John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

Demotix
October 13, 2011
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band play at Iceland Airwaves 2011 - Imagine

Yoko Ono assembled a new Plastic Ono Band for her latest album 'Between My Head And The Sky', co-produced with son Sean Lennon. For this performance, t
he band included Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Reykjavik, Iceland. 13th October 2011

http://www.demotiximages.com/news/87...-airwaves-2011

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great upcoming weekend and take care.

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger @ Harpa at Norðurljós hall,Iceland Airwaves
on October 13, 2011

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceland...n/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iceland...n/photostream/

Irish Times
October 14, 2011
How many Beatles does it take to change a light bulb ?

REVOLVER: JUST WHAT is it about The Beatles and the low-level feuds that are still being played out more than 40 years since they legally dissolved the unit? Paul McCartney gets married on what would have been John Lennon’s 71st birthday. Meanwhile Yoko Ono (who wasn’t invited – what a surprise) pushes out a press release on the same day as the McCartney nuptials imploring us all “to take a moment to imagine a nourished and abundant world, where the world will live as one”, at precisely 1 pm on November 1st.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...305732250.html

Watch Yoko Ono Join TuneYards
October 14, 2011

During the Iceland Airwaves festival last night in Reykjavík, Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band surprised the crowd by inviting tUnE-yArDs on stage, who performed a cover of Yoko Ono's "We're All Water". They were joined by Ono at the end of the performance, who turned to the crowd to praise frontwoman Merrill Garbus. "She's great, right?" Ono asked.On a version of Ono's "We're All Water" at Iceland Airwaves

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44307-...in-tune-yards/

Or watch it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0mtw...eature=related

Burnews
October 14, 2011
Masterworks’ Lennon “Fantasy” Comes True

John Lennon famously rediscovered his muse in Bermuda after sailing to the island in 1980 — and now the Masterworks Museum plans to mark the former Beatle’s creative renaissance with a major commemoration of his local sojourn.Mr. Lennon wrote or compeleted all of the songs included on his albums “Double Fantasy” — which took its title from a freesia he saw at the Botanical Gardens — and the posthumously released “Milk & Honey” during a whirlwind burst of activity in Bermuda.

http://bernews.com/2011/10/masterwor...sy-comes-true/

Iceland Pulse
October 12, 2011
Yoko Ono launches Globe of Goodwill in Iceland

The Icelandic Benefit Society of Children with Disabilities launched its 9th Globe of Goodwill yesterday morning. The Globe of Goodwill 2011 is by Yoko Ono and called DRAW YOUR OWN MAP. The event took place at the Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland and drew a big crowd.Yoko Ono presented the Globe and talked about the importance of world peace and her hopes for the future. She encouraged the audience to do what they can to change the world for the better and pointed out how powerful wishes are and that all the little deeds count.The Globe of Goodwill is a beautiful work of art and a delightful collector’s piece, but its contents give it its true value – love and friendship. The Globe is handmade and every edition is limited. No two Globes are exactly the same but each of them is beautiful in its own way. All proceeds of sales are donated to work for the benefit of children and other young people with disabilities. The name of The Globe is therefore symbolic of that which it represents.

http://icelandpulse.com/icenews/5510...ill-in-iceland

Artist Direct October
13, 2011
Yoko Ono Launches "Imagine There's No Hunger" Campaign Set For Nov 1st 2011.

The Associated Press reports that famed widow Yoko Ono has launched a global campaign to raise money and awareness about childhood hunger and poverty. The campaign is called "Imagine There's No Hunger," borrowing its name from one of her husband John Lennon's most powerful songs ! To help support the cause, various Hard Rock locations will host events on Nov.1 to raise awareness. They will also sell a limited-edition bracelet to benefit the campaign! Those are always fun to wear, so you can be stylish and support a good cause.

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertai...-nov-1/9256055

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Limerick Lime
October 16, 2011
Beatlemania set to hit Newcastle West with first ever ‘Beatlesfest’

IT MIGHT not have an Abbey Road or a Penny Lane, and there isn’t a Maharishi for miles. But for the reams of Beatles fans who will be descending on Newcastle West this weekend, it won’t matter a bit.This Saturday and Sunday Cleary’s Bar on South Quay will be transformed into a shrine to John, Paul, Ringo and George for the first ever ‘Beatlesfest’.From a Beatles tribute act to Beatles-themed cocktails, band memorabilia and more retro fashion than you can shake a pair of go-go boots at, the organisers believe that Beatlesfest will capture a little piece of the 1960s.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/lifesty...fest_1_3155642

