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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Win Academy Award for ‘War is Over’

by Paul Cashmere

‘War is Over: Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko’ has won the Oscar for Short Film (Animated) at the 2024 Academy Awards.

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Lost Weekend A Love Story May Pang John Lennon

May Pang and John’s Lennon’s ‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’ #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Lost Weekend: A Love Story’ is the story of John Lennon and May Pang’s affair from 1973 to 1975. 23 year old May was John and Yoko’s personal assistant in 1973. When John and Yoko were having problems Yoko suggested May should start going out with John but she did not expect what was about to happen. It became a full-blown love affair.

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Yoko Ono Turns 90

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono is 90. Yoko was seven years older than John Lennon when they married in 1969. At the time John was 29 and Yoko was 36. The couple were married for 11 years when John was assassinated in New York in 1980.

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Vivienne Westwood tribute at her Facebook page

Punk Fashion Icon Dame Vivienne Westwood Dies At Age 81

by Paul Cashmere

Vivienne Westwood, the fashion icon credited with imaging the Punk movement of the 70s, has died at the age of 81 in the UK.

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Curt Claudio from the BBC doco Above Us Only Sky

Doco To Reveal The Story of Curt Claudio, The Guy Who Turned Up At John Lennon’s House in 1971

by Paul Cashmere

In 1971 a homeless American travelled to the UK to visit John Lennon at his home Tittenhurst in Ascot. John and Yoko chatted with the unexpected visitor Curt Claudio and then invited him in for breakfast.

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John Lennon ‘Imagine’ Has Just Gone 3x Platinum In The USA?

by Paul Cashmere

The Recording Industry Association of America has just awarded John Lennon ‘Imagine’ a Triple platinum award 50 years after it was first released.

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New John Lennon ‘Love’ Video Released Ahead of ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ Reissue

by Paul Cashmere

A new John Lennon ‘Love’ video has been released on Valentine’s Day ahead of the expanded reissue of the ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ box set.

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John Lennon Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Deluxe Edition Delayed Again But It Is Coming

by Paul Cashmere

The impending release of the expanded John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band has been delayed again but we finally have a date for the announcement of a release date. Lennon fans will now find out all the details of the new 159 track box on 4 March 2021.

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December 8 2020 Marks The 40th Anniversary of the Death of John Lennon

by Paul Cashmere

It was 40 years ago today when John Lennon was murdered outside of the Dakota building, his residence in New York City.

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Yoko Ono Releases Her Version of ‘Imagine’

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono has released her own version of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ to mark what would have been John’s 78th birthday this week.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono photo: Iain Macmillan

John Lennon 6 Disc Edition of Imagine To Be Released

by Paul Cashmere

John Lennon ‘Imagine – The Ultimate Collection’ will be released as a six-disc boxed set.

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Yoko Ono Releases Next Music Instalment For 2018 ‘Hey Mr President’

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono has released ‘Hey Mr President’ with John Palumbo as his new single.

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Yoko Ono Shares New Track Hell In Paradise

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono is previewing a new song every week with this week’s instalment being ‘Hell In Paradise’.

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Police Search For Woman Who Stole Yoko Ono’s Rock

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It appears a woman might be breaking rocks in prison just for stealing one.

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John Lennon And Yoko Ono Exhibition To Open In Liverpool

by Music-News.com

Announced on March 20, the 49th wedding anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Lennon, from May 2018, the Museum of Liverpool will show a ground-breaking exhibition, exploring the personal and creative chemistry of this iconic couple and their ongoing Imagine Peace campaign.

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Yoko Ono Talks World Peace

by Music-News.com

“[My husband] wrote Imagine as a song calling for peace around the world. Today, we need peace more than ever… Imagine. Together we can make peace happen. Then the world truly will live as one” – Yoko Ono Lennon.

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Yoko Ono Added To Songwriting Credits For Imagine

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Yoko Ono’s name has been added as the co-writer of the song Imagine with her late husband John Lennon.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono bed-in 1969

UNICEF Releases World Music Version Of John Lennon’s Imagine

by Paul Cashmere

UNICEF has released an all-star world version of John Lennon’s classic song Imagine today with the support of Yoko Ono, David Guetta and people from over 140 countries around the world.

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John Lennon God Save Oz

Richard Neville And The John Lennon Connection

by Paul Cashmere

Richard Neville, the rebel journalist who inspired two songs by John Lennon, has died in Sydney at age 74.

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McCartney Talks Yoko

by Music-News.com

The Beatles felt threatened when Yoko Ono joined John Lennon for recording sessions, according to Paul McCartney.

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Yoko Ono Reveals Meaning Behind New Track

by Music-News.com

Yoko Ono wrote the song “Ode to Meadow” to reflect on John, Sean and their family dog, and gifted it to the “Home on the Range” CD that will be released on Friday, June 24.

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Yoko Ono and Moby To Contribute To Animal Sanctuary Album

by Music-News.com

Presented by the educational non-profit organization, Compassionate Farming Education Initiative (CFEI), “Home on the Range” is a benefit compilation album and documentary film, both to be released June 24.

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Yoko Ono Home After Flash Hospital Admission

by Music-News.com

Yoko Ono has been released from hospital and is “running about as usual”, according to her son Sean Lennon.

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Yoko Ono Releases Video For Orchestral ‘Walking On Thin Ice’ For Her 83rd Birthday

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono turned 83 today and celebrated with a new orchestral version of ‘Walking On Thin Ice’ with a potent video reflecting on the absence in her life since the death of John Lennon.

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Yoko Ono To Receive Inspiration Award

by Music-News.com

NME is proud to announce it will be honouring Yoko Ono with The Inspiration Award at this year’s NME Awards with Austin, Texas on February 17.

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Yoko Ono To Release Happy Xmas War Is Over Vinyl With The Flaming Lips

by Paul Cashmere

Yoko Ono will release a limited edition vinyl of her and John Lennon’s classic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ with The Flaming Lips.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono bed-in 1969

Yoko Ono Celebrates John Lennon’s 75th Birthday In Iceland

by Music-News.com

Yoko Ono will commemorate her husband John Lennon’s 75th birthday today, October 9, with the annual lighting of Imagine Peace Tower on the island of Videy, Reyjkavik, Iceland.

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Paul McCartney And Yoko Ono Pay Tribute To Cynthia Lennon

by Paul Cashmere

Both Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono have posted their thoughts on Cynthia Lennon, following her death at age 75 today.

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Yoko Ono Joins The Flaming Lips For New Happy Xmas War Is Over LISTEN

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Flaming Lips dip back into the Beatles’ well again, or at least of member John Lennon, with a new cover of the classic Happy Christmas (War is Over).

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John Lennon Killer Denied Parole

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon in 1980, will spend at least two more years behind bars after he was denied parole.

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