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04
April 2007
John
Lennon's Piano To Make
Peace
Tour
The
piano on which
John
Lennon
composed his classic hit
Imagine is to tour
global sites of past
violence to promote
peace.
The
upright piano, now owned
by George
Michael,
will this week be
photographed at the US
site of Martin Luther
King's assassination in
1968.
There
are plans for a tour
documentary and photo
album in aid of
charity.
Imagine
was a UK number one
following Lennon's
assassination in 1980.
George Michael bought
the piano for
£1.67m in
2000.
The
piano will be
photographed in Memphis,
Tennessee, on Wednesday,
the 39th anniversary of
the shooting of the
civil rights
leader.
The
site is now home to the
US's National Civil
Rights
Museum.
"The
selection of this site
evokes a deep sense of
emotion for everyone,"
George Michael said.
"Capturing the image of
this special piano on
which a song of peace
was composed is part of
the heartbeat of this
project."
The
title song of John
Lennon's 1971 album
Imagine has become the
most famous song of his
post-Beatles career and
an enduring peace
anthem.
Video
from the recording
sessions shows Lennon
using the piano to play
Imagine to his
musicians, the Plastic
Ono Band, for the first
time.
The
Steinway Model Z upright
piano, made in Hamburg,
was bought by Lennon in
London in December
1970.
A
white grand piano
famously is featured on
the album cover and in
the video for
Imagine.
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