Happy Birthday, John. It isn’t a song. It’s a non-stop medley. The upcoming 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth has spawned so many celebrations that the world’s leading Beatles news website has created an online offshoot to serve as a clearinghouse for festivities pegged to the Oct. 9 milestone.
Lennon, who was born Oct. 9, 1940, and […]

The man who shot and killed Beatles star John Lennon almost thirty years ago has been denied parole - for the sixth time.
Mark David Chapman shot Lennon outside the musician’s apartment in Manhattan, New York on December 8, 1980.
The now 55-year-old Chapman was interviewed at the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility in New York, where he […]

(CNN) — Mark David Chapman, convicted killer of music icon John Lennon, is up for parole for the sixth time and may be questioned this week.
A parole hearing for Chapman that had been scheduled for August was postponed until this month when the New York parole board begins its meeting Tuesday.
Chapman’s latest quest for freedom […]

Yoko Ono has disclosed how she believes her former husband, John Lennon, is still “helping” her in her various endeavours, 30 years after his death.

Yoko Ono sits in the front room of John Lennon’s former home in Mendips, Liverpool Photo: PAOno made her comments as she discussed the couple’s relationship during a visit to […]

FULL TRACKLISTS AND COVER ART UNVEILED FOR EIGHT ALBUMS REMASTERED FROM LENNON’S ORIGINAL MIXES AND SEVERAL NEW COLLECTIONS TO BE RELEASED ON 4TH OCTOBERSweeping Catalogue Initiative Overseen by Yoko Ono and EMI Music Commemorates Lennon’s 70th Birthday
LONDON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — EMI Music unveils today the complete tracklists and cover art for a broad selection of remastered […]

Yoko Ono describes Iceland ceremony, show with Sean; producer Jack Douglas on a new box set that includes previously unheard home recordings

The celebrations for what would have been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, on October 9th of this year, have begun to take shape. On October 5th, EMI will reissue freshened versions of Lennon’s […]

Overseas buyer splashes out for toilet Lennon told builder to use as ‘a plant pot’

The porcelain toilet from Tittenhurst Park, Lennon’s Berkshire home between 1969 and 1972, was sold for £9,500 at auction. Photograph: Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts/PA
A porcelain lavatory which John Lennon told a builder to use as a “plant pot” has fetched £9,500 […]

JULIAN LENNON HONOR: Julian Lennon, Peggy Conlon,
president and chief executive offficer of the Advertising Council,
and the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation will be honored at a
special Sept. 14 Butterfly Gala by the Lupus Foundation in New York City.
Lennon will be honored “for his efforts to bring lupus to the forefront of
popular culture, raise […]

The cover for “Double Fantasy Stripped Down.”
Photo: EMI/Capitol Records

The cover photo for “Double Fantasy Stripped Down,” to be released Oct. 5, is now on Amazon.com. The new release will pair new versions of the album songs with Lennon’s original remastered mix of the album.
“‘Double Fantasy Stripped Down’ really allows us to focus our attention on John’s amazing […]

Liverpool won’t be the only city having a 70th Birthday bash for John Lennon. His adopted home town of New York City will also pay tribute to the music great with a celebration at Radio City Music Hall. Here is the official word:On September 25th at legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Fab Faux […]