More popular than Jesus he was "very big on Christ. I've always fancied him. He was right." In 1978, he thanked Jesus for an end to the Beatles' touring, saying "if I hadn't said [that] and upset the very Christian Ku Klux Klan, well, Lord, I might still be up there with all the other performing fleas! God bless America. Thank you, Jesus." In 1993, Michael Medved wrote in "The Sunday Times" that "today, comments like Lennon's could never cause controversy; a contemptuous attitude to religion is all but expected from all mainstream pop performers." In 1997, Noel Gallagher claimed that his band Oasis
London Daily News "Evening News" at 5p. Maxwell was dismissive when he heard about the cut-price "Evening News". He told the BBC: "The "Evening Standard" and Lord Rothermere are so worried about their monopoly - which the "London Daily News" is finally breaking - and so scared about the huge demand for our paper, that they've brought out a cheapo "Evening News", which is really a joke." After the "London Daily News" collapsed, The "Evening Standard" 's publishers, Associated Newspapers, continued the "Evening News" for some months as a separate brand, aiming for a more downmarket readership than the "Evening Standard" before re-absorbing