- Title: John Lennon in London's Carnaby St on 81st birthday
- Date: 9th October 2021
- Summary: ADEN, YEMEN (OCTOBER 10, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CAR ON FIRE AT BLAST SITE IN ADEN VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND DAMAGED CAR ON FIRE / CIVIL DEFENSE TRUCK PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND DAMAGED CARS AND DEBRIS AS SMOKE RISES FROM CAR VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED WHILE CIVIL DEFENSE PUTS OUT FLAME / SMOKE RISING DAMAGED CAR WITH SHATTERED WINDOWS ON SITE CAR WITH SHATT
- Embargoed: 23rd October 2021 17:50
- Keywords: Carnaby Street Imagine Imagine sculpture John Lennon London
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Art,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA003EYFR1P5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A life-sized bronze statue of former Beatle John Lennon went on show in London's Carnaby street on Saturday (October 9), on what would have been the artist's 81st birthday
The sculpture was seen sitting on a bench, his arms outstretched and head tilted upwards, in the heart of the London district that came to embody the "swinging sixties".
Called "Imagine", the bronze figure was made by Lawrence Holofcener in 2009.
Lennon, was murdered in New York on December 8, 1980.
In the late 1960s, London's West End was at the heart of the emerging global pop culture that saw a generation of young people embrace modern music and fashion. The Beatles were the most famous band of that age.
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