Dear Friends
In this very special year, which would have seen my husband and lifetime partner John Lennon reach the age of 70, I was surprised that so many musicians from all over the world sent me their ideas of how they were making a tribute to John this year. But I was surprised the most by a call from EMI presenting me with a very ambitious project to get John Lennon’s voice – his singing, his music and his lyrics – out to the world this year…
Ringo Starr joined the Seminole Tribe of Florida & Hard Rock International’s Haiti Relief Efforts at Hard Rock Cafe at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood on 15 July 2010. Ringo accepted a check from the Seminole Tribe & Hard Rock for $197,500 on behalf of the WhyHunger Foundation and Yele Haiti to [...]
Stand With Suu Kyi on June 18th! On June 18th Amnesty International & Burma Point will be calling activists and supporters throughout New York City to join us outside the United Nations Headquarters at Ralph Bunche Park for a demonstration calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all the political prisoners [...]
Take a tour through Yoko Ono’s show, Anton’s Memory, at this year’s Venice Biennale with the show’s curator, Nora Halpern, and Yoko herself, followed by more video, slideshows, reviews & information.
JOHN & YOKO WEDDING 20 March 1969: John & Yoko get married and begin their lifelong campaign for Peace. “We decided that if we were going to do anything like get married that we would dedicate it to peace. And during that period, because we are what we are, it evolved that somehow we ended [...]
Noise Pop 2010: Yoko Ono and Deerhoof at the Fox by Kimberly Chun, San Fancisco Bay Guardian Online Noise Pop — the quality sounds and sonic surprises always amaze, no matter how few or many shows you catch. I didn’t get to gawk at as much as I’d like, considering I was suffering from a [...]
BAM! Suddenly the audience started to sing Happy Birthday to me right in the middle of the sing along GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! That was such a nice surprise. I was so unprepared for it, I don’t even remember if I had thanked the audience or not. Did I? There was so much love circulating, it didn’t seem necessary to say anything… We were family. The curtain went down after GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. Sean and I looked at each other. Sean’s eyes were twinkling. “You were great.” said Sean. “So were you.” It was a grand moment. We knew we had been witnesses to something that was bigger than both of us.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER Viðey Island, Reykjavík, Iceland with stars, clouds and the Northern Lights. Christmas Day, 25 Dec 2009, 10:53pm AFFIRMATION FOR 2010 by Yoko Ono I would like you to share an affirmation with me. Think it, say it, with firm belief, knowing that we are all one. In the name of truth, peace and [...]
2009 Holiday Message From Yoko Ono: Dear Friends The WAR IS OVER! campaign was once a tiny seed, which spread and covered the Earth. John and I believed it helped many people to stop their wars. Since then, every WAR IS OVER! campaign has impacted the world as powerfully as the first one. Start yours [...]
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From 5-12 Dec you can listen to Yoko Ono’s 2 hour radio show on BBC6Mix HERE. Yoko takes over BBC6′s 6Mix to present 2 hours of music and inspiration on 5 December 2009: 22:00-24:00 GMT | 17:00-19:00 Eastern | 14:00-16:00 Pacific Musician and artist Yoko Ono presents a special edition of the 6 Mix to [...]
AIDS.gov: Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day Worldwide the estimated number of people living with HIV is over 33 million. In the U.S., an estimated over one million Americans are living with HIV. World AIDS Day is an opportunity for us to work together to help reduce stigma around HIV and promote HIV Testing—here’s how [...]
93 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD TO STOP WARS AND VIOLENCE The World March for Peace and Nonviolence comes to USA November 30 by Nicole Myers, www.worldmarchinnyc.org (NEW YORK, November 20, 2009) — The World March for Peace and Nonviolence arrives in New York City on November 30. It is the first worldwide march and involves [...]
THANKSGIVING MESSAGE by Yoko Ono Dear Friends, John and I, the new members of the new found land, so to speak, loved celebrating Thanksgiving. To Sean, Daddy John told the story of how the American Indians taught us to make Turkey dinner with cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie… well, the pie may have been inspired [...]
Photo by Greg Kadel ©2009 Yoko Ono Japanese Concerts – November 2009. Wednesday, 18th November Tokyo International Forum (Hall C) OPEN 18:00 / START 19:00 Tickets: +81-3-5436-9600 (in Japan), DISK GARAGE co., LTD. Ticket Price: 8,000yen, all seats are reserved. Tuesday, 24th November Osaka Geijyutsu Hall Tickets: +81-6-7732-8888 (in Japan), KYODO OSAKA INC. Ticket Price: [...]
All three of us came together with a deep feeling of love and joy for Stella’s accomplishment. Stella is family. I remember her from when she was a baby. Never thought that this baby would grow into such a magical person. Her creativity shows her free soul. And with that, she is giving a lot [...]
REVIEWS ★★★★★ “Excellent, essential” UNCUT ★★★★★ “Fantastically cool, fearlessly weird” DAILY TELEGRAPH ★★★★ “Brilliant, absorbing, thoughtful” THE INDEPENDENT ★★★★ “Challenging, tender” OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY ★★★★ “The best work of her musical career” NME ★★★★ “Brawny, brainy avante-rock” THE ONION (AV CLUB) ★★★★ “Beautifully desolate, bittersweet” PITCHFORK ★★★★ “Truly vital: unsettling, touching, funny, undeniable” ROLLING STONE [...]
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band perform ‘Waiting For The D Train’ from the new album ‘Between My Head And The Sky’. Yoko Ono: vocals, Sean Lennon: guitar, Mark Ronson: bass, Homer Steinweiss: drums.
The World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Prague – November 3, 2009. Thousands of people have gathered in Prague’s Wenceslas Square to participate in the biggest event in the country organized as part of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence: Harlem Gospel & SuperStar singing Imagine. It was the last and the biggest event [...]
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon partner with EMI Music and Sony/ATV Music publishing to donate net proceeds from Plastic Ono Band’s “Give Peace A Chance” 40th anniversary digital single to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. Commemorative Digital Single Launches Today, Exclusively on iTunes, here. New York, NY – November 3, 2009 – To [...]
