Sunday February, 17 One of the most daring and influential artists of our time, Yoko Ono, celebrated her eightieth birthday with a sold-out performance to an energetic and hugely responsive crowd at the legendary Volksbühne in Berlin. YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND was led by her son, Sean Ono Lennon, who collaborated with Yoko on [...]
One of the most daring and influential artists of our time, Yoko Ono, will be celebrating her eightieth birthday with a music performance at the legendary Volksbühne in Berlin on Sunday, February 17. YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND will be led by her son, Sean Ono Lennon, who collaborated with Yoko on her 2009 [...]
Let's sing, dance and hug each other to bring in a new year and with it, a new world. Yoko Ono 1 January 2011 YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND played at The Flaming Lips’ New Year’s Eve Freak Out #5, two shows December 31 and January 1 at Coca Cola Bricktown Events Center in Oklahoma [...]
By Amy McGrath, Reverb Yoko Ono has been a hero in my life since my early teenage years. She is a woman on the vanguard in so many ways — her avant-garde music has always been years ahead of its time, her conceptual art is full of quirky humor and simple beauty, and she has [...]
YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND - Live performance in Reykjavík, Iceland, Oct 9, 2010. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, revived last year by Yoko and Sean Ono Lennon after a long hiatus, will play an exclusive concert at Háskólabíó, Reykjavík on October 9th. The concert, which will be dedicated to John Lennon, is one of [...]
Saturday - The night was hot! The whole audience gave a standing ovation to Lady Gaga from the minute she appeared on the stage to when her turn was over. And that is saying a lot. That meant people were standing through the long, long songs - THE SUN IS DOWN and IT'S BEEN VERY HARD. It's a record! At the end of IT'S BEEN VERY HARD, Lady Gaga started to play the piano with her high heel shoes, and I went up on the top of the piano and started jamming lying down. Right away, Lady Gaga climbed up on the piano right next to me, and two of us jammed, in tune, of course. I am sure the audience would never forget this night... You can say that two of us came from one clay.... yoko
To the Family of Peace, On Hiroshima Day Let's: Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace, and IMAGINE PEACE - so there will be No more Hiroshima or Nagasaki! Some people are thinking that IMAGINE PEACE is not working. Well, look around and think how many things are coming out. Without knowing the truth, we cannot create a truly peaceful world. It is a blessing that truth is coming out. Don't let fear overcome you. We are all together. I love you. yoko Yoko Ono, New York City. Hiroshima Day: 6 August 2010.
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Yoko Ono still wants to reconnect humanity with its long-lost id. From Fluxus to songstress, the 77-year-old has used every free-associative vocal, literary, and visual avant-garde tool at her disposal to help resuscitate the uncensored thoughts of audiences around the world. Born in 1933 in Japan, Ono was the first female artist to market experimental primal wails as legitimate music at a time when demure vulnerability was prized over a woman’s angst-ridden screams. Her proto-feminist punk, often orgasmic vocals were inspired by childbirth; musically, her spawn includes bands like Deerhoof, Animal Collective, Sonic Youth, Bikini Kill and the whole riot grrrl gang- who owe their flagrant embrace of the loud and the absurd to Ono's radical displays of freedom.
by Kimberly Chun, SF Bay Guardian MUSIC The simplest, most singular words and images have always been Yoko Ono's most potent artistic tools — depth charges designed for maximum impact, unexpected wit, and subtly change-inducing effect. And though words like "empowerment" feel too tapped-out to draw from the same power source as Ono-connected words like [...]
SPECIAL ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ‘DRESS REHEARSAL’ PERFORMANCE - FEBRUARY 15TH @ 8PM JUST ANNOUNCED: Confirmed to play 'Dress Rehearsal" BAM show so far are: KLAUS VOORMANN & JIM KELTNER from the original Plastic Ono Band, JAKE SHEARS & ANA MATRONIC from Scissor Sisters, THURSTON MOORE & KIM GORDON from Sonic Youth, JUSTIN BOND and HARUOMI HOSONO.
Photo by Greg Kadel ©2009 Yoko Ono by Tony Bonyata, Concertlivewire.com, Jan. 6, 2010 She's been referred to as a witch, a dragon lady and, perhaps most famously (and inaccurately, it should be noted), as the woman who single-handedly broke up The Beatles. While Yoko Ono first made her name in the early '60s through [...]
Video of live performances of the songs "Calling" and "Higa Noboru" by Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band on Bokura No Ongaku TV Show, Tokyo, Japan 30 Aug 2009.
Dear Friends Thankyou all so much for the overwhelming response to the THE SUN IS DOWN! remix competition! We were surprised that they were all of a very high standard, which we have not counted on. We've now realized that we need more time in order to give a good listening to all of your [...]
Review by Scott Schultz, L.A. Record. Yoko Ono’s new album, Between My Head and the Sky, is better than any post-Beatles album by McCartney, Harrison or Starr. Yeah, I said it. While the former two were baby boomer marshmallows and the latter was a novelty act, Ono has pushed the boundaries of dance music for [...]
Photo by Greg Kadel ©2009 Yoko Ono Japanese Concerts - November 2009. Wednesday, 18th November Tokyo International Forum (Hall C) OPEN 18:00 / START 19:00 Tickets: +81-3-5436-9600 (in Japan), DISK GARAGE co., LTD. Ticket Price: 8,000yen, all seats are reserved. Tuesday, 24th November Osaka Geijyutsu Hall Tickets: +81-6-7732-8888 (in Japan), KYODO OSAKA INC. Ticket Price: [...]
Smap Smap TV Show, Tokyo, Japan: 27 August 2009 Sean Lennon, Keigo “Cornelius” Oyamada, Yoko Ono, Yuko “mi-gu” Araki, Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu, Haruomi Hosono, Yuka Honda Sean Lennon Sean Lennon, Keigo “Cornelius” Oyamada, Yoko Ono, Yuko “mi-gu” Araki, Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu, Haruomi Hosono, Yuka Honda Bokura No Ongaku TV Show, Tokyo, Japan: 30 August 2009 [...]
YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND - BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY - New Album. New Website. New Forum. New previews every day. Point. Click. Explore. http://www.YOPOB.com. Enjoy! love, yoko