Countless musicians have offered sonic memorials to the late great John Lennon, and in 2012, Bob Dylan threw his hat in the ring with his own tribute to the former Beatle, “Roll On, John.” ...
The ‘Double Fantasy’ album, released three weeks before John Lennon’s passing, has become something of a requiem for John’s 40 years on earth. Five years in the making, Double Fantasy is ...
Dedicated fans of the legendary Beatles musician John Lennon converged on Strawberry Fields in Central Park Sunday to dance, sing and remember the icon’s tragic death 44 years ago. The ...
Sean Ono Lennon opened up about coping with the loss of his father Beatles legend John Lennon when he was just five years old. The artist, now 49, revealed that music became a way to feel ...
Three years before writing his political anthem “Gimme Some Truth,” John Lennon had a stark warning for the public about politicians when he was interviewed at The National Theatre in 1968 ...
Playing off Lennon’s self-deprecating skepticism, John got him to agree to a bet: If the single reached #1 on the charts, Lennon had to promise to come play with him at one of his shows.
Here Today' - PaulMcCartney.com Track of the Week There was no funeral for John Lennon, just a private cremation. But Yoko and Sean held a vigil for the Beatle on 14th December 1980 with ten ...
On 8 December 1980, a man named Mark David Chapman from Hawaii shot 40-year-old John Lennon as he was entering his apartment building – the Dakota - at close range, four times, with a ...
Learning to play guitar through those tracks was an act of communion, every strum bringing him closer to his father John Lennon, who was killed in December 1980. John was 40 and Sean was 5.
“Cold Turkey,” a single he released in late 1969, openly described Lennon’s attempts to kick his heroin habit. The song is a harrowing listen but an essential one, in large part due to his ...