Examiner
October 11, 2011
George Harrison exhibit at the GRAMMY Museum - photographs

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-ev...museum-picture

RTT News
October 14, 2011
George Harrison's Death To Be Marked With Two Liverpool Concerts

(RTTNews) - The 10th anniversary of the death of George Harrison is being celebrated by two concerts in Liverpool.The concerts, set to take place in Harrison's home city at St. George's Hall and the Cavern Club, will feature a wealth of bands he signed to The Beatles' Apple Label, including Brute Force and The Radha Krishna Temple, The Mersey Beatles, Singh Strings, Andre Barreau from The Bootleg Beatles and The Dovedale School Choir.

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Enter...d=1731556&SM=1

George Harrisons Son, Dhani bands new CD has been released.
thenewno2 | Official Site

http://thenewno2.com/

New Blaze
October 14, 2011
Wonderwall Music is Out of Print, but You can Get the Film on Netflix Still!

If you want it, here it is, you can get it (Wonderwall) on Netflix. Wonderwall was the first Apple Record, but it's out of print now. That's the first Apple, not the Second Banana. Good progeny, I might point out. I-Phone 4-S out today with the same level of enthusiasm we saw formerly, such as when The White Album hit the record hops of America (November of 1968) The restored edition of Wonderwall (on Rhino Entertainment) was reissued in 1998 by its original director, Joe Massot. George Harrison, the original creator of the soundtrack, dug back through the old master tapes, and found a lost track. This is a marvelous pop song, In the First Place (which George produced, played, and sang on) by the Remo Four, which subsequently replaced an Indian track used on the opening credit.

http://newsblaze.com/story/201110141.../topstory.html

I'm posting this here.Because Sean Lennon was the Bass player in the band Cibo Matto for a few years.Also Yuka Honda is Sean's former girlfriend and still close and great friends.They still work and perform together all the time.Yuka Honda performs with Sean and the Goastt with Yoko's Plastic Ono band . Also Yuka Honda is on Sean's own family label " Chimera Music ".Sean in the past sometime has made appearances on stage with Cibo Matto when they perform together in New York.When he is not touring and is able to.So anyone who wants tickets to see the band this week in New York City.Get them soon.Because this Cibo Matto concert will sell out.

Japan Society
October 14, 2011
Cibo Matto: Reunited And It Tastes So Good

After a 10-year hiatus, NYC’s delicious downtown duo Miho Hatori and Yuka Honda take Japan Society’s stage for the first time ever as the iconic band Cibo Matto on October 20. "Japan Society has long been an important bridge between Japanese culture and the American audience,” the twosome told us. “We are very excited to play here". Their style has been described as sharp, whimsical, and irreverent, with lyrics that buoy a vibrant spectrum of sounds influenced by hip-hop, trip-hop, jazz, rock, pop and African and Brazilian beats.

CIBO MATTO and YU SAKAI: J-Music Ride takes place Thursday, October 20 at 8:00 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and there is a cash bar open before and after the show, and during intermission. Tickets are $25/$20 Japan Society members and may be purchased by calling the Japan Society box office at 212-715-1258, visiting www.japansociety.org, or in person at the Japan Society box office.

http://www.japansociety.org/event/j-...matto-yu-sakai

http://www.alivenotdead.com/japansoc...e-1473020.html

[Nico]

I REALLY wish I could see Cibo Matto in concert.

Thank you for that news MsLinds!

[msLinds]

Your welcome Nico.I wish I could I could see Cibo Matto perform to.Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.

The Reykjavik Grape Airwaves Fancy
October 14, 2011
A Traditonal in Our Family

I did not know what to expect from tonight’s lineup. Essentially it was Plastic Ono Band and various sub-voltrons thereof. I was afraid the gig would be hermetic and insular. People playing for their friends. This could not have been further from the truth. This was an incredibly welcoming show. It was like the audience were in the Plastic Ono Band’s living room, and the members of the household were taking turns playing songs.

http://airwaves.grapevine.is/airwave...in-our-family/

The Metro West Daily News
October 14, 2011
BOOKS -- Emerson prof, Concord resident writes book on John Lennon

Tim Riley describes himself as a devoted Beatles fan who the band first won over when, as a 10-year-old, he saw the film, “Let It Be.”The film is a documentary about the band rehearsing and recording songs for what would be the Beatles’ final album, “Let It Be,” released in 1970.Riley, 51, who wrote a Beatles biography, “Tell My Why,” published in 1988, has new book that attempts to sort out Beatles founding member John Lennon’s complex personal and professional life.In “Lennon: The Man, The Myth, The Music – The Definitive Life,” published by Hyperion, he attempts to sort out perceptions of him among his American and British admirers – whom Riley said see the Lennon story arc quite differently.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/en...on-John-Lennon

