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John Lennon’s Coat is to be auctioned in April.

John Waters’ musical John Lennon biography will play a one-week residency in Melbourne in June.

A letter written by John Lennon to Phil Spector in the early 70’s has sold at auction for £53,000 ($88,000).

Beck has recorded a John Lennon cover for a compilation album of artists singing their favourite songs.

The classic ‘Imagine’ would become John Lennon’s signature song but when it was written neither he nor Yoko expected it to be as big as it would become.

The second volume of Beatles recordings from their appearances on the BBC, out 19 years after the original set, will be released on November 11 via Apple.

The rumoured new Beatles album featuring previously unreleased BBC performances has been confirmed including a rare Lennon-McCartney song.

Sir David Frost, one of the greatest interviewers of a generation, has passed away at the age of 74.

94 Baker Street in London’s Marylebone was once more famously known as the site of the Apple Boutique, an early business venture of The Beatles.

Julian Lennon’s White Feather Foundation charity has been gifted by a signed boxset from Paul McCartney to raise money to help people who are dying from lack of clean water and sanitation.

For those of you with £13,750,000 (AUD $22,500,000) to splurge on a home should look no further than this fine specimen.

Harry Nilsson’s sixteenth and final album, Flash Harry, was never released in the United States, only seeing the light of day in the U.K. and Japan in 1980.

Fender guitars have partnered with Volkswagen and the result is the Volkswagen Beetle Fender.

Harry Nilsson was one of the most enigmatic artists of the rock era. Unassuming, he called all four Beatles, Randy Newman, Keith Moon and Jimmy Webb his friends and was one of the only artists to attain mainstream success without performing live or touring.

Julien’s Auctions has announced an exclusive London exhibit and unveiling of the very rare Beatles VOX guitar played by both John Lennon and George Harrison.

Burt Bacharach needs little introduction. In a landmark 50+ year run on the charts, Bacharach’s music continues to set industry records and creative standards.

Yoko Ono will perform the John & Yoko ‘Double Fantasy’ album at the upcoming Meltdown Festival in London.

Renowned session musician, guitarist Hugh McCracken has lost his battle with Leukemia.

Royal Court Liverpool are bringing back one of their most successful shows of recent times with a brand new star name. John Power (The La’s, Cast) will be making his theatrical debut in Bob Eaton’s fantastic musical ‘Lennon’.

Sir Paul McCartney “couldn’t be bothered” to change anything in his life if he had a time machine.

Howard Kaylan may be best known as a member of the Turtles, but his life in music is much, much more far-reaching.

George Harrison, ‘The Quiet Beatle’, would have turned 70 today, the 25th February (although it is said he was actually born 10 minutes to midnight on the 24th, something he discovered much later).

Happy birthday Yoko Ono. Mrs Lennon is 80-years old today.

The organisation which represents 95,000 UK songwriters and composers today published the top 50 most played Christmas songs in the past year.

The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent a tweet to Gotye for his Grammy nomination this week.

‘Genius’ is a new and chilling movie based on the life and tragic murder of John Lennon.

Michael Jackson had quite a run in the years after his passing.

The Beatles’ 1967 TV special, Magical Mystery Tour, has been a source of some controversy for many years.

D.A. Pennebaker, the filmmaker who made such classics as Monterey Pop and Don’t Look Back, will be the first documentary maker to receive an Honorary Oscar from the Motion Picture Academy.