John Lennon's last live performance of a Beatles song brought his career full circle, thanks to a fellow British musician.
In ’74, Lennon released his fifth album Walls and Bridges, featuring Elton John on background vocals and organ on “Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)” and piano and harmony on “Whatever Gets ...
For all of the charisma that John Lennon had when The Beatles played, he felt that some shows weren't worth getting too ...
Near the end of John Lennon‘s life, all signs pointed to him never playing a Beatles song live again. He wasn’t frequently on the road as a general rule. The likelihood that he would revisit his old ...
John Lennon wrote "Don't Let Me Down" for Yoko Ono during the creation of their last album, which was hailed by critics as a gut-wrenching love song.
In the last full-length concerts Lennon would give, he's doggedly sincere at times, though with a disaffected air that's almost Lou Reed adjacent. Lennon was 31 when he gave these performances, with ...
On a 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live (known then as Saturday Night), creator and producer Michaels appeared onscreen to try and convince The Beatles to reunite on the show. Michaels jokingly ...
Drummer Vinny Appice was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program, discussing a range of topics from Last In Line's new album Jericho to his teenage years where he wound up ...
Footage from John Lennon’s only full-length performances after the Beatles – at Madison Square Garden, for charity, with the Plastic Ono Band – has been edited and restored Last year we saw Kevin ...
If you went to a rock-concert film in the '70s, chances are that some of it was going to be in split screen: the trés counterculture technique of dividing the big screen into two parts (or maybe three ...