John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
In a new documentary, the woman who went from assistant to lover of the ex-Beatle talks about her side of a misunderstood storySmack in the middle of the 1970s, John Lennon experienced what he famously called a “lost weekend”, echoing the title of a classic 1945 movie about an out-of-control alcohol...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
My friend Carol Sloman, who has died aged 66 of cancer, was a musician, actor, singer-songwriter and theatre director who took her array of talents to London’s West End, as well as a series of regional theatres.Perhaps her best known role was as Cynthia Lennon in the award-winning musical Lennon at...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
Accomplished rock drummer of the 1960s and 70s who played with George Harrison and Eric ClaptonAmid the freewheeling rock scene of the late 1960s and early 70s, the drummer Jim Gordon was one of a group of accomplished young American session musicians who emerged from the shadows of the recording st...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 2 years ago
(Nonesuch)In a powerful live recording, the piano virtuoso brings out the boogie, blues and gospel in the Fab Four’s songsBrad Mehldau, as inquisitive a philosopher as he is a tirelessly curious jazz-piano virtuoso, believes that an alluring strangeness is key to an artwork’s longevity. A longtime B...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
Son of the artist and late former Beatle John Lennon launches website as Ringo Starr and Elton John send wishesYoko Ono’s son has created a virtual “wish tree” to mark his mother’s 90th birthday on Saturday and is encouraging people to plant real trees in her honour.Since creating her first wish tre...
John Lennon / Videos - 2 years ago
John Lennon / Videos - 2 years ago
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 2 years ago
When it comes to musical greatness, the Beatles deserve at least as much recognition as Bob Dylan, argues Gareth Calway, while Mike Pender is impressed by some lyrical changes to Dylan’s song Make You Feel My LoveDavid Cantwell’s observation, in Annie Zaleski’s feature, that classic Bob Dylan is “la...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 2 years ago
Motown singer and songwriter whose hits included I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and MoneyOf all the dozens of worldwide hits released by the Motown family of labels, few had a more profound impact than Money (That’s What I Want), sung by the 19-year-old Barrett Strong and...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
Yoko Ono, Hamilton and Uri Geller declare themselves beneficial owners of overseas firms that hold UK propertyUK for sale: how the wealthy hold British property via offshore firmsJohn Lennon’s first home, a £16.5m London mansion owned by Lewis Hamilton and the illusionist Uri Geller’s country house...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 2 years ago
Paul McCartney has announced a book and exhibition featuring his photography from the 1960s. 1964: Eyes Of The Storm is a 336-page hardback book featuring 275 images taken by McCartney in Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, DC, and Miami. The images were from a collection of nearly 1,000...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
He held Mercury’s hand in hospital, retrieved Lennon from a cocaine escapade with David Bowie, and was upbraided by Keith Richards for smoking a joint. Now the Zelig of the music world is looking backOn the wall of Tony King’s flat in north London, there is a beautiful signed Andy Warhol print of Ma...
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
John Lennon / Info générales - 2 years ago
To a dour Brummie like me, living in Liverpool is an unending source of hope and delight. This photo reminds meWhat was the image on your phone that defined 2022? Writers give their perspectivesOnce a place is immortalised in song it’s hard to imagine it as somewhere in which people really do walk t...