Paul McCartney turned the big 8-0 on Saturday, and Sean Ono Lennon was one of the many people who celebrated via social media. John Lennon’s youngest son took to Instagram for an acoustic cover of the Beatles’ Revolver cut “Here, There and Everywhere.” “A little birdy told me this was one of your your fav Beatles tunes. So Happy Birthday!” Lennon captioned the video. “Thank you for all the beautiful music. You have mine and the whole world’s undying love and respect. (This version is a bit rough because it’s such a pretty song I kept getting choked up and starting again!)” Watch the cover below. McCartney celebrated his birthday early by bringing out Bruce Springsteen during his show at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. Together, they performed the Boss’s “Glory Day...
In honor of what would be John Lennon’s 80th birthday (Oct. 9) artists including Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, Pete Yorn, Jeff Tweedy and Rufus Wainwright have covered songs from the late singer’s catalog. Tweedy, joined by his son Spencer and Liam Kazar, shared a version of Lennon’s “God,” off the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album, which you can watch below. [embedded content] Parker covered “Jealous Guy” off Lennon’s 1971 Imagine album. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-wp-preserve="%3Cscript%20async%20src%3D%22%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fembed.js%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E" data-mce-resize="false" data-mce-placeholder="1" class="mce-object" width="20" height="20...