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Lady Gaga's dream collaborator John Lennon

Lady Gaga has revealed that John Lennon would be her dream collaborator and she admires him for his music and his "heart".

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Celine Dion pays tribute to Roberta Flack whose music ‘shaped generations’

The US singer was known for songs including Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

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Leo Sayer was told not to cut his hair by Sir Paul McCartney

Leo Sayer is glad that he followed advice from Sir Paul McCartney not to trim his distinctive perm.

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John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon insists it is 'not a burden' to be the son of a Beatles legend

Sean Ono Lennon - whose father was Beatles legend John Lennon - has insisted that it is "not a burden" to have famous parents and explains why he wants to "give back" to the world as tribute to his fathe.

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“I don’t want to be trapped again, with the same musicians making the same sound”: New John Lennon documentary sheds light on his dark, tragic, final decade

Could Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade be the most honest, revealing and surprising Beatles documentary ever?

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Previously unreleased performances from John Lennon's final full-length solo concerts set for Record Store Day vinyl

Four tracks from John Lennon's final full-length solo concerts have been made into a special vinyl for Record Store Day.

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AI takes centre stage at Photo Brussels 2025

A review of this year’s Photo Brussels festival, where the theme of artificial intelligence and its impact and potential were examined by the curated work

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"I’ve written this tune and I’m going to record it tonight and have it pressed, up and out tomorrow": John Lennon wrote and recorded Instant Karma in one day. Here's how it happened

"It was like all hell breaking loose. Tape machines, tape loops, tape delays, echo chambers, you name it!"

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Sam Amidon: Salt River review – an eclectic if erratic affair

The US musician leads an accomplished yet slightly bland living room session spanning traditional numbers and songs by Lou Reed, Yoko Ono and more

The Guardian - UK

“I got a phone call asking me for a quote about Lennon. Apparently I was one of the last musicians seen talking to him before his death”: Rick Wakeman’s wild tales of John Lennon, David Bowie, Keith Moon and Ozzy Osbourne

Playing with Bowie and Sabbath,. boozing with Keith Moon, hanging out with Lennon – Rick Wakeman has done it all

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‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival

Bon Iver asked him to cover his new material and he’s teaching Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing. But the interpreter is more interested in songs than stardom

The Guardian - UK

“He showed me the Rickenbacker he used with the Beatles at Shea Stadium. It still had the song list taped to the side”: Released weeks before his murder, John Lennon’s final album paired him with some of the era’s finest session guitarists

Hesitant to step back into the spotlight but powered by renewed creative energy, the former Beatle joined forces with Earl Slick, Hugh McCracken, and – though their collaborations weren't released for a number of years – Cheap Trick

Guitar World

Wallpaper* Design Awards 2025: Tate Modern’s cultural shapeshifting takes the art prize

We sing the praises of Tate Modern for celebrating the artists that are drawn to other worlds

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Sean Lennon trades childish insults online after being attacked for defending of Elon Musk

The only child of the Beatles legend and Yoko Ono came under fire after remarking online about the levels of influence that the tech billionaire is wielding on US politics in recent weeks

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Sean Ono Lennon Revives Father's Music With Innovative Approach

Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, honors his father's legacy through music, winning awards and reimagining albums.

The Independent UK

Now caretaker of his dad's work, Sean Ono Lennon seeks to innovate, not merely repeat

lNow caretaker of his dad's work, Sean Ono Lennon is on a remarkable run

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"There is no getting around the fact that he repeats the phrase 'simply having a wonderful Christmastime' 17 times": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime

Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic, a Christmas song curiously "built around the most advanced synthesizers available in 1979”

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The 10 best folk albums of 2024

Traditional songs in dub, Irish keening with touches of Yoko Ono and shape-note hymns with sound-processing were among the year’s records renewing an ever elusive genre

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Yoko Ono has ‘never moved on’ from John Lennon

Days before the 44th anniversary of The Beatles icon’s death, John Lennon’s son Sean has said his widow Yoko Ono has “never moved on” from her relationship with the singer.

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Sean Lennon says album cover reveals how John Lennon felt about Yoko Ono: ‘I think it’s clear’

Musician is up for a Grammy for his work on his late father’s album ‘Mind Games’

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The 10 best Christmas animations everyone needs to watch: from Aardman, Netflix, Disney and more

The 10 best Christmas animated feature films and shorts

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“Eric, I know I can bring out something great in you”: In 1971, John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction

Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”

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"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction

After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"

The Independent UK

The 13 most controversial album covers of all time, from The Beatles to Nirvana: ‘We’re all naked really’

THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon letter inviting Eric Clapton to join supergroup to be auctioned

1971 letter proposes group including Klaus Voormann and Phil Spector to ‘bring back the balls in rock’n’roll’

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