Carnegie Hall presents on November 26, 2011
The Beatles: Hidden Gallery - An Exhibit of Recently Discovered Images of The Beatles: 1963-1964
October 8 - December 17th 2011
Zankel Hall: Parterre and Mezzanine Levels (open to patrons attending events in Zankel Hall)

Free public viewing (tickets required) on November 26, December 3, December 10, and December 17, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Free tickets will be available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office beginning at 10:00 AM each Saturday.

http://www.carnegiehall.org/Event.aspx?id=4294981195

Examiner
October 14, 2011
Director picked for film about Beatles Apple; old building gets facelift (pics)

See exclusive pictures at left of the renovation of the old Apple Records building now going on in London.Michael Winterbottom, whose credits include "24 Hour Party People" and documentaries "The Road to Guantanamo" and "The Shock Doctrine," may be the choice to direct the upcoming film version of "The Longest Cocktail Party," the book by Richard DiLello about life at Apple on Savile Row, according to a report by the Playlist.*Co-producers are Andrew Eaton and Liam Gallagher.*

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-facelift-pics

Speak Easy
October 15, 2011
My Three Minutes With Julian Lennon

The Morrison Hotel Gallery, by now a destination point for visitors to New York City’s SoHo neighborhoods, marked its tenth anniversary with a gala concert and madcap party on Thursday night.Fittingly, the “rock stars” in attendance at the Cutting Room in Manhattan were actually many noted rock’n'roll photographers, including the likes of Henry Diltz (who shot the cover for the first Crosby Stills and Nash album), Ken Regan (Bob Dylan’s favorite photographer for about three decades) and Bob Gruen (who took iconic pictures of John Lennon during his New York City years). Julian Lennon also attended the celebration .

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/...ogle_news_blog

Swan Season 1170 AM - Radio
Julian Lennon Interview
October 2011
Julian interviewed by Andy Martindale

http://www.swanseasound.co.uk/blog?id=12828

http://www.swanseasound.co.uk/blog?id=12829

[msLinds]

BBC News
October 14, 2011
Stolen Sir Peter Blake statue replaced with cheap copy

Artist Sir Peter Blake's only public sculpture is to be replaced with a replica after the original was targeted by metal thieves. Bronze figures and shapes were stolen from his Life Is A Circus statue on Blackpool seafront in August.He has agreed to let Blackpool Council install a replacement, which is likely to be made from metal-coated concrete.
Sir Peter told BBC News he did not mind what material his work was made from as long as "it looks about the same". The artist, best-known for designing The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album cover, was speaking as he was unveiled as the patron of the John Moores Painting Prize, which is held in Liverpool every two years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15292551

[msLinds]

Scotsman
October 15, 2011
Fans pop in with souvenirs that could rock your world

Hidden at the back of a cupboard, or safely stored in the loft, many of us have the odd LP or concert programme we have looked at over the years and wondered if it’s valuable.Armed with treasured memorabilia, music fans packed themselves into the city’s Hard Rock Cafe yesterday to have their questions answered – and some were in for a surprise. Signed Beatles programmes, posters for the first ever Police gig and an old photograph of Ronnie Biggs on a Brazilian beach were among the items valued in the George Street restaurant by expert auctioneers from Bonhams.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/...orld_1_1912557

Scotman
October 14, 2011
Beatles top chart for autographs

A Signed Beatles programme worth £6,000, signed drawings of the Rolling Stones, a waistcoat thrown from the stage by Prince and models of Lada Gaga and Rhianna made from champagne corks were among the star items at an “antiques rockshow” in Edinburgh. Concert tickets, music sheets, signed photographs and album artwork were brought along to the Hard Rock Cafe on George Street for an expert from auction house Bonhams to examine.Fans were allowed to bring three items of memorabilia to the event for a free evaluation.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/beatles...aphs_1_1912099

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.

The Sydney Morning Herald
October 16, 2011
Within him without him - not so quiet life of George
Beatle George Harrison died 10 years ago but his story lives on.

