John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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Examiner National
September 24, 2011
Julian Lennon goes live on TV with new single (video)

Julian Lennon went live on TV Thursday with a performance of his new single "Lookin' 4 Luv" from his forthcoming album "Everything Changes."*The performance (which can be seen at left) was on the Scottish TV show "The Hour." On the show, he said he hadn't seen the recent film about his father, "Nowhere Boy." "I know about the real stories so I don’t tend to watch things that are necessarily fabricated," he told show hosts Michelle McManus and Tam Cowan.*

Update: Lennon also appeared on RTE Television's "The Late Late Show" on Friday. You can see his performance here about 44 minutes into the show.
He'll will appear on "Weekend Wogan" on BBC Radio 2 Sunday at 11 a.m. UK time.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...gle-live-video

The Late Late Show
September 23, 2011
With guest Julian Lennon - starts 0:43:27 minutes into show - Video

http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20110923.html

The Republic
September 23, 2011
Autographed Beatles album being auctioned in Knoxville next month

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Next month in Knoxville, alongside items including a few vintage toys, a stamp collection and a photograph of Minnie Pearl, a piece of rock 'n' roll history will be sold at auction.It is a copy of Meet the Beatles, autographed by each of the Fab Four for the hotel doctor who treated George Harrison's strep throat the night before their Feb. 9, 1964, appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, the auction house says.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...es-Autographs/

BBC News Lancashire
23 September 2011
Blackburn potholes to be repaired

A Lancashire town made famous by the Beatles for its potholes has been given nearly half a million pounds to repair them.The Department of Transport has allocated £465,000 to Blackburn and Darwen Council after the past two harsh winters took their toll on its roads.The cash is in addition to the money already in the budget for road repairs. John Lennon wrote the Beatles lyric from A Day in the Life about "4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" The track on the Sgt Pepper album was reportedly taken from a news article in a local paper that he had been reading.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-15037403

Examiner National
September 24, 2011
Imagine Peace Tower to be lit for John Lennon's birthday

As she has done each year on John Lennon's birthday Oct. 9, Yoko Ono will again be present this year for a lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland. A lighting ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center. A concert featuring Ono and the Plastic Ono Band will take place there at 8 p.m.Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band will also be one of the featured performers at the Iceland Airwaves Festival Oct. 12-16 in Reykjavik. Those also performing at the festival will be Björk and The Line of Best Fit favourites Niki & the Dove and Beach House. More information is available at the Iceland Airwaves website.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...non-s-birthday

John Lennon's Bentley
September 22, 2011

Continuing our coverage of Assouline’s amazing new book ' The Impossible Collection of Cars ' , we bring you one of the unique Bentleys featured in its pages.This 1958 Bentley S1 with the psychedelic paintj ob belonged to none other than John Lennon.He acquired in in the Swinging Sixties and ordered up the custom coloring, and it was often seen parked in front of the Beatles’ Apple Tailoring boutique on Kings Road in London.The Beatle gave the Bentley a psychedelic paint job in the Swinging Sixties

http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2011/09...nnons-bentley/

Spyvibe
September 24, 2011
BEATLES AUCTION CANCELLED

Breaking news: Guernsey's has cancelled the bulk of a major Beatles auction that was scheduled for tomorrow. Astrid Kirchherr's photographs of the band's early years in Germany, as well as the intellectual property rights to the images, were originally planned to go on sale in a historic auction Saturday. But at the last hour, the company posted an announcement on their website stating that the entire lot has been sold in advance to an undisclosed buyer.There is much speculation about the identity of the buyer. Many fans wonder if Paul McCartney has stepped in to preserve and manage the archives. Spy Vibe will update readers as soon as there is more information.

http://spyvibe.blogspot.com/2011/09/...cancelled.html

Snap Gallery
September 24, 2011
The New York auction of Astrid's Beatles archives planned for Sunday 25 September is off, so we're having a mini one for you

We just heard from Guernseys auction house in NYC that Astrid Kirchherr's entire Beatles archive has been sold to a single buyer and the auction planned for Sunday 25 September is now off. That's a real shame as we were hoping to buy the rights to a funfair shot, but hey.So we decided that for the Beatles fans who were expecting an auction on Sunday, we would do our own Astrid mini version on eBay, on a very small scale, with three beautiful signed pieces. The auction ends Sunday at 7 pm UK time.

http://www.snapgalleries.com/?page=NewsView&itemid=329