An exhibition of never-before-seen photos taken by the rare shots, taken by American photographer David Spindel, of JOHN LENNON is set to open in London at the Proud Gallery on the 7th December. Remember Love: John Lennon is a series of black and white pictures depicting the former Beatle in a music studio recording his [...]
Capitol/EMI Press Release – Digital Release Card is Format’s First-Ever Music Video Title; Features 21 of Lennon’s Capitol/EMI Music Videos HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Capitol/EMI Music Marketing and iTunes will release a new “John Lennon Video Album†on December 4 at Starbucks locations nationwide. The “John Lennon Video Album,†the iTunes Digital Release [...]
A Christmas card designed by John Lennon has been re-printed to mark the 50th anniversary of Oxfam‘s seasonal cards. The yellow card depicting a bird entitled The Fat Budgie was first available as an Oxfam Christmas card at the height of Beatlemania in 1965. But it is being sold in Oxfam shops this year as [...]
FOXNews.com reports that Yoko Ono recently sold John Lennon’s rare home recording of “Real Love” to JCPenney for a commercial. The spot began airing on Sunday night during ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” before JCPenney could even make the announcement. The Beatles have had their songs licensed for commercials in the past, but with the rare [...]
The Houston Chronicle reports that more than 100 pieces, a few of which were only recently unearthed, will be included in Come Together: The Artwork of John Lennon, a three-day exhibit at the Houston Galleria starting tomorrow (October 26th) The pieces will mostly include Lennon’s iconic pen and ink drawings, sometimes with dappled spots of [...]
Tuesday, 9th October, 1962 With no engagements booked, The Beatles celebrated John Lennon’s 22nd Birthday by staying over in London visiting freelance music journalists and several pop music papers to promote teh release of Love Me Do.
The BBC reports that a photograph of a teenage John Lennon has been unearthed after being locked in a cupboard for 50 years. The 1958 picture of the 17-year-old Beatles legend wearing a camel hair coat and with a quiff was uncovered by the BBC’s Inside Out North West. Lennon was pictured on Liverpool’s Lime [...]
According to a report in the Iceland Review, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will arrive in Iceland October 5 and are scheduled to attend the Unveiling of Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island off ReykjavÃk October 9, on her late husband’s John Lennon’s birthday.The Imagine Peace Tower is a powerful beacon of light representing [...]
Beatles legend John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono have topped a poll of rock couples conducted by Rolling Stone magazine. Lennon and his avant-garde artist wife were followed by country music couple Johnny Cash and June Carter, at the second spot. Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda McCartney rounded-off the top five, at [...]
According to a report in my old home town paper, the Manchester Evening News, it appears that there is a new John Lennon biopic in production. The piece about local screen writer Matt Greenhalgh mentions that he is currently writing a film about The Beatles legend John Lennon. “The film is called Lennon and details John’s adolescent [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
