Latest John Lennon Stories
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KIDinaKORNER/ Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS enters the Billboard Top 200 Chart at # 2 with their full-length debut album, NIGHT VISIONS. With sales of 83,213 copies, this is the best first week sales for a full- length debut by a new rock band since May 2006. The current single, "It's Time" sung by Darren Criss (Blaine) will be featured on the season four Glee premiere which airs Thursday, September 13(th) on FOX...
NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Artists Against Fracking has been launched by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon as a new coalition of artists, musicians, filmmakers and public figures opposed to hydraulic fracking. The growing coalition now includes more than 180 members, including Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Anne Hathaway, Alec Baldwin, Marina Abramovic, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cindy Sherman, MGMT, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Liv Tyler, Mario Batali, Roberta Flack, Robert De Niro,...
WHITSTABLE, England, April 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Conehead, in partnership with Julian Lennon/MFAR, are delighted to release "Guess It Was Me", out now. This is the follow-up from Julian Lennon to the sublime "Lookin' 4 Luv" single - a track which found plenty of love from national and regional radio throughout the UK! Both tracks feature on the current studio album "Everything Changes" which features twelve brand new original tracks. This new radio edit, rework & remix...
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob Gruen, an American photographer known for his iconic shots of legendary rock 'n' rollers, unveils his John Lennon "Peace & Freedom" Suite for collectors internationally. This museum quality artwork, released in partnership with Depiction Art, is a 30 X 40 silk screen in archival colors on Coventry 320 gram paper and available in four distinct versions, titled Yellow Afternoon, Blue Morning, Sunset and Fireworks Nite....
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Icelandic charity The Benefit Society of Children With Disabilities has launched its ninth Globe of Goodwill project - this time spearheaded by Yoko Ono, and titled "Draw Your Own Map." The project sells hand blown glass ornaments decorated by Ono and celebrated Icelandic artists. (Photo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111205/NY17293</font> ) Ono herself made the announcement at a...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Consummate guitarist, composer and musical interpreter Bill Frisell is set for a slew of promotional activities in December to promote the release of his highly praised new project "ALL WE ARE SAYING"--his exploration of the songs of John Lennon. On December 5, Jazz At Lincoln Center will host a listening party and Q&A with Bill from 7-8pm at the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame. Bill will appear at Barnes and Noble...
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 1st (11/1/11) at 1 p.m. (EDT), Yoko Ono Lennon, Hard Rock International and WhyHunger invited the world to join them as they launched IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER, a global campaign to raise awareness and funding for the fight against childhood hunger and poverty. At Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square, Yoko Ono Lennon, joined by Hamish Dodds, President and CEO of Hard Rock International and Bill Ayres, Executive Director of WhyHunger,...
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Theatre Within today announces the November 15th release of a live album chronicling the sold out, star-studded 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute, Live from the Beacon Theatre NYC. The 15-song release will be available digitally via iTunes, Amazon and other major online music outlets. The album can be pre-ordered now at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-30th-annual-john-lennon/id475506130. Proceeds from the sales of the digital release will be...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as the crowds gathered in Washington, D.C. in February of 1964 to see The Beatles® first live concert performance in America, thousands of people from all over the world will once again flock to Washington, D.C. to be a part of the largest Fab Four tribute festival in America - Abbey Road on the River. More than 50 bands will perform on eight stages, each with their own story and inspiration for being there. Some will be outfitted in black...
NEW YORK, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Steinway Hall today announced a one month tour of four different Imagine Series Limited Edition pianos, highlighted by a Model D concert grand featuring the Self Portrait artwork by John Lennon. The tour, with stops in the factory-owned Steinway Piano Galleries in Paramus, NJ, Westport, CT, and Melville, NY, as well as Steinway Hall in New York City, offers fans of John Lennon and The Beatles a chance to play these beautiful and unique instruments....
