Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Live in New York City (John Lennon album) Live in New York City is a posthumous live album by English rock musician John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band. It was prepared under the supervision of his widow, Yoko Ono, and released in 1986 as his second official live album, the first being "Live Peace in Toronto 1969". Recorded on 30 August 1972 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lennon performed two shows, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, a benefit concert for the Willowbrook State School for Retarded Children in New York,
Murder of John Lennon in 2016. It sold for £31,000. Leibovitz's photo of a naked Lennon embracing his wife, taken on the day of the murder, was the cover of "Rolling Stone"s 22 January 1981 issue, most of which was dedicated to articles, letters and photographs commemorating Lennon's life and death. In 2005, the American Society of Magazine Editors ranked it as the top magazine cover of the last 40 years. Several films dramatizing the murder of Lennon have been released, all more than 25 years after the event. These include: Murder of John Lennon John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide