Tag : John Lennon

Tag: John Lennon

John Lennon wasn’t joking about Jesus | Brief letters

The other 1969 concert that changed music: ‘one of the most important stories in rock history’

Revival69 glimpses into starry Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which gave Beatles fans a new look at John LennonIn the summer of 1969, promoter John Brower thought he had a foolproof plan for a classic concert. Though just 22, he had already promoted...

Imagine there’s no Farage, it’s easy if you try | Brief letters

Dreaming of life under Reform UK | Hey Jude | Fashion faux pas | Cabbage butterflies | Failed experimentThe Reform UK Party Limited, with Nigel Farage as its leader, has produced five core pledges, all of which start with the word “imagine”. I much p...

John Lennon guitar sells for $2.9m, breaking Beatles auction record

Lennon’s 12-string Hootenanny, heard on Help! album and film, had not been seen or played for half a centuryA guitar used by John Lennon has sold for $2.9m (£2.3m), setting what organisers have called a new world record for the highest-selling guitar...

Spider John Koerner obituary

Musician who became a folk scene celebrity with his driving guitar style and love of the bluesWhen Bob Dylan enrolled as a teenager at the University of Minnesota in 1959 he went to check out the Minneapolis music scene in the Dinkytown area near the...

Mike Pinder obituary

Singer, songwriter and pioneer of the Mellotron keyboard who was a founder member of the original Moody BluesThe last surviving original member of the Moody Blues, Mike Pinder, who has died aged 82, became an influential force in progressive rock as...

Guitar played by John Lennon on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction

Guitar also played by George Harrison on Norwegian Wood could sell for millions in May auction, alongside other memorabilia including a book of Tupac Shakur’s handwritten lyricsA guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison in sessions for the al...

Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it? | Simon Price

Other fields are plagued with famous people’s offspring too, yet musical genius seems particularly difficult to pass down the generationsTalent, sang Russell Mael of the band Sparks, is an asset. And that asset can be handed down from generation to g...