John Lennon and Yoko Ono's relationship had many ups and downs. One of those downs was the time that Lennon had sex with another woman at a party while Yoko was able to hear them. This ended up in their break up, which eventually left Lennon feeling miserable. Thankfully, Paul McCartney was there for Lennon, which led to him reuniting with Yoko years after their breakup.

This whole relationship drama was narrated by Elliot Mintz, a close friend of Lennon and Yoko's. Mintz talked about the couple's mishaps in his memoir, "We All Shine On: John, Yoko, and Me."

Described as "loud, raucous sex," the whole breakup was triggered after Lennon's infidelity with a woman during a Jerry Rubin party in 1972. "Throughout it all, Yoko sat on the sofa, in stunned, mortified silence, as other guests began awkwardly getting up to leave — until they realized that their coats were in the bedroom where John was having sex," Mintz wrote, according to Fox News.
From New York To Los Angeles

After Lennon's infidelity, he started a relationship with May Pang in 1973. While Mintz believes Yoko never arranged the relationship, Pang has stated that Yoko "took advantage" of her and set the whole thing up. Lennon and Pang moved out of New York to distance themselves from Yoko and continued their 18-month relationship in Los Angeles.

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The Beatles made music that transcended their generation, touching lives for decades to come. There’s more than a hint of the uncanny in their work at times – layers of hidden meaning that seem to touch on unmasked areas of the subconscious.

Still, when the band reconvened in the mid 90s they could scarcely have imagined how deeply it would affect them. Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were gifted a cassette by Yoko Ono, featuring home made demos recorded by the late John Lennon.

Deciding to record two of these for the Anthology project, the trio worked alongside producer Jeff Lynne on ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’.

Right from the start, the reconvened group knew how difficult it would be to measure up their illustrious past – especially without John Lennon in tow. Paul McCartney explained…

“She was there with Sean … and she played us a couple of tracks. There were two newies on mono cassettes which he did at home … [s]o I checked it out with Sean, because I didn’t want him to have a problem with it. He said, “Well, it’ll be weird hearing a dead guy on lead vocal. But give it a try.” I said to them both, “If it doesn’t work out, you can veto it.” When I told George and Ringo I’d agreed to that they were going, “What? What if we love it?” It didn’t come to that, luckily. I said to Yoko, “Don’t impose too many conditions on us, it’s really difficult to do this, spiritually. We don’t know, we may hate each other after two hours in the studio and just walk out. So don’t put any conditions, it’s tough enough.”

With the single set for release, the three musicians took part in a photo shoot – keenly aware of the loss of John Lennon, and the memories the session had evoked.

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Paul McCartney, former member of The Beatles, will perform live in Costa Rica on November 5, 2024, as part of his highly anticipated Got Back tour. McCartney fans can look forward to his first Costa Rican concert in nearly a decade, following his unforgettable 2014 show. Before the concert, the music legend will take time to explore the natural beauty of Costa Rica.

The legendary musician will arrive in Costa Rica a few days prior to his concert on a private flight. While the destinations McCartney plans to visit remain undisclosed, concert producers have confirmed that he is eager to experience the country’s natural wonders, including its beaches and volcanoes.

McCartney first performed in Costa Rica in 2014, and according to concert producers, he has been in love with the country ever since. This year, he plans to enjoy a brief holiday exploring the country’s most beautiful landmarks before taking the stage for his Got Back tour concert.

“We are arranging a tour of Costa Rica’s interior, showing Paul some of the most stunning sights the country has to offer. He’ll fall even more in love with Costa Rica than he did during his first visit,” said Andrés Guanipa, director of Move Concerts Costa Rica.

Fans attending the November 5 concert will also have a unique opportunity to meet Paul McCartney in person. Ten lucky fans will participate in an exclusive meet and greet with the music legend and get to attend his pre-concert soundcheck, where McCartney will perform songs not included in the main concert.

Event producers confirmed McCartney’s return to Costa Rica was confirmed in record time. “Paul loved his experience performing in Costa Rica in 2014, and when planning his 2024 Latin American tour, adding Costa Rica between his Colombia and Mexico stops was a natural choice,” added Guanipa.

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There never was nor could be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record salesman from Liverpool who discovered The Beatles and with them changed the course of popular music and culture for ever.

When Brian took them on in 1962, no one could understand his faith in what seemed the weirdest of pop groups with their fringed foreheads, eccentric repertoire (from Chuck Berry to Fats Waller) and left-handed bass player whose instrument resembled a violin mated with a giraffe.

His declaration that one day they'd be 'bigger than Elvis Presley', then the ultimate pop superstar, was met with pitying smiles.

But he was way off beam: after only two years in his hands, they'd be bigger than any earthly instrument could measure. Pop artists' managers until then had been a nondescript bunch, known to the public – if indeed they were – for ruthlessly exploiting and defrauding their naive young proteges.

Brian was of an utterly different stamp, with his immaculate tailoring, 'BBC accent' and old-fashioned insistence on honouring agreements and giving value for money.

Now his monumentally successful but hauntingly sad life has inspired a biopic titled Midas Man – after the mythical king whose touch turned everything into gold – which begins streaming on Amazon Prime next week.

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It is hoped the new artwork could emulate the popularity of the Beatles sculpture at Liverpool's Pier Head.

A competition has been launched to design a landmark Beatles-inspired artwork outside a venue where the band performed 27 times.

Artists in the Liverpool City Region are being invited to pitch ideas for a sculpture at Tower Ground in New Brighton to celebrate the Wirral town's links to the Fab Four.

The former Tower Ballroom was the venue where the band staged their most performances - apart from their spiritual home at Liverpool’s famous Cavern Club.

Competition organisers's vision is for the sculpture, which should be at least two metres (6.5ft) tall, to be viewed from the River Mersey.

On the other side of the water, the Beatles statue on Liverpool's Pier Head - designed by Andrew Edwards and contributed by the Cavern Club - has become one of the city’s most popular selfie spots since its installation in 2015.

Grants will be offered for shortlisted applicants to develop the work for Tower Ground.  Funding has been provided by local authorities and firms after Wirral became the 2024 Borough of Culture.

Source: bbc.com

In one of his last interviews, John Lennon reminded legions of fans that when it comes to his work with The Beatles—and, by extrapolation, his solo efforts—the music will always be the thing that matters most. Indeed, it will be Lennon and The Beatles’ musical achievements that go down through the centuries. The rest, frankly, is just noise.

With "We All Shine On: John, Yoko & Me," author and publicist Elliot Mintz fashions a heartbreaking portrait of Lennon’s life and times beyond the recording studio. In so doing, he explores the reality behind the effort that it required for artists such as Lennon to find their mettle as musicians. In this sense, Mintz’s memoir is not for the faint of heart. The psychological toll of Lennon’s addictions is palpable, as is the personal toil that was required for him to will yet another album into being. As Mintz’s book makes indelibly clear, the cost that it exacted upon the songwriter’s relationships was considerable.

As a California DJ and television personality in the early 1970s, Mintz found himself in Lennon’s orbit during an era in which rock ‘n’ roll was gingerly feeling its way after the majesty and tumult of the 1960s. Not surprisingly, there is an inherent sadness behind Mintz’s memories regarding Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono—and not merely because of Lennon’s senseless murder in December 1980 at age 40. As "We All Shine On" reveals so powerfully, Lennon struggled for years to define himself under the bright lights of The Beatles’ particular brand of superstardom.

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