...] Source: CJAD, Montreal

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Ballad of John and Yoko hits all the wrong notes with critics A new Broadway musical about John Lennon has been panned by everyone, apart from his widow, Yoko Ono, who was closely involved in the production. "I think he would be jumping up and down," said Ono, "I think he would have loved it." But with virtual unanimity the critics disagreed. [more...] Source: Buzzle

Friday, July 4, 2008

Actor returns to Liverpool to pay tribute to John Lennon Mike McGann is returning to portray John Lennon for the first time in 16 years. The Liverpool actor who famously first played the ex-Beatle the year after says he is "chuffed" to be part of the Lennon tribute, but acknowledges the fresh challenges. "I am seven years older now than Lennon was." [more...] Source: Liverpool Echo

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Lennon's Indian talisman may fetch up to $500,000 t was the only thing that John Lennon wore when he scandalised the world by posing with partner Yoko Ono for the cover of his album Two Virgins. John's lucky charm, which he acquired on a journey to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in the 1960s, is expected to fetch up to $500,000 at an upcoming online auction. [more...] Source: DNA India

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Photo website includes never before seen John Lennon portrait TakeGreatPictures.com has just debuted one of the last candid portraits of John Lennon. The portrait has never before been shown publicly. Photographer Milton Heiberg took the sepia-toned shot when he saw Lennon during intermission at a dance performance in New York City in January, 1980. [more...]

Beatles fans and beetles fans meet at Mendips The back garden of John Lennon's childhood home is being invaded by beetle enthusiasts. A National Trust wildlife survey at the Menlove Avenue house will reveal what wildlife can be found in the garden and the steps needed to allow it to thrive, studying everything from song birds to beetles. [more...] Source: Liverpool Daily Post

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