Photos: Yoko Ono doing "Voice Piece for Soprano"

In December 2015 I was "privileged" to have a front row space at a Yoko Ono performance at the Museum of Modern Art Tokyo. Yoko wa...

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Giant Tsunami of Fake Nostalgia Unleashed by Post-Mortem Beatles Release in Cynical Marketing Ploy

Matt Williamson from "Pop Goes the 60s" reacts to the unsightly attempt to shoehorn "Now and Then," a rehashed John Lenn...

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Photo: The Day They Stole Abbey Road

This is a picture showing the famous Beatles crossing in front of the Abbey Road studios in St. John's Wood, London. I used to live ...

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QUOTE: MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE MEETS THE BEATLES

Malcolm Muggeridge was an important essayist and TV personality from the 1950s until his death in 1990. He also kept a diary, in which h...

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Sympathy for Their Satanic Majesties

Their Satanic Majesties Request is, to my mind, the most British and therefore the most authentic of all Rolling Stones albums. Their ...

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Live Review: Paul McCartney, Tokyo Dome, March 11, 1991

MR. YESTERDAY The Japanese have a strange temple in central Tokyo, where they come to pay homage to the Gods of Western Culture. It...

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"John Lennon is a Trademark of Yoko Ono Lennon"

20 years after he was gunned down outside a New York apartment block, John Lennon is still with us. Here in Japan, he's with us e...

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Live Review: Paul McCartney, Tokyo Dome, 12th November, 1993

Bass player Hamish Stuart with Paul McCartney Politics Cloud McCartney's Success Paul McCartney may not be looking for absolut...

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Photo: Abbey Road Studios, London

One of my many addresses in London was next door to the famous Abbey Road Studios, a magnet for BEATLES fans keen to leave their mark. I ...

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