Hey Lennon fans, mark your GCals or your Filofaxes or whatever: the 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute Concert is coming up on November 12th, and tickets go on sale next Monday. The date falls between his October birthday and his December death anniversary, and the concert is "to honor the memory of John Lennon and celebrate his music, his passion for peace and his love for New York City." The show will take place at Beacon Theater, and will feature performances from the likes of Jackson Browne, Patti Smith, Cyndi Lauper, Aimee Mann, Keb' Mo', Joan Osborne, Martin Sexton, Shelby Lynne, Taj Mahal, The Kennedys, and even the Fab Faux. What, no Yoko?
Here's a video of John Lennon and Yoko walking in Central Park (just weeks before he was shot and killed) where he stops to sign an autograph for an excited New Yorker:
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