John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Kishin Shinoyama
In 1980 Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama spent five days with John and Yoko, taking photos for the cover of the couple’s album Double Fantasy but many of them have never been shown until now.
Images
Known and unknown, already seen and rare: a collection of images about John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and people around them.
Unseen 1968 Beatles pictures and Paul leaving the band (?)
Extraordinary never published before pictures by Michael Herring of The Beatles in 1968. George Harrison has in his shirt pocket a resignation letter from Paul McCartney
David Bowie tells a story about John Lennon
From a speech David Bowie gave to the Berklee College of Music’s Class of 1999…
“It’s impossible for me to talk about popular music without mentioning probably my greatest mentor, John Lennon. I guess he defined for me, at any rate, how one could twist and turn the fabric of pop and imbue it with elements from other artforms, often producing something extremely beautiful, very powerful and imbued with strangeness
The Beatles in Birmingham
Here’s a chronology of the Beatles’ visits in Birmingham in the 60s and a gallery of images. The Beatles first visit in Birmingham was in 1963, the last on December 9, 1965.
The Beatles at the Palais Ballroom, Aldershot
On Saturday December 9th, 1961 The Beatles played at the Palais Ballroom, Aldershot with only 18 people attending, but a splendid time was guaranteed for all…
Apple Boutique opening
Apple boutique was a shop located at 94 Baker Street, London W1 and was -as Paul said- “A beautiful place where you could buy beautiful things”. It opened on 7 December 1967