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Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist who is most widely known for her relationship with John Lennon of The Beatles. When Yoko first met John Lennon, she was an artist exhibiting in the UK. Working with artist group Fluxus throughout the 1960s, Ono was a pioneer in the burgeoning conceptual art movement which included work in sculpture, performance, filmmaking and music. Ono collaborated with experimental luminaries such as John Cage and jazz legend Ornette Coleman. |
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News in english
about Yoko Ono
(November / 2009)
John Lennon's days in the life Date: 01 Nov 2009
Guardian Unlimited -
How to tell the story of the young Lennon? First-time director Sam Taylor-Wood, rising star Aaron Johnson and Yoko Ono talk exclusively about new film Nowhere Boy Here in the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool, they're selling Bateman's Light Dinner Ale at 6d a bottle. The reek of Nelson's Tipped and Senior Service cigarettes fills the air. Moody boys in slim suits and slick DAs mooch ...
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25 most-played holiday songs Date: 02 Nov 2009
Chicago Tribune -
For the past several years, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has been tracking the radio play of its clients' holiday songs, and each November the organization announces its 25 most-played list over a five-year period. (Not all songs are represented by ASCAP; John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," for ...
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Ono, Lennons give 'Peace' $ to charity Date: 03 Nov 2009
UPI -
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon are partnering with EMI Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing on a charity venture, the parties announced.
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Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon Partner With EMI Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing to Donate Net Proceeds ... Date: 03 Nov 2009
Yahoo.com -
To celebrate the unifying spirit and 40th anniversary of the Plastic Ono Band's universal anthem, "Give Peace a Chance," Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon have partnered with EMI Music and Sony/ATV Music Publishing to donate net proceeds from the sale of a commemorative 40th Anniversary digital single to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund .
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Yoko Ono, John Lennon's sons 'Give Peace a Chance' Date: 04 Nov 2009
LiveDaily -
John Lennon 's family is marking the 40th anniversary of "Give Peace a Chance," by donating the net proceeds from the sale of a commemorative digital single to the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), according to a press release. In a rare, unified move, Yoko Ono , Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon launched the single yesterday (11/3) exclusively at Apple's iTunes store. Net proceeds from all ...
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Yoko Ono, Lennon Sons Revive "Give Peace a Chance" Date: 04 Nov 2009
Scoop.co.nz -
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono recording the anti-war anthem Give Peace a Chance with the Plastic Ono Band, the United Nations announced today that the proceeds from the release of a commemorative single will garner funds ...
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John Lennon’s sons and Yoko Ono revive ‘Give Peace a Chance’ to help UN Date: 06 Nov 2009
Great News Network -
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono recording the anti-war anthem Give Peace a Chance with the Plastic Ono Band, the United Nations announced today that the proceeds from the release of a commemorative single will garner funds for its peacebuilding efforts in countries emerging from conflict.
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Yoko Ono, forever a force for peace Date: 06 Nov 2009
The Japan Times -
Even before she married John Lennon, even before she embarked on a career as an avant-garde and conceptual artist, Yoko Ono was under scrutiny, first by her teachers and peers, later by people of a different region as her family fled the fire-bombings of Tokyo. When asked if it was discouraging to have her character questioned and her work strongly criticized after she became the wife of the ...
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