John Lennon visits son
John Lennon has visited his son Julian Lennon from beyond the grave.
Julian was left shocked by the haunting moment which occurred more than 25 years after the Beatles legend's death while he was shooting a new film in Australia recently.
Julian, who agreed to take part in an ancient ceremony with an Aboriginal tribe, was left speechless when he was handed a white feather by a tribe elder, a symbol of great significance to him.
A source told Britain's Daily Express newspaper: It may sound strange but that was a very weird and emotional moment for Julian. He was left speechless. Not long before he died, John had told him, 'If anything ever happens to me, look for a white feather and you will know I am there for you, always looking out for you.'"
Julian, 44, was in Australia to produce the film 'Whaledreamers' to raise awareness about the plight of whales and the Earth's oceans.
He isn't the only person to have been visited by John since his death. Fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney believes John appeared to the band in the form of a white peacock during the recording of the 1995 Beatles single 'Free as a Bird'.
As Paul, Ringo Starr and the now deceased George Harrison posed for a photograph outside the recording studio, the bird wandered into the shot.
Paul said: "That was John. Spooky, eh? It was like John was hanging around.
"We felt that all through the recording. We put one of those spoof backwards recordings on the end of the single for a laugh, to give all those Beatles nuts something to do.
"Then we were listening to the finished single in the studio one night, and it gets to the end, and it goes, 'zzzwrk nggggwaaahhh jooohn lennnnnon qwwwrk.' I swear to God. We were like, 'It's John. He likes it!"
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher also claims he was left in awe when John's spirit visited him in the middle of the night. The rocker - a self-confessed Beatles fanatic - said: "I was in Manchester at a friend's house having a sleep. I remember getting up and feeling really weird. I turned round and there I was, lying on the bed, and I sort of fell back into my body. There was a presence there and it was him, John Lennon."
John was shot dead aged 40 in 1980 by deranged fan Mark Chapman as he
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The Killers and Lou Reed duet: - the first review
The Killers and Lou Reed are set to release their duet 'Tranquilize' tomorrow (October 12) as a download and now you can read NME.COM's first review.
We've put the CD in the office player and if you head to the NME Office Blog now we've given our first impression of the track.
Just head to NME.COM/blog now |
Deep Purple set for live DVD release
A live DVD featuring the 2006 Montreux performance by metal pioneers Deep Purple is set to be released next month.
'They All Came Down To Montreux: Deep Purple Live At Montreux 2006' was recorded last year at the 40th annual Swiss festival, with the line-up of singerIan Gillan, guitarist Steve Morse, bassist Roger Glover, drummer Ian Paice and keyboardist Don Airey.
The performance is coming out as a two-DVD set and includes 16 tracks including their legendary hit 'Smoke On the Water'.
The tracklisting is
DVD Disc 1:
'Pictures Of Home'
'Things I Never Said'
'Strange Kind Of Woman'
'Rapture Of The Deep'
'Wrong Man'
'The Well-Dressed Guitar'
'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'
'When A Blind Man Cries'
'Lazy'
'Keyboard Solo'
'Space Truckin'
'Highway Star'
Smoke On The Water'
'Hush'
'Too Much Fun'
'Black Night'
DVD Bonus Disc 2 (London Hard Rock):
'Fireball'
'I Got Your Number'
'Strange Kind Of Woman'
'Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye'
'Rapture Of The Deep'
'Wrong Man'
'Lazy'
'Perfect Strangers'
'Highway Star'
'Smoke On The Water'
Meanwhile the band are taking to the road in July and will play:
Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater (July 12)
Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues (13)
Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheater (14)
Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall (15)
South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center (18)
Cadott, WI Rock Fest (19)
Farwell, MI Mountain Rock Music Festival (21)
Chicago, IL House of Blues (22, 23)
Saint Louis, MO The Pageant (24)
London, ON Rock The Park (26)
Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater (27)
Montreal, QC Bell Centre (28)
Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion (31)
Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theater (August 2)
Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues (4)
New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (7)
Bethlehem, PA Musikfest (9) |