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Yoko Ono Tops The Dance Chart With Remixes Of 1981'S Electro-pop Hit, 'Walking On Thin Ice'
Yoko Ono's re-envisaged single album, 'Walking On Thin Ice 2013' has become the pop culture icon's 11th chart topper after it rose to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Dance Club Play chart to...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 27 September 2013
The Beatles Make £43.5m
The Beatles have made an annual turnover of £43.5 million.The 'Hello Goodbye' hitmakers' business, Apple Corps Limited, has amassed the staggering figure - £2 million more than they made in 2012 - landing Sir Paul...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16 August 2013
Iggy Pop & Yoko Ono Team Up To Record Track For The Animals
Iggy Pop and Yoko Ono have teamed up on record to benefit a Miami, Florida animal rescue organisation.The pair hit the stage together as part of an Ono tribute gig in Los Angeles in 2010...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 August 2013
Madonna And Paul Mccartney Sign Amnesty International Letter For Russian Punks' Release
Madonna, Sir Paul Mccartney, Yoko Ono and Bruce Springsteen are among the stars who have teamed up with Amnesty International officials to call for the release of two jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2013
Indepth John Lennon And Mick Jagger Interviews To Be Released As Downloads
Journalist, broadcaster and Oscar-winning documentarian Howard Smith's radio interviews with the likes of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger and Frank Zappa are to be made available for the first time in...
By WENN on 26 June 2013
Yoko Ono Wanted To Continue John Lennon's Battle
Yoko Ono says John Lennon ''fell in the battlefield''.The 80-year-old artist married the iconic musician in 1969 but insisted after his murder in 1980 she never thought of herself as a grieving ''widow'', instead wanting...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 May 2013
Paul Mccartney's Elvis Tribute
Sir Paul McCartney paid a visit to Elvis Presley's grave on Sunday (26.05.13).The Beatles legend toured Graceland mansion before stopping by the final resting place of the late musician and leaving one of his own...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 May 2013
Yoko Ono Thanks Paul Mccartney For Defending Her
Yoko Ono thinks Sir Paul McCartney is ''sweet'' for saying she didn't cause The Beatles' break up.The 80-year-old widow of John Lennon thanked his former bandmate for insisting she ''could not be blamed for anything''...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 May 2013
Yoko Ono Publishes New Poetry Book
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has published a new poetry book nearly 50 years after her last offering.The musician released Grapefruit, a book of "instructional poetry" in 1964, and she is now poised to offer...
By WENN on 12 April 2013
Yoko Ono's Meltdown Performers Include Boy George, Patti Smith And Thurston Moore
Yoko Ono has announced the bulk of the names for her Meltdown Festival line-up to take place in London this year, with the former wife of John Lennon staying true to her vision to create...
By Contributor in Music / Festivals on 04 April 2013
Gas Chiefs File Complaint Over Yoko Ono's Campaign Group
Yoko Ono is facing a new challenge in her crusade against fracking after executives of an American oil and gas association accused her campaign group of breaking lobbying laws.John Lennon's widow and her son Sean...
By WENN on 02 April 2013
Paul Mccartney 'Cheesed Off' With Yoko
Sir Paul McCartney was ''cheesed off'' with Yoko Ono attending The Beatles' recording sessions.Yoko - the widow of late band member John Lennon, who was shot in 1980 - regularly attended recordings with the band...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 March 2013
Yoko Ono Sued Over Clothing Line
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono is facing a legal battle over allegations she copied her wacky clothing line from another designer.New York City-based stylist Haleh Nematzadeh, 36, has filed suit against the star, alleging Ono...
By WENN on 25 March 2013
John Lennon's Bloodstained Glasses: What Happened On December 8, 1980?
As an artist, Yoko Ono is familiar with the phrase "a picture paints a thousand words," and she hopes the age-old saying will prove true in the debate to change America's gun law debate. This...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 22 March 2013
Yoko Ono Tweeted John Lennon's Bloody Glasses In Support Of Gun Control
The latest person to add her support to the gun control movement in the US has been Yoko Ono.This comes as absolutely no surprise, as Ono has never shied away from backing a social justice...
