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    John Lennon's Album Signed for His Murderer to Be Up for Auction Once Again

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    The ‘Double Fantasy’ LP, which features Mark David Chapman’s forensically enhanced fingerprints, has already been sold twice since 1999, and is now expected to be sold at $2 million.

    Nov 23, 2020
    AceShowbiz – A copy of John Lennon’s “Double Fantasy” album, autographed for The Beatles’s killer, hours before he murdered the star, is once again up for auction.
    The LP, which was released three weeks before he was gunned down outside his home in New York City in 1980, shows Lennon with his wife Yoko Ono on the cover, and features his autograph in blue ink over Ono’s neck, along with a ‘1980’ inscription.
    Lennon signed the album for Mark David Chapman as he and Ono left The Dakota apartment building in New York for a recording session on December 8, 1980.
    The crazed fan then stashed the souvenir in a large flower planter by the entrance of the building, near Central Park, and waited until the couple returned more than five hours later.

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    Chapman shot Lennon twice in the back and twice in the shoulder. He was pronounced dead 10 minutes later upon arriving at a local hospital. After the shooting, a building superintendent found the signed album and turned it into police to be used as evidence in the case, according to the New York Daily News.
    Investigators returned the album, which still features Chapman’s forensically enhanced fingerprints, to the man who had found it about a year after the murder, along with a letter of gratitude from the district attorney.
    The rock and roll memorabilia has already been sold twice since 1999, and will go under the hammer again on Monday, November 23 at Goldin Auctions, according to TMZ, where it’s projected to fetch up to $2 million ($1.5 million).
    Chapman, now 65, has been denied parole 11 times since he became eligible for release in 2000. He remains in custody at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York.

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      City of Liverpool Looking for Next John Lennon in Song Contest

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      Officials at John Lennon’s hometown have launched a campaign to find a talented musician just like the late Beatle to celebrate what would have been his 80th birthday.
      Oct 11, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Officials from the City of Liverpool, England have launched a campaign to find the next John Lennon in honour of what would have been the musician’s 80th birthday.
      The late Beatle was shot and killed in New York in December, 1980 at the age of just 40 and, marking the day the legend would have turned 80 on Friday (09Oct20), Liverpool launched a worldwide contest to find another great songwriter.
      “The Liverpool International Song for Kindness Contest” aims to unearth a new anthem that will follow the example of John Lennon’s fabled peace song “Imagine” and raise spirits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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      The competition is open to songwriters from around the globe, whether they’re amateur or professional, “from buskers to Beatles”, and the winning entry will be announced on 9 September, 2021 – the 50th anniversary of the release of “Imagine”.
      Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said, “Liverpool needs a positive and uplifting story in these current days, so we are turning to what this city does best – making music.”
      “This contest will help to unify the people of Liverpool, encourage acts of kindness in the city and inspire the songwriters of both here and around the world,” he added. “It will bring new energy to the legendary Liverpool music scene, encourage young people to learn an instrument and make music, and who knows what great songs could come out of this?”
      To enter the contest, musicians can simply upload a video of themselves performing a song of their own composition or their cover of an existing one to the KIND20 page on Facebook – Liverpool’s international, non-profit fundraising effort amid the pandemic.

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      John Lennon's Widow Approves of Carlos Santana's 'Imagine' Cover

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      Yoko Ono praises the rendition recorded by the iconic guitarist and his wife Cindy Blackman Santana to raise money to feed the hungry amid the ongoing pandemic.
      Jun 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Carlos Santana and his wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, have received praise from Yoko Ono for their reimagining of John Lennon’s classic, “Imagine”.
      The widow of the late Beatles icon is raving about the couple’s new charity cover, which benefits the WhyHunger and SongAid organisations in a bid to help feed hungry people who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
      “Now more than ever, it’s important that we all come together to ensure no one in our world goes hungry,” Yoko Ono said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “I am excited that Cindy Blackman Santana and Carlos Santana’s beautiful rendition of Imagine is helping to kick off this important campaign and bring my late husband John Lennon’s vision of a peaceful world, free from hunger, to this critical cause.”
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      The “Imagine” cover by the Santanas is the first in a series of songs from a string of artists, set to appear on a weekly SongAid playlist, with proceeds benefiting the WhyHunger Rapid Response Fund. Other artists taking part in the campaign include Tom Morello, Darryl “DMC” McDaniel, the Hellraisers, the Silkroad Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, Wilco, Steve Miller, and more.

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