John Lennon

John Lennon One To One Concert Is Coming For 2025

Sean Lennon has confirmed to the BBC’s Chris Hawkins that a complete concert from the 1972 John and Yoko ‘One To One’ show from 30 August 1972 at Madison Square Garden will be released in 2025.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Live In New York City, One To One, rock, The Beatles, USA

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John Lennon ‘Walls and Bridges’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

John Lennon’s ‘Walls and Bridges’ album clocked up its 50th anniversary this week. ‘Walls and Bridges’ was released on 4 October 1974 in the UK and a week earlier in the USA.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, rock, UK, Walls and Bridges

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John Lennon Once Tried to Get Wings, The Stones and Plastic Ono Band To Do A Show Together

by Paul Cashmere

In 1972 after The Beatles had broken up John Lennon asked Paul McCartney if he would do a benefit show with Wings, The Stones and Plastic Ono Band.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, rock, Rolling Stones, UK, Wings

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John Lennon Mind Games Box Features Hidden Tracks

by Paul Cashmere

When the John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ box set was announced we were told that the album would contain hidden tracks.

Tagged as: 70s, Box, hidden tracks, John Lennon, Mind Games, UK

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John Lennon Guitar Sells For Nearly $Au3 Million

by Music-News.com

John Lennon’s guitar has broken the record for the highest-selling piece of Beatles memorabilia after it was sold for an eye-watering £1.5 million ($Au2.8 million).

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, John Lennon, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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John Lennon Estate To Release Staggeringly Expensive $2599.99 ‘Mind Games’ Box

by Paul Cashmere

Details of the upcoming John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ reissue have been revealed with a gobsmacking $AU2599.99 box set to be released as part of the project.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, rock, UK

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(Sean) Lennon and (James) McCartney Release A Song Together

by Music-News.com

John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons Sean and James have teamed up on a new song.

Tagged as: 20s, James McCartney, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, rock, Sean Lennon, UK

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John Sinclair from John Sinclair Foundation website

John Sinclair, MC5 Manager and Subject of John Lennon Song, Dies At 82

by Paul Cashmere

Activist John Sinclair, the poet, producer and manager of MC5, has died at the age of 82.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, John Sinclair, MC5, rock, UK, USA

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Win Academy Award for ‘War is Over’

by Paul Cashmere

‘War is Over: Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko’ has won the Oscar for Short Film (Animated) at the 2024 Academy Awards.

Tagged as: Academy Awards, Happy Xmas, John Lennon, Oscar, Sean Lennon, short film, War Is Over, Yoko Ono

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John Lowe Of Pre-Beatles Group The Quarrymen Dies At Age 81

by Paul Cashmere

John Rowe, the piano player for The Quarrymen, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison’s group before The Beatles, has died at age 81.

Tagged as: 50s, Duff, George Harrison, John Lennon, John Lowe, John Rowe, Paul McCartney, pop, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, UK

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John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ EP To Be Released Ahead of Box Set

by Paul Cashmere

The Estate of John Lennon will preview the upcoming ‘Mind Games’ box set with a 4 track 12” EP to be released for Record Store Day 2024.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, rock, UK

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The Scattered Solo Beatles Songs Across The Ringo Starr Catalogue

by Paul Cashmere

Ringo Starr has recorded 13 songs by the other Beatles across his catalogue plus one rare Beatles song. That’s enough to make a standalone album.

Tagged as: 70s, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, Ringo Starr, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Tom Smothers of The Smothers Brothers Dies At Age 86

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Smothers, one half of American comedy duo The Smothers Brothers with his brother (Richard) Dick, has died at age 86.

Tagged as: 60s, comedy, Give Peace A Chance, John Lennon, Smothers Brothers, Tom Smothers, USA

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Is There More Lennon and McCartney Coming in The Mind Games Box Set in 2024?

by Paul Cashmere

‘Now and Then’ may be the final Beatles song but it may not be the final Lennon and McCartney collaboration we will get to hear.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, rock, UK

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72 Track John Lennon ‘Mind Games’ Box To Be Released in 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The John Lennon estate has revealed that a 72 track expanded ‘Mind Games’ will be released in June, 2024.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Mind Games, rock, UK

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The Beatles Now and Then Video Is A Stunning Production By Sir Peter Jackson

by Paul Cashmere

By now you have heard the new Beatles song ‘Now and Then’. The video has now arrived.