'Who he is and was, will live or it won't.''As Olivia Harrison makes clear, in keeping with the sanguine philosophy of life she shared with her husband, the former Beatles guitarist George Harrison, she is not hung up on the idea of nurturing a legacy. Nor does she define herself by the role she's held for 33 years - wife of one of the most famous men in popular music - even if for most of us any interaction we have with her is always in that context.''I don't have a problem with that. It's not my problem,'' she says calmly. ''He was my friend and my husband and there is an association there, a bond there, that's there for all time; you can't change history. But I think I am enough of an individual, within my own self, to feel like an individual. I don't feel like I am him.'

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...016-1lreb.html

Clarksville Online
October 16, 2011
The House the Beatles Fans Built

Nashville, TN – The Beatles changed music forever, and their fans are as loyal today as they were when that “Little band from Liverpool” arrived in the United States.* Now, middle Tennessee Beatles fans can “Come together” and help Habitat for Humanity at the same time.“The House the Beatles Fans Built” is three events this week in Nashville, that will give Beatles fans a chance to help Habitat for Humanity, and meet some of those closest to the “Fab Four” during their amazing time together.First, on Monday, October 17th, there will be a book signing at” Two Old Hippies” in the Gulch, Nashville”s new and trendy hot spot from 6:00 pm-8:30pm.

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/201...es-fans-built/

Sketchy Impressions
October 16, 2011
Hiroshima Through the Art of Yoko Ono

http://sketchyimpressions.blogspot.c...-yoko-ono.html

DailyRecord
October 16, 2011
Beatles legend Paul McCartney and new wife fly into secluded island for honeymoon

Paul McCartney has whisked his new bride Nancy to the world's most private island for their honeymoon.The couple jetted to the West Indies paradise of Mustique, where the rich and famous have holidayed in total seclusion since the 1960s. It is thought the Beatles legend and his wife borrowed the luxury villa of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, pictured below.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz...6908-23492530/

International Business News
October 10, 2011
Paul McCartney Needs to Gracefully Retire

I am probably the world’s biggest Beatles fan. I have loved the group since I was a child and could probably recite the lyrics of every one of their 200-plus original songs.
I will not bother detailing what made the Fab Four so extraordinarily brilliant musically or so monumentally important to global culture (all that has been examined exhaustively by thousands of others). What I am now focusing on is one James Paul McCartney, or, "Sir Paul" as he is now affectionately known.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2282...ison-starr.htm

Mail Online
October 16, 2011
The ultimate missed opportunity: Letter from Paul McCartney inviting drummer to audition for The Beatles

When it comes to missed opportunities, this must rank as one of the biggest of all time. A letter has been uncovered that invited a drummer to audition for The Beatles – just before a tour to Hamburg that would help propel them to world-wide fame.It was hand-written by Paul McCartney when he was just 18 in response to an anonymous drummer advertising his services in August 1960. Tragically for him, and for reasons unknown, he never got the job.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

The Telegraph
October 16, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...th-Beatle.html

[msLinds]

I have one new article. Also a free Beatles online puzzle and one other older article from 2009 on John and Yoko's attempts at film making.
Here is also a archive to links with Beatles Interviews.

BBC News Liverpool
October 18, 2011
One of John Lennon's teeth is expected to make £10,000 when it is auctioned next month.

The tooth was given to the former Beatles' house keeper Dot Jarlett when she worked for him at Kenwood mansion in Surrey in the late 1960s.He told her to give it her daughter "as a souvenir" after he had pulled it out in the kitchen of the Weybridge property.The tooth will be auctioned in Stockport on 5 November.Dot's son Barry Jarlett said: "He was in the kitchen and he had this tooth which he had wrapped in a piece of paper."He said: 'Dot will you dispose of this' and then he said: 'Or, as your daughter's a Beatles fan, you can give to her as a souvenir'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-15357068

Cinemar - From October 9, 2009
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Attempts at Avant-garde Movie-making

http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/...-movie-making/

The Beatles Crossword Puzzle Online - Free

http://www.dominopublicity.com/crosswords/0005.html

Archive with Beatles Interviews

http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/

[msLinds]

Examiner
October 18, 2011
John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird shares joy at opening of ‘Elvis and Us' -photos

Liverpool, England - ELVIS has entered the building...of the Beatles. A new exhibition opened October 5 at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool called Elvis and Us, highlighting the legendary influence that the Beatles and Elvis Presley had on each other. Julia Baird, John Lennon’s sister and devotee of her brother's history (besides authoring books about him, she’s on the Board of Directors for the Cavern Club and very involved with the Beatles Story exhibits), attended the festivities of opening night on October 4th at the museum with great excitement, and she wrote me to describe the event. Traveling a great distance for this gala night was no issue for her, as she has great memories of dancing to Elvis records with her mum Julia, and her then-young brother John in their living room. Their cat’s name was even Elvis.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...alerts_article

