Yoko Ono Tweets Photo of John Lennon's Blood-Stained Glasses in Plea For Gun Control

Yoko Ono Tweets Photo of John Lennon's Blood-Stained Glasses in Plea For Gun Control

Forty-four years later to the day of Yoko Ono and John Lennon's marriage, Ono tweeted a photo of Lennon's bloodied glasses, the ones he wore the day he was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman. Along with the photo was the following caption:  read more

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Paul McCartney Doesn't Blame Yoko Ono For Beatles Breakup

Paul McCartney Doesn't Blame Yoko Ono For Beatles Breakup

For years, Yoko Ono has been blamed for the demise of the Beatles; fans and media alike accused her as the reason that John Lennon left the group. Now, Paul McCartney is setting the record straight about the controversial widow....  read more

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YOKOKIMTHURSTON: YOKOKIMTHURSTON

YOKOKIMTHURSTON: <i>YOKOKIMTHURSTON</i>

The main similarity between Yoko Ono and Sonic Youth is that while they’re both ultimately pop artists, they’re more well-known for their avant-garde work.  read more

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Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon to Release Collaborative Album

Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon to Release Collaborative Album

Earlier this month, Yoko Ono teamed up with Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon to release a 14-minute single, “Early in the Morning.” The profits from the single went to the Ashinaga Rainbow House, an organization that supports the victims of the tsunami that hit Japan in March of 2011....  read more

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Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore Team Up for Charity

Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore Team Up for Charity

The recently separated Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth have come together with Yoko Ono for a charity single, “Early In The Morning.”...  read more

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Band Romance: Musical Couples Through the Years

Band Romance: Musical Couples Through the Years

One of the strange things about popular music is that most songs are monologues. We get one person’s side of a relationship but not the other’s. The obvious exceptions are lovers who are both singer/songwriters.  read more

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Yoko Ono, Willie Nelson, More Contribute to Occupy Wall Street Album

Yoko Ono, Willie Nelson, More Contribute to Occupy Wall Street Album

Set to release this Spring, the album will contain songs from both emerging and iconic artists who have gathered in the name of Occupy to shed their talent, voices and light on the 2011 movement that has expanded into a global occupation.  read more

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From the Vault: John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1969

From the Vault: John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1969

Paste has access to a rich archive of historic audio interviews from a variety of sources. Many of these interviews have never existed in text form. Our new From the Vault series will publish a different interview each week from our favorite rock ’n’ roll icons. We begin with John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous Bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel on May 26, 1969.   read more

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Song Premiere: Alejandro Escovedo - "Help!"

Song Premiere: Alejandro Escovedo - "Help!"

Alejandro Escovedo's rendition of "Help!" takes the upbeat youthful spirit of the original and translates it into the slow and ponderous desperation of man approaching old age.  read more

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Watch tUnE-yArDs Perform Yoko Ono's "We're All Water"

Watch tUnE-yArDs Perform Yoko Ono's "We're All Water"

At yesterday's annual Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík, Iceland, artist/musician and former wife of John Lennon Yoko Ono invited tUnE-yArDs, the music project of Merrill Garbus, onstage during The Plastic Ono Band's set to perform a cover of Ono's song "We're All Water", off of the 1972 album Some Time in New York City.  read more

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