John Lennon fans to mark 30th anniversary of death. In his town Liverpool they staged several events honouring former Beatle killed outside New York apartment on 8 December 1980 Fans of John Lennon marked the passing of 30 years since he was murdered outside his New York apartment, triggering a wave of grief around the world. In Liverpool, home city of the Beatles, several events honoured the singer and political activist, with local musicians leading a candlelit vigil in Chavasse Park at the European peace monument, dedicated to Lennon on 9 October, which would have been his 70th birthday. Further homage was paid at the Lennon statue in Mathew Street, home of the Cavern, where the Beatles played some of their early gigs, and at the original Strawberry Field.
A concert – Lennon Remembered: The Nine Faces of John – was held at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, to bring to a close the city’s two-month Lennon tribute season.
And in Barga, the Shuffles, a Beatles tribute band played a romping Beatles set inside the Paolo Gas Bar, just outside the main gates of Barga Vecchia. The bar is not known for being one of the larger bars in Barga and so the boys from Livorno (another port city just like Liverpool) could have been excused for thinking that they were playing in the Cavern in Mathew Street, Liverpool. Cramped space but some great music.