Prefix
October 18, 2011
EMI Bids Are Much Lower Than Expected

The bidding war for the right to own EMI--the label of Katy Perry, Pink Floyd, the Beatles and Radiohead--has not been going as well as the label's owner, Citigroup, has hoped. Apparently, the label is looking for something similar to the $3.3 billion purchase price of Warner Brothers earlier this year, but the bids have come in much lower than that

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/emi-bi...xpected/57591/

Anti Music
10/18/2011
Beatles' Sgt. Pepper in Danger Danger

We told you a couple weeks ago that former Danger Danger guitarist Andy Timmons was taking on a Beatles classic. Today we have more details:One of the most beloved cultural milestones of the '60s generation and every generation since, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles gets creatively interpreted and re-imagined in this all-instrumental rendition by a guitarist whose lifelong love of this material has resulted in an album that transcends all musical boundaries and genres. Two years in the making, guitar fans, Beatle fans and everyone in-between will come together when Favored Nations Entertainment releases Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper on October 24.

http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/oct...r_Danger.shtml

[msLinds]

Santa Monica Mirror
October 18, 2011
'The Beatles At Barnum' Celebration To Be Held At Santa Monica High School On Friday

Leading Beatles historian and bon vivant Martin Lewis will host "The Beatles at Barnum", the celebration of the music of the Beatles this Friday, Oct. 21 to Barnum Hall at Santa Monica High School. A protégé of Beatles publicist Derek Taylor, Lewis will share anecdotes and stories for many of the songs performed, whichinclude "Strawberry Fields Forever," “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Got To Get You Into My Life” and audience sing-a-longs of “Hey Jude,” “All You Need is Love” and others."The Beatles at Barnum" is being presented by “Sir George’s Army” -- the award-winning Santa Monica High School Symphony Orchestra, and features the rock band “Father Knows Best”. The performance includes full orchestral arrangements of Beatles favorites, audience sing-a-longs, and special guest vocalists and instrumental performers.

http://www.smmirror.com/#mode=single&view=33209

Broadway.com
October 19, 2011
Andrew Knott on Bringing Beatle John Lennon to Life in London's Backbeat

Andrew Knott was scarcely into his teens when the actor, 32 next month, appeared as Dickon in the 1993 screen retelling of The Secret Garden, starring Maggie Smith. Nearly two decades later, the amiable actor has had two daughters, gone to Broadway with Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, and is now playing John Lennon under David Leveaux’s direction in Backbeat, the West End stage adaptation of the 1994 Iain Softley film, at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Broadway.com caught up with Knott to find out what it’s like playing Lennon.

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/158187/...dons-backbeat/

[msLinds]

Day Trippin Beatles Magazine
October 19, 2011
Exclusive interview: Director of ‘U.S. vs. John Lennon’ and ‘Who is Harry Nilsson’, John Scheinfeld, discusses John Lennon, Yoko Ono and his new film on Elvis.

RLF Victor Productions Ltd. recently pegged the Emmy and Grammy nominee to direct Fame & Fortune, an adaptation of the 2007 best-selling book Elvis: Still Taking Care of Business written by Sonny West, (Elvis’s bodyguard and confidant) with biographer Marshall Terrill. Fame & Fortune is slated for theatrical release in 2012 to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Presley’s death. In this exclusive interview with Daytrippin’, Scheinfeld discusses working on the John Lennon and Harry Nilsson films, his dealings with Yoko Ono and how the greatest rock ‘n’ roll summit in history between Elvis and the Beatles will be the centerpiece of his new feature film.

http://daytrippin.com/2011/10/19/exc...film-on-elvis/

[msLinds]

Theatre Within’s 31st Annual John Lennon Tribute in NYC: Dec 10th.135 Bleecker St., New York City on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 7 pm.

Now recognized as the longest running John Lennon Tribute in the world, our annual celebration of Lennon’s life, music and eternal
message is always a warm and wonderful evening and this year will be no exception.

http://lennontribute.org/

[Nico]

MsLinds, I think you may have posted about it but isn't there to be a Lennon tribute CD being released soon? I wanted to read more about it and missed it. Anyway, that should be interesting.

[msLinds]

Here is the link Nico about how to get a copy of the John Lennon Tribute 2010 concert CD.

http://lennontribute.org/index.php?o...113&Itemid=129