Stereogum — John Lennon would have been 78 this year on 10/9. In the week leading up to the beloved icon’s birthday, Geffen and UMe are debuting John Lennon: Imagine: The Ultimate Collection. This one’s most definitely for the music nerd and Beatlemaniac. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — After the Beatles formally disbanded in 1970, John Lennon wowed critics with his inaugural post-Beatles solo album, “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.” But it took that album’s successor, “Imagine,” to capture the publicâ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — After the Beatles formally disbanded in 1970, John Lennon wowed critics with his inaugural post-Beatles solo album, “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.” But it took that album’s successor, “Imagine,” to capture the publicâ... more info

USA Today Music — Ahead of Mark David Chapman's parole hearing, New York State Department of Corrections released a new mugshot of the man who shot and killed John Lennon.             more info

Guardian Music — It’s 50 years since Paul McCartney came up with Hey Jude while driving from London to Surrey – and made a song that’s sung everywhere from football terraces to Oxford colleges. Here’s the story of how it came to beYou coul... more info

TMZ — The man who shot and killed John Lennon will have his 10th parole board hearing this week ... and TMZ has just obtained his latest mug shot.  Mark David Chapman -- who shot the Beatles member in front of Lennon's Manhattan apartment in 1980 --… ... more info

USA Today Music — New York Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis held a news conference and a rally in New York's Central Park to call on the state parole board to deny the release of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman. (Aug. 15)           ... more info

USA Today Music — Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment on Dec. 8, 1980.             more info

Stereogum — You read that right: Lennon and McCartney took a selfie together. Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, that is. more info

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