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In 1980, two months before his assassination outside the Dakota Apartments in New York, John Lennon was gifted a Patek Philippe watch by his wife Yoko Ono for his 40th birthday. Ono purchased the timepiece for $25,000, an amount that would equal $95,500 today, and holds an estimated value of …

A new documentary, Daytime Revolution, will look at all that went into John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s legendary weeklong 1972 residency as guests on The Mike Douglas Show — the most-watched daytime talk show at the time — and its impact. A trailer shows how the couple used the opportunity …

In October 1973, John Lennon — the man who seven years earlier whipped the Bible Belt into the Beatle Belt by proclaiming the Fab Four were “more popular than Jesus”— came off uncharacteristically reserved when discussing his latest LP. “The album’s called Mind Games, and it’s, well, just an album,” …

A new music video for John Lennon‘s “Aisumasen (I’m Sorry)” features never-before-seen footage that Lennon took himself on a Sony Portapak in 1973. Different panels show how he saw the New York City apartment building he’d just moved into, the Dakota, and Central Park across the street. He also captured …

John Lennon‘s fourth solo album, Mind Games, will be reissued and expanded this summer. Arriving July 12 via Lennon’s estate and Capitol/UMe, Mind Games – The Ultimate Collection features the recording sessions from Record Plant in New York City, where you can immerse yourself in-studio commentary, unreleased outtakes, mixes, and …

You’ve probably meditated to John Lennon‘s music before, but now you can do it with an official soundtrack. Back in May, Lennon’s estate partnered with Lumenate to deliver nine meditation mixes of “Mind Games,” the title track to his 1973 record. The song’s mixes are slowed down and extended — …

After decades of creating subversive art and music, Yoko Ono will receive a lifetime achievement award. MacDowell, an organization that offers artists residencies, will honor the artist with its Edward MacDowell Medal at an event in Peterborough, New Hampshire, this summer. Ono, 91, is not expected to attend the ceremony, …

Let It Be is back? Nobody thought this day would ever come. The Beatles’ 1970 lost-lost documentary Let It Be has always been dismissed as the band’s tombstone. It’s a movie that people regard as a disaster but hardly anyone has actually seen, just like Magical Mystery Tour. Directed by …

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the Oscar for Best Animated Short and Sean Lennon took the opportunity to celebrate his mom, Yoko Ono. Filmmakers Dave Mullins and Brad Booker took the stage alongside Lennon, who capped off the acceptance speeches by calling out, …

Sean Ono Lennon may have initially rejected the astrology his family embraced growing up, but when it came to his new album, it felt like the very stars were against him. “I just felt like there was too much cosmic interference,” he tells Rolling Stone of Asterisms, a genreless wash …