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John Lennon's son Sean knows he will never be as good as his dad

October 5, 2009

John Lennon's son Sean has said he is comfortable knowing that he will never be as good as his famous dad.

Sean, 33, is the son of Beatles legend John Lennon and Yoko Ono and he admits that despite having his own songwriting career, he won't make it as far as his legendary dad.

He said: "I honestly don't play music in terms of trying to compete with my dad because I don't think I could play if I did that.

"But I take comfort in knowing I'm not the only musician who will never be as successful as The Beatles."

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October 1, 2009

A US company which claims it had its film footage of John Lennon stolen, is seeking US$6.3 million in damages in federal court.

World Wide Video had filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthony Pagola, a broker who sold the late Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, the 1970 footage for US$300,000 in 2002.

Ono was found to be the rightful copyright owner of the film footage which shows Lennon smoking marijuana.

Judge Rya Zobel did not immediately rule on the request, but called the US$6.3 million figure "probably speculative".

Ono disputed the US$6.3 million, stating that neither she nor anyone else in the film has given permission for the footage to be used .....

July 13, 2009

Paul McCartney and John Lennon were making exciting plans to reunite the Beatles in 1974 - until Yoko Ono once again entered the scene, according to a new book.

Writer Peter Ames Carlin insists that McCartney so missed working with his legendary songwriting partner that he flew to New York to see him.

In his book, Paul McCartney: A Life, Carlin says that Macca made a surprise midnight visit to the Burbank studio where a coke-fuelled Lennon was recording.

"Someone give me an E," said John, tuning his guitar. "Or a snort."

Having recruited Stevie Wonder to play electric piano, Lennon and McCartney jammed until the small hours that night in 1974, the book clai .....

June 28, 2009

Madonna has taken advantage of the credit crunch - by negotiating a US$7.5 million price cut on her new Manhattan townhouse, it has been claimed.

The singer was reported to have splashed out US$40 million on the 'London-style' mansion in the posh Upper East Side area of New York.

But now real estate insiders have revealed that the Material Girl star drove a hard bargain - and landed the property for just US$32.5 million.

A US newspaper reports: "It turned out [she]... had not lost her street smarts.

"She actually received a significant discount."

They say "brokers briefed on the transaction" were surprised at the bargain price.

Madge, 50, is .....

November 18, 2008

Paul McCartney has told BBC Radio he intends on releasing a long-lost Beatles track if he gets the approval of Ringo Starr and the estates of John Lennon and George Harrison. Long considered a mythical piece of music, the 14-minute, four decades old "Carnival of Light" was only played in public once at an electronic music festival it had been commissioned .....

October 27, 2008

Hard Rock international has announced the November 4 release of SERVE 3, a benefit compilation featuring new, exclusive and rare tracks by such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Avril Lavigne, My Morning Jacket and more. And the only previously released jam on there? Why, it's John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance." Taken together, the 20-track digital/CD .....

September 19, 2008

Apple Corp Ltd. and Cirque du Soleil have paired to present All Together Now—a documentary about The Beatles-based LOVE show in DVD form on October 21. According to a press release, "All Together Now faithfully recounts how the LOVE project came into being, borne from the personal friendship between George Harrison and Cirque du Soleil founder .....

September 2, 2008

Sam Taylor-Wood—a multimedia artist best known for her work with the Pet Shop Boys and such pop culture icons as Elton John, Robert Downey Jr. and David Beckham—has signed on to direct a John Lennon film that focuses on his childhood and the years leading up to The Beatles' formation. While casting is currently "underway," Matt Greenhalgh .....

August 12, 2008

Rolling Stone has announced its biggest redesign in more than three decades, a move from its trademark large, saddle-stitched format to a more standard perfect-bound magazine size. All in hopes of boosting ad and newsstand sales, as well as adding 16 to 20 more pages of editorial content. "It feels to me just like a natural step for us to take," Will .....

July 11, 2008

The lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" were auctioned off for $833,654 at Christie's on Thursday. The London-based auction house offered the John Lennon song along with a number of other pricey rock 'n' roll items. "Give Peace a Chance" was penned during Lennon's protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. He gave the song to Gail Renard, .....