When John Lennon headed back into a recording studio in 1980 for the first time in five years, he did so with a surplus of material. While he wasn’t making records during that stretch ...

John Lennon and May Pang enjoyed swapping ... “The last one was on Memorial Day Weekend 1980. He called from Cape Town and said, ‘We have to find a way for us to get together.’” ...

You may have heard the story before: In the early 1970s, ex-Beatle John Lennon took a sabbatical ... "He called me from South Africa, from Cape Town, in 1980, and he just wanted to talk.

John Lennon talked about ... Eight years after the phone call with Keltner, Lennon was shot and killed outside his apartment in New York City on December 8, 1980. He was 40 years old.

Throughout the conversation, John Lennon would mention little things that Yoko Ono had taught him or told him, share an experience he had with Sean, or mention his former bandmates in passing.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will perform this Dec. 2 at Town Hall at the 43rd Annual John ... old. Lennon was killed outside their Upper West Side home in the Dakota on Dec. 8, 1980, as ...