Category : John Lennon

Grammy Bosses Nix The Sale Of John Lennon's Best Song Trophy

FLOOD MAGAZINE: George Clinton Has Some Words for the Young

April 01 2016, “I’ve been places where I never thought my life would go.”

Zayn Malik Took Inspiration From The Beatles For New Album

ABC57 - INDIANA: South Bend artist wins international John Lennon song writing award

March 23 2016,

Paul McCartney Attempts To Regain Control Of Beatles' US Publishing Rights

Paul Mccartney Seeks Return Of Beatles Publishing Rights

The veteran musician filed paperwork at the U.S. Copyright Office in December (15) to start his bid to regain the ownership of all The Beatles' music, which was credited to him and the late John Lennon, according to Billboard.com. The pair had lost...

Philip Norman on George Martin: ‘It could easily have been Lennon, McCartney and Martin’

The acclaimed Beatles biographer recalls his encounters with the studio genius who helped the band achieve ‘delirium in sound’I first met George Martin in 1979, when I began researching my Beatles biography, Shout!. Friends and journalistic colleague...

The Daily Astorian: Ticket to ride: Lennon Bus helps students imagine music production

March 09 2016, With a little help from John Lennon, students at Astoria High School got their chance at musical fame this week.

George Martin: the man who changed pop forever (with a little help from his friends)

The music came from the Beatles – but it was George Martin’s willingness to step outside the boundaries of what was acceptable that helped make them specialThere is a theory that George Martin was a man who got incredibly lucky the day he met the Bea...

Music Producer George Martin Dies Aged 90

The legendary producer was often referred to as the Fifth Beatle due to his work with the iconic band. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr first revealed the tragic news on his Twitter.com page, writing: "God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and hi...

John Lennon's First Note Up For Auction

The thank you card the late Beatles star wrote to his Aunt Harriet is expected to go under the hammer for $42,400 (£30,000). The scrawl on a fold-out note card was written shortly after Christmas, 1951. In it Lennon thanked his relative for the pr...

Yoko Ono Released From Hospital

The widow of John Lennon was hospitalised at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in New York on Friday (26Feb16) with flu-like symptoms, according to her publicist Elliot Mintz. Son Sean tweeted on Saturday (27Feb16) that his 83-year-old mother had...

Hoaxes that went viral

Did Kanye West hide the message ‘I am Lord Voldemort’ in his tweets? No. Here are five more ‘stories’ that fooled the worldThe internet rarely lets truth get in the way of a good story, which can spread worldwide before anyone checks the facts. The b...

Yoko Ono Hospitalised For 'Flu-like' Symptoms, Not Stroke

The widow of John Lennon was admitted to Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in New York with “extreme” flu-like symptoms, clarifies her publicist Elliot Mintz. He told People.com that the artist and activist shouldn’t be in the facility for too long....

Yoko Ono Hospitalised With 'Flu-Like' Symptoms

Yoko Ono is recovering after being hospitalised in New York on Friday and receiving treatment for flu-like symptoms. The 83-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai West hospital at just after 9pm on Friday evening on the advice of her doctors.Yoko Ono has...