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 ...
John Lennon’s final performance was a short, three-song feature in the middle of Elton John’s Madison Square Garden performance in 1974. One of the most famous legends surrounding the star ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
A handwritten letter that John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton inviting him to be part of a new supergroup is to be offered at auction next month. The eight-page letter sees Lennon express his ...
It remains one of the Beatles’ most loved songs. Written mainly by Lennon, its message of tolerance became central to his legacy.
Inside John Lennon's Last Birthday and the Strange Saga of His Lost Gift from Yoko Ono That same year, he’d also begun working on his first album in five years, entitled Double Fantasy.
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Instead, Harrison rose to the occasion and unequivocally stole the show with ‘Here Comes The Sun’ and ‘Something’. While Lennon did continue to harbour warm feelings towards his signature track, ‘Come ...
In 1984, four years after the death of John Lennon, she put the pocket watch up for auction at Sotheby's. Ono testified during the trial that she gave gifts from her husband's items to people who ...