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03
November 2006
John
Lennon's Piano Set For
Peace
Show
George
Michael
is to lend the piano on
which John
Lennon
wrote Imagine to a US
anti-war exhibition
organised by his partner
Kenny Goss.
George
Michael bought the
piano, which is an
upright model and not
the white grand seen in
the video for Imagine,
for £1.67m at an
auction in
2000.
It
will leave the UK for
the first time to appear
at the exhibition in
Dallas.
The
show will also feature
pictures taken by war
photographer Don
McCullin in Afghanistan,
Vietnam and
Beirut.
It
will be held at Goss's
own gallery, which
opened in Dallas last
year.
Goss
told the Reuters news
agency there was "no
better place to
reiterate how important
peace is".
"Dallas
is George Bush's home.
It's a great place to
remind people how
important it is that we
find peace."
Michael
has recently drawn
criticism for being
filmed smoking cannabis
on a special edition of
ITV's South Bank
Show.
In
the programme, the
former Wham frontman,
43, is seen lighting
what appears to be a
cannabis joint and
saying: "This stuff
keeps me sane and
happy."
Mental
health charity Rethink
called the singer's
actions "stupid" and
"naive".
The
documentary attracted
two million viewers when
it screened on ITV on
Tuesday, according to
provisional overnight
figures.
George
Michael has been found
slumped at the wheel of
his car twice this year.
He was cautioned by
police for possessing
cannabis after the most
recent incident in
October.
The
singer recently embarked
on his first live tour
for more than 15 years,
with the UK leg due to
begin later this
month.
Earlier
this year, he denied
that Goss had called off
a civil partnership
ceremony over reports he
has "cruised" for sex
with
strangers.
"With
all the rubbish I've had
to put up with in the
last six months, we
wouldn't get a small
private wedding, which
is what we want," he
told Channel 4 daytime
presenters Richard
Madeley and Judy
Finnigan.
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