John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday. The coin, which will go on sale on Monday, features a portrait of Lennon that is based on a famous image taken by music industry … Read more
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s love story — and love affair with New York — gets a close-up in the first trailer for “One to One: John & Yoko.” The upcoming documentary from Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald captures the couple in their post-Beatles early days in NYC in the early ‘70s, following them as they … Read more
David Bowie famously sang about “Changes” in 1971, and true to his word, he turned and faced the strange on his 1975 LP “Young Americans.” Making a galactic journey from glam-rock to his self-described “plastic soul,” the man who came from Mars as Ziggy Stardust landed in Philadelphia to record his game-changing classic that came … Read more
John Lennon’s oldest son opened up about a terrifying health scare. Julian Lennon, 61, whom the late Beatles icon welcomed with his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, revealed that he had been treated for skin cancer a second time. Posting to his social media on Wednesday, Dec. 18, Lennon also announced that he underwent an emergency operation on … Read more
John Lennon’s sons recently spent time at an unlikely place. Sean Ono Lennon and Julian Lennon were pictured at The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where their famous father was fatally shot in front of in Dec. 1980. Over the weekend, Julian, 61 — the late Beatles star’s eldest child, whom he welcomed with ex-wife … Read more
Love them, they did. When The Beatles launched their US invasion in 1964 — complete with their historic debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — the mop-topped Brits were under siege by the screaming masses upon their arrival in New York. “It was like being in the eye of a hurricane,” says John Lennon … Read more
A rare watch given to John Lennon by his wife Yoko Ono and which was stolen after his death does not belong to an Italian man who bought it from an auction house years later, a Swiss court ruled on Thursday, paving the way for its return to Ono. The Patek Philippe watch, with an … Read more
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s marriage wasn’t always peace and love. From late 1973 through 1974, Lennon embarked on his “Lost Weekend” in Los Angeles while being separated from his wife. Ono had banished the singer/songwriter from their home after he had had “loud, raucous sex” with another woman at a party. While Lennon was … Read more
It wasn’t a complete accident that John Lennon had an affair with May Pang. From September 1973 to 1975, the Beatles icon went on his so-called “Lost Weekend,” which involved an 18 month-long binge of sex, drugs and booze. Elliot Mintz, who was close friends with Lennon and Ono, told The Post while promoting his … Read more
John Lennon was given an eerie prediction about his death before he was fatally shot in New York City. The Beatles icon and his wife, Yoko Ono, received the warning from “one of the best palm readers in Greece,” according to their close friend Elliot Mintz. “The palm reader was very emphatic about the fact … Read more
John Lennon once allowed Los Angeles-based radio DJ Elliot Mintz to preview his new album – a move aimed at boosting his career. “Some Time in New York City” was the hotly anticipated collaboration between Lennon and Yoko Ono set for release in 1972, less than two years after The Beatles had split. When Mintz … Read more
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were “obsessed” with their weight during their time in the spotlight. Former Los Angeles radio and TV announcer Elliot Mintz, who was close friends with Lennon and Ono, claimed how they were “obsessed with staying skinny” in his memoir “We All Shine On: John, Yoko, & Me,” out Tuesday. Mintz, … Read more
Imagine John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosting a daytime talk show for a week — a veritable Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. That’s exactly what happened 52 years ago when the erstwhile Beatle and his wife brought peace, love and counterculture to Middle America on “The Mike Douglas Show.” Just months after “Imagination” was released, … Read more
John Lennon talked about being a victim of gun violence eight years before he was shot and killed. The new documentary “One to One: John & Yoko” explores the late Beatle’s Free the People Tour, which he was planning with activist Jerry Rubin with the goal of raising bail money for prisoners who couldn’t afford … Read more
Lost, found, and sold! John Lennon’s missing guitar featured in The Beatles’ 1965 film “Help!” sold at an auction at New York’s Hard Rock Cafe Wednesday for over $2.8 million. Julien’s Auctions confirmed in a statement that the Framus Hootenanny 12-string acoustic guitar became the fifth most-expensive guitar ever sold. The guitar was found in … Read more
Twist and shout — a lot. Ringo Starr, 83, admitted that The Beatles had their issues with one another in a new interview with Dan Rather, 92, for AXS. “No no, we didn’t get along,” the drummer said of the iconic English rock band on May 10. “We were four guys. We had rows.” Drummer Ringo … Read more
For years, decades actually, it was more like “Don’t Let It Be.” But for the first time, The Beatles’ 1970 documentary “Let It Be” — which had never been available on DVD, Blu-ray or, basically anything other than VHS — is finally available to stream on Disney+ this week. Was it worth the 54-year wait? … Read more
A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The auctioneers said Lennon played the guitar, which is expected to exceed its estimate of $600,000 to $800,000, on … Read more
It was the fall of 1980, and the ex-members of the Beatles were engaged in a cold war — largely with John Lennon. A decade after the legendary band’s toxic implosion, George Harrison described his notoriously temperamental band mate as a “piece of s–t.” “He’s so negative about everything,” Harrison, typically known as the quiet one, … Read more
Here come the sons. Sixty-two years after The Beatles released their debut single, 1962’s “Love Me Do,” as the first of many classic songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, their offspring have come together to bring back their tune-making magic. “Primrose Hill,” the new single by James McCartney — Sir Paul’s only son, … Read more