John Lennon Documentary to Premiere on BritBox

John Lennon‘s 80th birthday this week.Sky, Virgin and Freeview will broadcast LENNON80 in honour of the late Beatle‘s birthday this Friday (October 9), which will include a mix of old footage and new content.Among the programmes airing on the channel will be the famous documentary Bed Peace, which follows Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s famous “Bed-In for Peace” protest in 1969, as well as appearances on Parkinson in 1971 and The Dick Cavett Show in 1971 and 1972.The channel will also show three

Paul McCartney has reflected on meeting John Lennon and their songwriting partnership in The Beatles.Lennon, who died in 1980, would turn 80 on October 9 and, ahead of the milestone birthday, his son Sean hosted a two-part programme looking back at his life.In the second part, which aired on BBC Radio 2 earlier tonight (October 2), Sean spoke to his brother Julian and McCartney.In McCartney’s segment, he recalled when he first realised Lennon was special.

Beatles scholar believes they have solved a decades-long mystery of the inspiration behind John Lennon‘s ‘Grow Old With Me’.The song was released a month before the legendary artist was shot dead in December 1980, and it was known to have been influenced by a film about baseball that Lennon saw during a visit to Bermuda earlier that year.Kenneth Womack told The Observer he had watched dozens of films before realising that the key inspiration was A Love Affair: The Eleanor And Lou Gehrig Story, a

You, like me, might be getting ready to celebrate the 80th birthday of a very important person born in Merseyside exactly eight decades ago. And if that’s the case, I’ll pass on your birthday greetings to my mum this weekend.

Yoko Ono is taking her late husband’s former assistant to court… again.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterPatti Smith, Jackson Browne, Natalie Merchant, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal and many more artists will be featured in the 40 th annual John Lennon Tribute Charity concert presented by Theatre Within, the non-profit organization that has presented the concert since 1981.

John Lennon was said to be “physically sick” from nerves before performing with Elton John at a 1974 show in New York’s Madison Square Garden after the Beatle lost a bet with Elton.Elton worked extensively with Lennon on his 1974 ‘Walls and Bridges’ album, providing backing vocals and piano on the lead single ‘Whatever Gets You Through The Night’.Despite not being a firm favourite of Lennon’s, Elton convinced him to release the track – and wagered that they would have to perform the number

Paul McCartney has told John Lennon’s son Sean that he was “so happy” to have reconciled with his Beatles bandmate before his death.McCartney and Lennon fell out when the Beatles split in 1970 but had mended fences before John was tragically shot and killed in December 1980.

Paul McCartney has spoken of his relief of managing to reconcile with John Lennon before his Beatles bandmate was shot dead in 1980.Speaking to Lennon’s son Sean for a new BBC Radio 2 documentary to mark what would have been the late singer’s 80th birthday, McCartney recalled how the pair fell out when the Beatles split in 1970.Despite their feud, they are believed to have reconciled before John was shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York in December 1980.McCartney told Sean: “I always say to

Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that he would have struggled with “heartache” if he had not reconnected with John Lennon shortly before his death.

John Lennon‘s glasses and a detention sheet from when the late Beatle was in school have gone up for auction.The auction marks 50 years since the legendary band broke up.

John Lennon‘s youngest son, Sean Ono Lennon, is to interview Paul McCartney for a new special two-part radio show to mark what would have been his late father’s 80th birthday.In the new BBC radio show, McCartney reflects on his earliest days of making music with Lennon – admitting that “there were a few songs that weren’t very good”.He said: “Eventually, we started to write slightly better songs and then enjoyed the process of learning together so much that it really took off.”When asked on

BBC Radio 2 are marking what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday with a two-part special dedicated to the star hosted by his youngest son Sean.The programme will see Sean, 44, sit down alongside Lennon’s bandmate in The Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney – who will provide some insight into the band’s early days.“I look back on it now like a fan, how lucky was I to meet this strange Teddy Boy off the bus, who played music like I did and we get together and boy, we complemented each other!” he