John Lennon

John Lennon 70th tribute concert to be held in New York

Celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth will include a benefit concert in New York, organizers said on Tuesday. Skip related content
Among the musicians slated to pay tribute to the former Beatle at the November 12 concert at New York's Beacon Theatre are Jackson Browne, Patti Smith, Cyndi Lauper, Aimee Mann and Shelby Lynne.

The concert is one of several events and parties being held in New York and around the world to honour what would have been Lennon's 70th birthday on October 9.

Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, is expected to mark the anniversary day in Iceland, where she will light the Imagine Peace Tower memorial located on the island of Vioey, near the Reykjavik.

Ono's "We Are Plastic Ono Band" has also planned tribute shows expected to feature guests Lady Gaga and Iggy Pop in Los Angeles on October 1 and 2, while on October 5 she will help release eight reissued solo albums plus new collections called the "John Lennon Signature Box."

This year Lennon has been depicted in the biopic "Nowhere Boy," by video artist Sam Taylor-Wood and is the subject of a new documentary "LennonNYC" using rarely seen footage of the music legend. He was gunned down outside his New York City apartment on December 8th, 1980.

Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Playing for Change Foundation, a charity which promotes peace through music and builds music schools in the developing world.

Is this sick or what here?
I'd like to read your opinion on here.

Lennon album to sell for over £500,000

A copy of John Lennon's album 'Double Fantasy' has been put up for auction and is expected to be sold for $850,000 (over £500,000).

The extraordinarily high estimation is due to its remarkable history. Lennon signed the LP as he left his home in New York on 8 December 1980 for fan Mark Chapman. Five hours later, Lennon returned to his apartment where Chapman shot him dead. The album was later found in a doorway by a maintenance man and handed over to the police as evidence.

“The album is the most extraordinary artefact in rock and roll history,” said its seller Gary Zimet. “It has Lennon's signature on the cover and Chapman's forensically enhanced finger prints on the sleeve.”

Chapman is still serving his life sentence at Attica prison in New York State, and recently had a sixth appeal for parole denied. [Daily Telegraph].

yes it is a bit sick, just wonder how he got hold of it in the first place if it was held as evidence. Whoever buys it will just stash it for future profit! how sad