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Former Beatles co-frontman John Lennon has triumphed in a readers poll to find the ‘Ultimate Icon’ across British music magazine NME‘s sixty year history. Overcoming a raft of iconic artists such as David Bowie, Morrissey, Kurt Cobain and protegé Paul McCartney, Lennon’s placing stands as testament to, not only his seminal work with The Beatles, but [...]
A recently finished sculpture of the late John Lennon includes a bit of the former Beatles’ Deoxyribonucleic acid. Huh. Right, okay, this sounds like the best movie pitch ever. Just bear with me. Artist Kirsten Zuk‘s brother Michael, known as “The Crazy Dentist” (See?!) purchased one of John Lennon’s auctioned teeth in 2011 for $32,000., [...]
Three Beatles classics were loving tributes to their mums, though not overtly. “Yesterday,” by Paul McCartney is the most-covered song in the history of popular music. It has been on and off the charts since the Beatles’ original 1965 version, which first appeared on their Help soundtrack, not as a single. An entire book was [...]
The Beatles will release a meticulously restored version of their classic 1968 animated feature film Yellow Submarine on DVD and Blu-ray on May 29 in North America. The film’s soundtrack album will also be reissued on CD. Currently out of print, Paul Rutan Jr. and his team of specialists at Triage Motion Picture Services and Eque [...]
Ozzy released a cover of Lennon’s “How?” (from “Imagine”) today via iTunes to mark the occasion and to benefit Amnesty International. With John Lennon 70th birthday approaching this weekend ,Ozzy Osbourne pays tribute to one of his musical heroes by releasing “How?” on I-tunes for Amnesty International. Osbourne has always declared his love for The [...]
John Chapman has been incarcerated at Attica Correctional Facility in New York state since being convicted of Lennon’s murder in 1981, and was recently denied parole for the sixth time. But during his parole hearing Chapman gave the parole board his reasons for the shooting Lennon. “I wasn’t thinking clearly,” Chapman said, according to a [...]
John Lennon’s killer was denied parole in New York, almost 30 years after gunning down the Ex-Beatle in front of his home. A parole board decided against releasing Mark David Chapman after interviewing him on Tuesday. This was his sixth time before the parole board. A number of people opposed the release of Chapman, including [...]
John Lennon’s killer was denied parole in New York, almost 30 years after gunning down the Ex-Beatle in front of his home. A parole board decided against releasing Mark David Chapman after interviewing him on Tuesday. This was his sixth time before the parole board. A number of people opposed the release of Chapman, including [...]
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