Compilation to mark Lennon birthday
A 38-track John Lennon solo compilation, 'Working Class Hero - The Definitive Lennon', is due on 3 October to mark what would have been his 65th birthday.…
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New York critics savage John Lennon musical
A musical about John Lennon has received poor reviews in New York after its opening night at the Broadhurst Theatre, following similarly poor notices in San Francisco.…
Lennon's lyrics sell for £600k
Lennon's handwritten lyrics for 'All You Need Is Love' sold for £600,000 at the Hippodrome memorabilia sale, while the Sgt Pepper tunic went for £100,000.…
Lennon memorabilia sale today
A London Hippodrome auction of John Lennon memorabilia goes ahead today, with items worth an estimated £1.1 million including the Sgt Pepper tunic and the All You Need Is Love manuscript.…
Liverpool's Yellow Submarine parked at John Lennon Airport
A 25-tonne yellow submarine sculpture has been unveiled outside Liverpool's John Lennon Airport, after being removed from Chavasse Park last year.…
Lennon memorabilia auction announced
Auction house Cooper Owen will sell a major John Lennon memorabilia collection in London next month, expected to raise over £1 million.…
Strawberry Fields home closes
The Liverpool children's home that inspired The Beatles' 'Strawberry Fields Forever' has closed after 68 years, as it can no longer afford to stay open.…
Oasis top best song poll
Virgin Radio listeners voted Oasis' Wonderwall the best British song ever, ahead of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven.…
1969 Beatles letter to go under the hammer
A 1969 letter from John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr disputing management is to be auctioned at Christie's, expected to fetch up to £60,000.…
Nearly gave up guitar because it was too difficult
Quarrymen drummer Colin Hanton tells the BBC that John Lennon nearly gave up the guitar after two lessons until skiffle and Paul McCartney changed things.…
Beatles guitar sells for over a quarter of a million
A Gibson SG guitar used by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for £294,000 at a New York auction after being rediscovered two years ago.…
Unheard Lennon tracks to appear in new musical
Yoko Ono has allowed two unreleased Lennon songs to feature in a new musical about his life, opening in San Francisco in April.…