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Saturday 3 December 2022
John Lennon would have turned 81 today.
The 33-minute audio recording includes an interview with Lennon and Yoko Ono and two songs.
Mark Chapman shot the singer on 8 December 1980.
The musician, who was shot dead in 1980, has continued to have an enduring influence on popular culture.
Mark David Chapman was denied parole for an 11th time in August.
Lennon’s search for rebellion was nurtured by his embrace of Liverpool’s Irish influence and the dynamic effect of the city’s seafarer culture via the movement of ideas across oceans, writes Francis Kenny.
More than a million people took to the streets across the US yesterday to call for tighter gun control.
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels today.
The anti-war track was first written in 1971.
The drawing was recently discovered at a former home of the Beatle in Weybridge.
How well do you know the most famous band in history?
The letter is part of a Beatles rock ‘n roll memorabilia auction.
The four-inch lock of hair was purchased by a UK-based memorabilia collector.
Jurgen Klopp had his say on past and present Manchester United managers today.
It once belonged to John Lennon, in fairness.
Now 59, Mark David Chapman has been in jail for 33 years.
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John, Paul, George and Ringo conquered America 50 years ago this weekend — making their historic debut on ‘Ed Sullivan’, and playing their first US gig to 8,000 screaming fans.
John, Paul, George and Ringo played the Adelphi 50 years ago this week. Make like a Yellow Submarine and immerse yourself in the celebrations…
It’s 50 years tomorrow since the Beatles played Dublin, but at least one of the foursome was in the city years earlier — demonstrating a prototype ‘mop-top’ too, by the looks of it.
If you saw Michael Jackson come on for John Lennon the other night, you weren’t seeing things.
“Paul, obviously, was a good man for writing the songs…”
The bus was launched by Yoko Ono earlier this year and was brought here by the U2-funded Music Generation programme.
The Fab Four’s debut single turns 50 today, so why not check out some of the boys’ best moments in video?
As the pop star heads to Dublin for a gig later this year, should we remain hostile to him over his brutality towards Rihanna or let him get on with it?
This will be the seventh time that Chapman has sought parole.
Giant octopuses, Russell Brand, children bursting out of John Lennon’s face… It was a long night.
Plus, the 14-year history of Google doodling.
The legendary guitar maker was raided by federal authorities in the US last week but denies any wrongdoing.
An inspiration from Down Under, a wonderful goalkeeping howler and the death of a Beatle at a football game.
Fans across the world gathered to remember one of the world’s biggest stars.
Mark David Chapman’s application for parole turned down for the sixth time after almost 30 years in prison.
Mark David Chapman’s sixth application for parole has been put off until September.
AS WE COME to the end of 2022, festivals are starting to announce their line-ups for 2023.
Glastonbury revealed this morning that Elton John will headline at Worthy Farm in June, while earlier this week All Together Now confirmed Iggy Pop and the Sugababes will be in Waterford in August.
Plenty more festivals will be releasing their line-ups in the coming weeks and months.
Are you planning to attend any next year?
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Employers will soon be required to pay their staff when too sick to work.
Polina Bashkina speaks to older Ukrainian people left to cope on the front lines of this war.
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