Live Daily — San Francisco's 18th annual Noise Pop Festival went off without a hitch again this year, bringing a stellar lineup of indie favorites to the Bay Area last week (2/23–3/1). Due to the event's popularity, additional venues such as Oakland's F... more info

John Lennon's son Sean has said his mother Yoko Ono allowed video footage of the former Beatle to be used in a car advert to keep him "in the public consciousness". Footage of Lennon, filmed in his Beatles days, appears in the advert for the Cit more info

Live Daily — San Francisco's 18th annual Noise Pop Festival kicked things off in grand fashion at Oakland's Fox Theater on Tuesday night (2/23), featuring none other than the Yoko Ono [ tickets ] Plastic Ono Band. Last September, the group released "Between My... more info

Mercury News, California — It had been nearly 14 years since Yoko Ono last performed a Bay Area show. Combine that with the fact that the star's latest CD, last year's 'Between My Head and the Sky,' has generated some of the best reviews in Ono's 40-plus-year recording career,... more info

Guardian Music — The folk-rock veteran and musical maverick will act as artistic director for this year's Meltdown festivalFolk guitarist Richard Thompson is to curate this year's Meltdown festival. Following in the footsteps of David Bowie, Patti Smith and Massive A... more info

Undercover, Australia — Yoko Ono has star pulling power. When she performed her first show with the Plastic Ono Band in New York this week, Eric Clapton, Bette Midler and Paul Simon came out to play. more info

Dlisted — Yoko Ono (77) Regina Spektor (30) Jillian Michaels (36) Molly Ringwald (42) Tracey E. Edmonds (43) Dr. Dre (45) Matt Dillon (46) Greta Scacchi (50) Vanna White (53) John Travolta (56) Juice Newton (58) Cybill Shepard (60) Sinéad Cusack (62) Milos ... more info

All About Jazz — Amid All That Experience, Innocence In some ways Yoko Ono is still an amateur. At We Are Plastic Ono Band, mixing concert and tribute at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday night, her voice could be shaky and her stage patter giggly and unpla... more info

The Newsroom — Exclusive interview with British electronic duo Basement Jaxx. The new album Scars features great collaborations including Kelis, Santigold, Sam Sparro and Yoko Ono. Get the scoop here. more info

Rolling Stone — Just before the final song of Yoko Ono’s first performance in four decades with founding members of the Plastic Ono Band, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 16th, her son Sean told a short story: At soundcheck that day, Sean remarked to g... more info