Tagged as: 20s, Giles Martin, John Lennon, Now and Then, Peter Jackson, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Apple+ To Produce ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trail’ Documentary’

by Paul Cashmere

Apple+ have announced a new documentary series ‘John Lennon: Murder Without A Trail’ will be produced for the streaming service and hosted by Kiefer Sutherland.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Apple, documentary, John Lennon, Murder Without A Trial, rock, The Beatles

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Paul McCartney Fan Stumps Sir Paul With Adelaide Song Question

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney performed for 30 fans at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre yesterday (October 17) with the 15 invited fans also allowed to ask Sir Paul a question. McCartney fan Greg Swan of Wollongong stumped Sir Paul with his question when he asked if he had ever written any songs in Adelaide on previous visits. Paul said he couldn’t remember. The correct answer should have been “Yes, I wrote ‘Cook of the House’ in Adelaide in 1975.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australian Tour, Frontier Touring, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Paul McCartney Says John Lennon Still Influences His Songwriting

by Music-News.com

Sir Paul McCartney says John Lennon still influences his songwriting and he drops lyrics that his late friend would consider “too soppy”.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Australian Tour, Frontier Touring, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Graham Nash photo taken just after the filmed Interview with www.Noise11.com on Monday 21 March 2016.

Graham Nash To Receive John Lennon Real Love Award

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Graham Nash has been set to receive the John Lennon Real Love Award in December.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Crosby Stills & Nash, Graham Nash, John Lennon, Real Love Award, rock, The Hollies, UK, USA

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Paul McCartney Tells A Funny Story About How Short-Sighted John Lennon Was

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney says John Lennon was so short-sighted that he once thought a Nativity scene on a neighbours veranda was a couple of people playing cards in the middle of the night.

Tagged as: 1964: Eyes of the Storm, 60s, book, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stanley Tucci, The Beatles, UK

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The Weeknd Covers John Lennon For The Idol

by Paul Cashmere

Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) has covered John Lennon’s great song ‘Jealous Guy’ for his shit show ‘The Idol’.

Tagged as: 20s, Abel Tesfaye, Imagine, Jealous Guy, John Lennon, pop, rock, The Weeknd, UK 70s, USA

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Paul McCartney Confirms New Beatles Song Is NOT AI

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney has put to rest all of the incorrect write-up about the next Beatles song being made with Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, AI, Here and Now, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, rock, The Beatles, UK

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The Beatles ‘Now and Then’ To Finally Get A Release Thanks To Technology

by Paul Cashmere

The Beatles song ‘Now and Then’, considered but rejected for The Beatles Anthology series of 1995 and 1996, is finally going to have an official released.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, John Lennon, Now and Then, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Lost Weekend A Love Story May Pang John Lennon

May Pang and John’s Lennon’s ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’ #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’ is the story of John Lennon and May Pang’s affair from 1973 to 1975. 23 year old May was John and Yoko’s personal assistant in 1973. When John and Yoko were having problems Yoko suggested May should start going out with John but she did not expect what was about to happen. It became a full-blown love affair.

Tagged as: 70s, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, May Pang, movie, The Lost Weekend A Love Story, USA, Yoko Ono

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Legendary Drummer and Convicted Murderer Jim Gordon Dead at 77

by Paul Cashmere

Jim Gordon, the legendary drummer who also murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years in jail, has died at the age of 77.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jim Gordon, John Lennon, rock, USA

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Yoko Ono Turns 90

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono is 90. Yoko was seven years older than John Lennon when they married in 1969. At the time John was 29 and Yoko was 36. The couple were married for 11 years when John was assassinated in New York in 1980.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, John Lennon, rock, The Beatles, UK, Yoko Ono

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Lennon and McCartney Reunite In Airport Lounge

by Paul Cashmere

There was a Lennon and McCartney reunion over the weekend when Julian Lennon spotted ‘Uncle’ Paul McCartney in an airport lounge.

Tagged as: 20s, 60s, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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John Lennon Mother’s House For Sale In Liverpool

by Paul Cashmere

The house John Lennon’s mother Cynthia lived in in Liverpool is for sale.

Tagged as: 60s, John Lennon, Julia Lennon, Liverpool The Beatles

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Curt Claudio from the BBC doco Above Us Only Sky

Doco To Reveal The Story of Curt Claudio, The Guy Who Turned Up At John Lennon’s House in 1971

by Paul Cashmere

In 1971 a homeless American travelled to the UK to visit John Lennon at his home Tittenhurst in Ascot. John and Yoko chatted with the unexpected visitor Curt Claudio and then invited him in for breakfast.

Tagged as: 70s, Curt Claudio, Dan Richter, John Lennon, rock, Tittenhurst, UK, Yoko Ono

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