Having celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, this year’s edition of the Dream Power John Lennon Super Live will mark a new beginning, taking place once again on the anniversary of his passing, Thursday, December 8, at the Nippon Budokan. The concert was initiated at Yoko Ono’s behest to donate schools to children throughout the [...]
Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90 Schools And Counting by Jonathan Dekel, The Samaritan For nearly half a century, Japanese-born avant-garde artist Yoko Ono has been a figurehead and ambassador for social change. She continues to be a vocal supporter of women’s and gay rights, as well as an advocate for peace. As such, she [...]
Some of Japan’s top artists gather each year to participate in the Dream Power John Lennon Super Live, a charity concert founded by Yoko Ono to donate schools to deprived children all over the world. The tenth edition of this concert will be held this year – a year that marks the seventieth anniversary of [...]
Let’s donate schools to the deprived children of Asia and Africa! Imagine a wave of Dream Power spreading across the world. Starting in 2001 in Japan, the Dream Power concerts have now helped build 85 schools in some 22 countries across Asia and Africa. If you stop to think about it, the children who were in [...]
Photos from Dream Power 2009 Photos by Anne Terada © 2009 Yoko Ono Dream Power John Lennon Super Live, Dec 8th 2009 The Dream Power John Lennon Super Live will be held at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Dec 8 with several Japanese artists participating. Proceeds from ticket sales for the annual event will be [...]
Let’s donate schools to the deprived children of Asia and Africa! Imagine a wave of Dream Power spreading across the world. Starting in 2001 in Japan, the Dream Power concerts have now helped build 85 schools in some 22 countries across Asia and Africa. If you stop to think about it, the children who were [...]
Marking the 28th anniversary of the death of John Lennon on December 8, together with his wife Yoko Ono, more than 20 artists gathered at a charity concert to perform Beatles songs to build schools in Asia and Africa. Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (L to R) Tamio Okuda, Yoko Ono and Kazuya [...]
Message from Yoko Ono The Dream Power 2008 Concert sold out two months ago over capacity (the capacity is eight thousand). 13 thousand tickets were sold. So many kids are determined to support this cause! I like the fact that while the world is panicing over the financial crisis, these Japanese artists are doing a [...]
Jan/Feb 2008 Excerpts from Yoko’s fanmail replies. Imagine if you were in China and if there was a blonde blue eyed man walking. They might call out “Hey, Brad, where’s Angelina?!” You’ll be surprised what I have put up in my time, and still do. You will find what you want to do, when the [...]
