John Lennon

December
11
John Lennon's Last Interview Makes It To DVD

Johnlennon John Lennon's final TV interview, given April 25, 1975 on “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder,” will be part of  Shout! Factory's two-DVD set “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo,” being released on April 1.
Set will included the “The Tomorrow Show's” re-airing of that interview on Dec. 9, 1980, the day after Lennon was murdered, adding interviews with journalist Lisa Robinson and Lennon friend, producer Jack Douglas. "Tomorrow" also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr and a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine and Laurence Juber. (That would be the band Wings).

October
1
Mick Details Lennon Jams on 'Today'

Mickjohn Mick Jagger will appear on Tuesday's "Today" show to talk about "Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)," a previously unreleased collaboration with John Lennon.
It was during Lennon's "Lost Weekend" period and he and Jagger were hanging out, getting stoned and jamming with other musicians on blues changes.
"Nothing would really come out of it," Mick tells Matt about the sessions.
Then John pulls out the tune.
"We were very happy to have something to focus on.  And then we all learned it very, very quickly.  And John was so impressed we all could learn it. And I always thought when I went back to these sessions that John was playing guitar on this.  But  the engineer said 'He wasn't playing guitar.  He was producing.'"
Track is on "The Very Best of Mick Jagger" (Atlantic/Rhino), which  will be released Tuesday.

August
14
Don't Worry Kyoko, Lennon Library Goes Digital

Imagine John Lennon's solo catalog is available at the iTunes Store beginning today.
For the first 30 days, exclusive video content will be included with the albums "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," "Sometime in New York City," "Walls and Bridges," "Milk and Honey" and the collections "Anthology" and "Working Class Hero."
Lennon becomes the second Beatle to have his solo work made available in the digital universe. Ringo Starr's work is slated for an Aug. 28 delivery and George Harrison's solo albums are still in limbo.
As with all posthumous Lennon efforts, his widow Yoko Ono is quite confident that he would have wanted his music used this way. "John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners."
Tracks will be available in iTunes Plus, Apple's higher-fidelity offering, for $1.29 per song.
Early in the day, his live recording of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Imagine" were the top sellers.


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The Set List is written and compiled by Variety associate editor Phil Gallo. Gallo, based in Los Angeles, writes about the music business for Daily Variety and reviews concerts, television shows and theater.



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