Cee Lo Green says he “meant no disrespect” when he changed a lyric to John Lennon’s pro-peace anthem “Imagine” during his New Year’s Eve performance on NBC Saturday night.
We hear Oscar-nominated actor Brad Pitt is reportedly in talks to produce and star in a biopic about the life of Beatle legend John Lennon.
Thirty years ago today, the music world lost a music icon when former Beatle John Lennon was gunned down outside his Manhattan apartment building, The Dakota, on Dec. 8. He was 40.
On Saturday, Yoko Ono paid tearful tribute to her husband, late music icon John Lennon, on what would have been The Beatles star’s 70th birthday.
In 1980, Lennon was gunned down by stalker fan Mark David Chapman in front of Manhattan’s The Dakota Apartment Building, where he shared a home with Yoko and their then six-year-old son Sean. Ono and Sean, who shared his 35th birthday with his father, performed as the Plastic Ono Band in Reykjavik, Iceland, where they were joined on stage by former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, before leading the crowd to sing “Happy Birthday” to him.
Christina Aguilera helped celebrate the 70th birthday of Beatles legend John Lennon by taking the stage at a benefit for the Montblanc Education Initiative, a program providing access to music education for children.
Wearing a classic Dolce & Gabbana dress, the 29-year-old singer offered up a tribute to Lennon with her own rendition of “Imagine” at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Sunday.
The event — hosted by actress Susan Sarandon — featured the unveiling of the special John Lennon Montblanc pen. The pen is encrusted with diamonds and sapphires and has the word “Imagine” emblazoned in white gold. It boasts a retail value of $27,000.