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Video Contest: Best Bermuda You Can Imagine
In conjunction with the Masterworks Museum’s “Tribute to John Lennon”, a variety of organizations have come together to spark the imaginations of our island’s young people. In the spirit of Lennon’s most famous song, “Imagine” – a call to live in peace as one – Imagine Bermuda is sponsoring a Cell Phone Video Competition. The production,... Read more of this article
Audio: John Lennon Bermuda Tributes Previews
Bermuda will pay tribute to John Lennon’s creative genius during the first-ever John Lennon Double Fantasy Bermuda Tribute with two events on Thursday, June 21, 2012 and Friday, September 21, 2012. In June 1980, John Lennon sailed to Bermuda on a yacht for an extended vacation. The experience sparked his musical genius and the resulting comeback... Read more of this article
Island’s Lennon Tribute Split Into Three Events
The upcoming Bermuda John Lennon tribute event — saluting the former Beatle’s 1980 visit to the island when he polished the songs which appeared on the last album released during his lifetime — has been split into three separate parts. On June 21 the unveiling of a sculpture by local artist Graham Foster commemorating the singer/songwriter’s... Read more of this article
Lennon Tribute: Maxi Priest To Perform
British reggae star Maxi Priest isn’t just cutting a track for the upcoming John Lennon tribute CD being produced to salute the former Beatle’s time in Bermuda — he will perform it live at the Botanical Gardens on June 21. The Ride The Wave charitable organisation is spearheading the CD — featuring Bermudian artists and top-rank... Read more of this article
Maxi Priest Joins Lennon Tribute Concert
British reggae superstar Maxi Priest, a fixture on the Bermuda entertainment scene since the 1990s, will be lending his voice to the upcoming John Lennon tribute CD being released to mark the former Beatle’s creative resurgence on the island. Maxi Priest [pictured] is one of several international acts with strong Bermuda ties who has been recruited... Read more of this article
Bailey Outerbridge Revolutionises Classic Song
She says she wants a revolution — at least in terms of the musical arrangement of one of John Lennon’s classic songs. Bermudian songbird Bailey Outerbridge [pictured] has just finished a version of the Beatles track “Revolution” for the forthcoming John Lennon tribute CD being launched to mark the late singer/songwriter’s... Read more of this article
Video: Lennon Tribute CD Auditions
At the end of the Beatles’ last concert — an impromptu performance on the rooftop of their London office building in 1969 — John Lennon joked “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group …and I hope we’ve passed the audition.” And organisers say the Bermuda singers who turned up at Chewstick to try... Read more of this article
Lennon CD Auditions On Saturday
Bermuda’s singers are being invited to audition on Saturday [Dec. 17] for a tribute album being released to commemorate an act you’ve known for all these years — former Beatle John Lennon, who composed his final songs on the island. The auditions will be held at Chewstick’s headquarters at 28 Elliott Street in Hamilton from 3pm... Read more of this article
Lennon CD: We Hope Some Day You’ll Join Us
In his 1971 anthem for peace “Imagine”, John Lennon sang: “You may say that I’m a dreamer/But I’m not the only one/I hope someday you’ll join us/And the world will live as one …” Now the Ride The Wave charitable group is hoping all of Bermuda’s amateur singers will join them in a salute to the... Read more of this article
Imagine! Bermuda Lennon Tribute CD’s Coming
As the song said, it was just like starting over when Bermuda famously inspired what were to be John Lennon’s last works. And now Bermudian artists will have the opportunity to return the compliment with a new tribute CD of the former Beatle’s material. The CD — being produced by Ride the Wave charitable group — is to be released... Read more of this article
Masterworks’ Lennon “Fantasy” Comes True
John Lennon famously rediscovered his muse in Bermuda after sailing to the island in 1980 — and now the Masterworks Museum plans to mark the former Beatle’s creative renaissance with a major commemoration of his local sojourn. Mr. Lennon wrote or completed all of the songs included on his albums “Double Fantasy” — which... Read more of this article
Lennon’s Bermuda-Inspired Salute To Women
Former Beatle John Lennon said when he was inspired to write “Woman” in Bermuda, he wanted to create not just a love song to his wife Yoko Ono but also as an anthem to the female presence in the world, “Rolling Stone” magazine reported this week (Dec. 23). Written in Bermuda during the summer of 1980, “Woman”... Read more of this article
CNN: John Lennon’s Bermuda Voyage
Accounts of John Lennon’s creative and spiritual rewakening during a stormy passage to Bermuda in 1980 were highlighted on two CNN documentaries about the former Beatle’s life and death which aired yesterday [Dec 5] to mark the 30th anniversary of his murder. In both ”John Lennon: Living In America” and “Losing Lennon:... Read more of this article
Starting Over: John Lennon in Bermuda
A new book chronicling how John Lennon reconnected with his creative muse in Bermuda in 1980 after making a voyage of self-discovery here is an essential addition to every Beatlemaniac’s library, advance reviews say. Ken Sharp author of the upcoming “Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy”, interviewed... Read more of this article