By Victoria Pavlova in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 21 March 2013
Yoko Ono Tweets Photograph Of John Lennon’S Blood Stained Glasses (Photo)
Yoko Ono has made a powerful contribution to America’s intense gun law debate by tweeting a photograph of the blood-stained glasses of husband John Lennon, who was gunned down in New York 33 years ago....
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 21 March 2013
Yoko Ono Marks John Lennon Wedding Anniversary With Anti-gun Call
Yoko Ono marked what would have been her 44th wedding anniversary by launching an anti-gun protest and sharing a photograph of the bloodied glasses her late husband John Lennon was wearing when he was shot.The...
By WENN on 21 March 2013
Yoko Ono Rings In 80th Birthday With Star-studded Gig
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono rang in her 80th birthday by playing a star-studded gig in Germany.The musician performed with her Plastic Ono Band at the Volksbuhne venue in Berlin on Sunday night (17Feb13), ahead...
By WENN on 18 February 2013
New John Lennon And Yoko Ono Book Gets The Seal Of Approval From Gere And Scorsese
Richard Gere and Martin Scorsese have given author Jonathan Cott a big boost as he prepares to release his new book about the time he spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono by endorsing the...
By WENN on 11 February 2013
Yoko Ono Addresses New York Governor In Anti-fracking Tv Ad
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has filmed a Tv commercial to address a U.S. politician in her ongoing anti-fracking campaign.Ono and her son Sean launched Artists Against Fracking in 2012 in a bid to urge...
By WENN on 08 February 2013
Yoko Ono Honours Julian Assange With Courage Prize
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono showed her support for Julian Assange on Sunday night (03Feb13) by honouring the WikiLeaks founder with a special award.Ono announced during her Courage Awards for the Arts ceremony in New...
By WENN on 05 February 2013
Yoko Ono And Sean Lennon Take Anti-fracking Campaign To Pennsylvania
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and their son Sean have taken their anti-fracking campaign to Pennsylvania, where they are investigating reports of water poisoning from hydraulic gas drilling.The mother and son team launched Artists Against...
By WENN on 17 January 2013
Yoko Ono And Sean Lennon Campaign Against Fracking In New York
Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon travelled to Albany, New York on Friday (11Jan13) to speak out against the proposed plan to begin hydraulic fracturing in the state later this year (13).The mother and...
By WENN on 14 January 2013
Yoko Blames Paul For The Beatles Split
Yoko Ono claims Paul McCartney is the reason why the Beatles split and it was not, as many others claim, her at the root of the band's disintegration.In a recently unarchived interview between her and...
By Joe Wilde in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 December 2012
Mick Jagger's Secret Love Letters Fetch A Premium At Auction
Fascinating insights into the life of Mick Jagger via love letters sell for double their estimation, reaching over £180,000 for all 10 letters, The Telegraph Reports. The letters, written in Australia during the filming of...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12 December 2012
Yoko Ono And Sean Lennon Launch Anti-fracking Advert Competition
Yoko Ono and her son Sean Lennon are calling on aspiring filmmakers to help them make a stand against hydraulic fracturing in New York by submitting video advertisements for their Artists Against Fracking organisation.The mother...
By WENN on 10 December 2012
Yoko Ono Launches Unusual Clothing Line
Yoko Ono; the Japanese artist, author, and peace activist is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking. She isn't particularly renown for her work in...
By Jack de Aguilar on 29 November 2012
Yoko Ono Thanks Paul Mccartney For Clearing Her Name
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has publicly thanked Sir Paul Mccartney for telling fans she was not the reason for The Beatles' split.Ono has long been blamed for pulling apart the Fab Four in 1970,...
By WENN on 13 November 2012
Mick Jagger's Love Letters Up For Auction
Sir Mick Jagger's love letters are being put up for auction.The Rolling Stones rocker penned a series of 10 letters in 1969 to his former flame, American singer Marsha Hunt - who inspired the band's...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 November 2012
Yoko Ono Announced As Curator Of Meltdown Festival 2013
We can’t think of many better ways to celebrate a birthday than curating an entire festival (so long as we don’t have to help out with loading gear in and out and all that rigmarole...
By Contributor in Music / Festivals on 08 November 2012
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