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Yoko Ono — Yes, I'm A Witch

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By James Simons (CHARTattack) February 13, 2007 12:25 pm
Yes, she's a witch, one powerful enough to break up The Beatles and evil enough not to break up Wings. Now, after a lifetime of alleged crimes, Mrs. Lennon directs her nefarious powers to modern music, collaborating with latter-day hip-hoppers (Hank Shocklee), indie rockers (The Flaming Lips) and electro-shockers (Peaches) on remakes of classic...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending July 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 15, 2011 2:40 pm
Yoko Ono is threatening to sue a man who owns a bar that's dedicated to John Lennon. Her lawyers have reportedly sent him letters accusing him of copyright infringement, and stating he must change the name of Lennon's Bar and remove all images and memorabilia of the late former Beatle within two weeks. Perhaps she heard about the Jim Morrison-...
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Yoko Ono's Publishing Company Blocks Stephen Harper's "Imagine" Video On Youtube

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) April 6, 2011 1:07 pm
Lenono Music, the publishing company behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's music, have had a video of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper performing Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine" with a 10-year-old girl pulled from Youtube for copyright violations.In place of the video is now a message that states "This video is no longer available due to a...
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LENNONYC Goes Deep Into John Lennon's Adopted City

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 2, 2010 3:32 pm
Consider the documentaries and books that have previously been produced and written about John Lennon's life. Most of them either focus on his time with The Beatles, his solo career, both, or are broad biographies. While Lennon may have been born in Liverpool, he was, for the latter nine years of his life, very much a New Yorker, calling the city...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 9, 2010 12:25 pm
DJ Hero 2 comes out Oct. 19 in North America and Australia and Oct. 22 in Europe and it features a hell of a lot more Tiesto. Plus, it's got (to quote Beck) two turntables and a microphone. Check out the trailer: More Jimi Hendrix reissues are also coming on Oct. 19. They'll include Jimi Hendrix: Blues (originally released in...
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Sonic Youth Members To Record With Yoko Ono

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 19, 2010 1:42 pm
Sonic Youth singer/guitarist Thurston Moore and his wife, singer/bassist Kim Gordon, are set to record a "trio" album with Yoko Ono. Moore blogged about the planned collaboration on Thursday (Feb. 18), writing, "kim and i will be recording a trio LP w/ yoko this year, with blindfolds." Who knows if the blindfolds part is a...
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Let's Give Peace A Chance

Submitted by Kate Harper on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 10:51am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 25, 2009 10:51 am
Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Montreal Bed-In for peace. Lennon and Ono's first Bed-In was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The couple spent their honeymoon (they married on March 20, 1969) in Gibraltar) at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel and invited the press to their hotel room every day....
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Yoko Ono Resurrects Plastic Ono Band

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 21, 2009 12:02 pm
Yoko Ono will bring the Plastic Ono Band back to life (in name if nothing else) on June 14 for their first U.K. gig at the Meltdown festival at London's Royal Festival Hall. Ono will be backed by her son, Sean Lennon, Antony Hegarty of Antony And The Johnsons, Mark Ronson and Cornelius. It's not yet known whether any of the original Plastic Ono...
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Lennon's 1969 Toronto Show On DVD

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 17, 2009 12:58 pm
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band played Toronto's Rock 'N' Roll Revival Festival in 1969 on the eve of the release of the last album The Beatles recorded, Abbey Road. The set was the only John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band performance captured on film, and it will be released on DVD through Shout! Factory Records on June 23. John Lennon & The...
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Montreal Re-Imagines Lennon/Ono Bed-In

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) April 3, 2009 11:48 am
MONTREAL — Newlyweds John Lennon and Yoko Ono celebrated their nuptials 40 years ago by staging two bed-ins designed to promote peace, love and concepts still foreign to most people today. One of the famous bed-ins was held in rooms 1738, 1740 and 1742 of Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel. To commemorate the iconic moment in rock and hippie...
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In John and Yoko's footsteps

Submitted by Steve McLean on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 4:09pm
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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 25, 2009 4:09 pm
I've been invited to have dinner at Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel in suite 1742, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their bed-in for peace and recorded "Give Peace A Chance" on June 1, 1969, as a guest of legendary music photographer Bob Gruen and Brian Liss of Toronto's Liss Gallery. I had a great conversation with Gruen when...
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March 20, 1969: John Lennon And Yoko Ono Marry

Submitted by Kate Harper on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 11:28am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 20, 2009 11:28 am
John Lennon and Yoko Ono were wed on this date in 1969 in Gibraltar, Spain. Their wedding came just eight days after Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman. There are two versions of how Lennon and Ono met, but the one I've heard the most is that the two met in 1966 at one of Ono's shows at a gallery in London, England. They became...
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Yoko Ono Sues Singer For Using The Name Lennon

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By CHARTattack Staff February 12, 2008 5:30 pm
Yoko Ono has filed a lawsuit against American singer Lennon Murphy for using the last name of her late husband. Murphy's mother named her Lennon after the former Beatles member. She's been performing under the Lennon moniker since 1997 and used it when she was signed by Arista Records in 2000. "My product manager at Arista was ironically...
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Chauffeur Who Threatened Yoko Ono Held Without Bail

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By CHARTattack Staff January 3, 2007 5:30 pm
Yoko Ono's chauffeur, who's been accused of trying to extort $2 million U.S. from her, has been indicted for first-degree attempted grand larceny and is being held without bail due to concerns that he's a potential flight risk. Koral Karsan, 50, has pleaded not guilty to the charge. While friends posted $250,000 cash bail, he was ordered to...
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Loose Ends: Daniel Victor Awarded, Yoko Ono Threatened

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By CHARTattack Staff December 14, 2006 5:30 pm
SOCAN recently gave Daniel Victor of Neverending White Lights a No. 1 Song award for "The Grace." The song hit the top of the MuchMoreMusic and MuchMusic countdowns. Bandmates Jason Pierce and Dave Braumberger attended the ceremony, which took place at Sassafraz in Toronto. In an unrelated story, Sassafraz was destroyed by a five-alarm...
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Yoko Ono Admits She's A Witch On Forthcoming Compilation

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By CHARTattack Staff November 16, 2006 7:30 pm
An album of Yoko Ono songs reworked by artists including Peaches, Cat Power and The Flaming Lips will hit store shelves early next year. Yes, I'm A Witch (which is also the name of an Ono song) features artists selected by John Lennon's widow to interpret tunes from her catalogue. They were provided with the vocals or instrumental elements from...
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Loose Ends: Luke Hoskin And George Michael Like Their Pot

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By CHARTattack Staff October 26, 2006 6:30 pm
Protest The Hero guitarist Luke Hoskin was detained at the U.S. border on Tuesday night after the Canadian metalcore band tried to enter Washington from British Columbia as part of their tour with Trivium and The Sword. Hoskin was caught with 0.2 grams of marijuana last month while his band was touring with Avenged Sevenfold, but he'd since...
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Loose Ends: The Hip On The Hour, Ono Sues EMI And NXNE Accepting Submissions

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By CHARTattack Staff October 19, 2006 6:30 pm
The George Stroumboulopoulos-hosted show The Hour will air a one-hour exclusive performance and interview with The Tragically Hip at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBC Newsworld, and three hours later on CBC Television. The show was taped in front of a live studio audience on Oct. 15, two days before the band's new World Container album arrived in stores....
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