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John Lennon’s killer admits he knew the act was ‘evil’ but he ‘wanted the fame too much’ | US News | Sky News

    John Lennon’s killer admits he knew the act was ‘evil’ but he ‘wanted the fame too much’ | US News | Sky News

The man who shot John Lennon told a parole board he knew it was wrong to kill the Beatle – but was seeking fame and had “evil” in his heart.

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The play John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote before The Beatles

    The play John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote before The Beatles

John Lennon and Paul McCartney certainly made their mark. Together, The Beatles songwriting duo redefined the meaning of pop, bending the genre into new and increasingly strange shapes until the

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The Beatles song that was the original diss track

    The Beatles song that was the original diss track

Diss tracks are commonplace in popular music nowadays. Most commonly associated with hip-hop, just about anybody with a feud or a bone to pick can lay down a few choice

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John Lennon’s glasses, Kurt Cobain’s guitar and Amy Winehouse’s beehive to headline rock ‘n’ roll icons auction | Ents & Arts News | Sky News

    John Lennon’s glasses, Kurt Cobain’s guitar and Amy Winehouse’s beehive to headline rock ‘n’ roll icons auction | Ents & Arts News | Sky News

A pair of John Lennon’s glasses and a guitar played, smashed and signed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain are to go under the hammer at a music memorabilia auction later

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The Beatles song John Lennon credited to the marijuana gods

    The Beatles song John Lennon credited to the marijuana gods

The Beatles were all pretty big potheads by 1966. Although that year would become more notorious thanks to their dalliances with

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John Lennon’s Confession About Bob Dylan

    John Lennon’s Confession About Bob Dylan

John Lennon and Bob Dylan had so much in common in terms of their songwriting talents. Both are accepted as

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Paul McCartney’s poem about John Lennon killer Mark Chapman

    Paul McCartney’s poem about John Lennon killer Mark Chapman

When John Lennon was murdered by Mark Chapman in 1980, the world came together in a union of grief and

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Noel Gallagher on The Beatles’ cultural power: “They’re a level above”

    Noel Gallagher on The Beatles’ cultural power: “They’re a level above”

Noel Gallagher has spoken in a new interview about The Beatles’ enduring cultural power, saying that the legendary band still

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How John Lennon kicked back at The Beatles on solo single

    How John Lennon kicked back at The Beatles on solo single

While being in The Beatles was an exercise that John Lennon largely loved, it had downsides too. Being in a

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Hear John Lennon sing ‘Yellow Submarine’, not Ringo Starr | Virgin Radio UK

    Hear John Lennon sing ‘Yellow Submarine’, not Ringo Starr | Virgin Radio UK

It’s a radical reworking of a classic Beatles tune. The Beatles have unveiled a previously unheard demo of ‘Yellow Submarine’, sung by John Lennon, ahead of their expanded reissue of Revolver, set to be

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