Celebrations take place for John Lennon’s 80th birthday
Celebrations have taken place around the world on what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday.
Category: John Lennon
John Lennon remix compilation Gimme Some Truth announced
Gimme Some Truth, a new compilation of remixed solo songs by John Lennon, is to be released on 9 October 2020, what would have been the former Beatle’s 80th …
John Lennon’s Imagine to be reissued as super deluxe box set
John Lennon’s classic second solo album, 1971’s Imagine, is to be reissued on a range of formats include a super deluxe box set, as part of an extensive reissue …
Museum of Liverpool to host Lennon and Ono exhibition Double Fantasy
The Museum of Liverpool is to host an exhibition on John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
John Lennon’s Monkey Bike is auctioned for £56,000
John Lennon’s Honda Monkey Bike motorcycle has sold for £56,250.
John Lennon’s Gibson J-160E guitar sells for $2.41 million
The guitar played by John Lennon on The Beatles’ first single ‘Love Me Do’ has sold at auction for $2.41 million.
John Lennon vinyl box set announced
A box set containing eight of John Lennon’s studio albums has been announced for release on 8 June by Universal Music.
John Lennon’s to-do list at the Dakota
Living at the Dakota Building in New York City, John Lennon wrote a to-do list on this day for his assistant Fred Seaman.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono announce the conceptual country Nutopia
John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a press conference at 10am on 2 April 1973 to announce the birth of their conceptual country Nutopia.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono write the Declaration of Nutopia
John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote the Declaration of Nutopia, announcing their conceptual country, on 1 April 1973.
Recording: Remember by John Lennon
Studio Three, EMI Studios, Abbey Road Producer: John Lennon John Lennon spent much of his 30th birthday in Studio Three of EMI Studios, Abbey Road, where he continued work …
John Lennon sees his father Alf for the final time
Prior to the recording session for the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album track ‘Remember’, John Lennon invited his father Alf to lunch at Tittenhurst Park in Ascot.
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition is raided by police
John Lennon’s Bag One, an exhibition of lithographs including several containing erotic imagery, had opened on 15 January 1970. Just 24 hours later it was raided by police officers, …
John Lennon’s Bag One exhibition opens in London
An exhibition of John Lennon’s erotic lithographs opened on this day at the London Arts Gallery at 22 New Bond Street, London W1.
US album release: Wedding Album by John & Yoko
The third long player of experimental recordings by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Wedding Album, was released by Apple in the US on this day.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono move into Tittenhurst Park
John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved into their mansion, Tittenhurst Park in Ascot, Berkshire.
John Lennon marries Yoko Ono
Having failed to get married in Paris a few days earlier, John Lennon and Yoko Ono chartered an aeroplane to Gibraltar, on the advice of Apple employee Peter Brown.
John Lennon pleads guilty to cannabis possession
Following his arrest the previous month for possession of cannabis, John Lennon appeared at Marylebone Magistrates’ Court, London.
John and Yoko plant acorns for peace at Coventry Cathedral
In their first public event, John Lennon and Yoko Ono planted acorns for peace at St Michael’s Cathedral, Coventry.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney return from promoting Apple in New York
John Lennon and Paul McCartney had flown to New York for a four-day promotional trip for Apple on 11 May 1968. On this day they returned to London. The …
