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Parole hearing for John Lennon’s killer postponed

Mark David Chapman’s sixth application for parole has been put off until September.

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John Lennon’s killer denied parole – again

Mark David Chapman’s application for parole turned down for the sixth time after almost 30 years in prison.

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John Lennon remembered on 30th anniversary of his death

Fans across the world gathered to remember one of the world’s biggest stars.

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The Score’s weekly YouTube chart

An inspiration from Down Under, a wonderful goalkeeping howler and the death of a Beatle at a football game.

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Guitar blues: Gibson faces probe over wood smuggling allegations

The legendary guitar maker was raided by federal authorities in the US last week but denies any wrongdoing.

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BEST OF: 15 hits from the Google Doodle collection

Plus, the 14-year history of Google doodling.

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Unexpected Tweet of the Day: Yoko Ono and Daniel O’Connell

Who knew?

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Pictures and video: The 8 weirdest moments from the Olympics closing ceremony

Giant octopuses, Russell Brand, children bursting out of John Lennon’s face… It was a long night.

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John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman to seek parole this week

This will be the seventh time that Chapman has sought parole.

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Lisa McInerney: Should we forgive Chris Brown?

As the pop star heads to Dublin for a gig later this year, should we remain hostile to him over his brutality towards Rihanna or let him get on with it?

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Love me do: The Beatles’ debut single released 50 years ago today

The Fab Four’s debut single turns 50 today, so why not check out some of the boys’ best moments in video?

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‘Imagine Peace’ – Yoko Ono takes out full page ad in New York Times

A simple message.

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What if John Lennon auditioned on The Voice?

Here’s a video of what would happen.

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John Lennon Educational Bus open to Irish public

The bus was launched by Yoko Ono earlier this year and was brought here by the U2-funded Music Generation programme.

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Lennon or McCartney? Richard Bruton’s choice might surprise you…

“Paul, obviously, was a good man for writing the songs…”

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‘The greatest substitution in the history of football and music’

If you saw Michael Jackson come on for John Lennon the other night, you weren’t seeing things.

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Look! It’s George Harrison as a child on O’Connell Street…

It’s 50 years tomorrow since the Beatles played Dublin, but at least one of the foursome was in the city years earlier — demonstrating a prototype ‘mop-top’ too, by the looks of it.

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Get Back: 10 ways to live The Beatles Dublin experience this weekend

John, Paul, George and Ringo played the Adelphi 50 years ago this week. Make like a Yellow Submarine and immerse yourself in the celebrations…

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“The fans were pelting us with jellybeans”: Here’s what happened when The...

John, Paul, George and Ringo conquered America 50 years ago this weekend — making their historic debut on ‘Ed Sullivan’, and playing their first US gig to 8,000 screaming fans.

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Bizarre new Bavaria advert explains deaths of Elvis, Tupac and Kurt Cobain

It’s very strange.

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Catch-up Wednesday: 3 midweek longreads

Get up to speed with the latest news, opinions and insights with our hand-picked in-depth reads.

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The man who shot John Lennon has been refused parole for the eighth time

Now 59, Mark David Chapman has been in jail for 33 years.

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Cynthia Lennon, ex-wife of Beatle John, has died

She was 75 years old.

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A guitar bought for €250 sold for €2.2 million last night

It once belonged to John Lennon, in fairness.

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‘Alex Ferguson is the John Lennon of football’

Jurgen Klopp had his say on past and present Manchester United managers today.

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Lock of John Lennon’s hair sells for thousands at auction

The four-inch lock of hair was purchased by a UK-based memorabilia collector.

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Earliest known letter of John Lennon to go for £30,000 at auction

The letter is part of a Beatles rock ‘n roll memorabilia auction.

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Test yourself in the ultimate Bumper Beatles Christmas Quiz

How well do you know the most famous band in history?

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All John Lennon's idea? Sketch of iconic Sgt Pepper's album cover to fetch...

The drawing was recently discovered at a former home of the Beatle in Weybridge.

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46 years later, Yoko Ono has been added to the credits for Lennon hit 'Imagine'

The anti-war track was first written in 1971.

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Donald Tusk welcomes Ireland's 'young, energetic' new Taoiseach to Brussels

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels today.

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'One of my best friends was killed right around here': McCartney remembers...

More than a million people took to the streets across the US yesterday to call for tighter gun control.

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