Some of the songs performed in Norway (+ Onochord), according to different Norwegian newspapers: War Zone (with new lyrics related to the Middle-East situation), Walking On Thin Ice, I Want You To Remember Me, Rising, the gig ending with Give Peace A Chance. Her performance was reviewed by the local press from 3 stars to 4 stars out of 5.

a global war is over (if you want it) billboard campaign
Press release (August 2nd 2006): "Yoko Ono will reprise the 1969 Happy Christmas (War Is Over) war protest in 2006. The original billboard campaign in New York will be given a global campaign in some of the world's largest cities later this year. The Lennons conducted the original protest in retaliation against the war mongering tactics of the Nixon administration. The Yoko 2006 protest sends a message to the Bush administration. "Never in a million years, did we think that promoting World Peace could be dangerous. Were we naive? Yes, on that account, we were. John sings: 'Nobody told me there'd be days like these.' That was his true confession," says Yoko Ono in a statement, "These songs have become relevant all over again. It's almost as if John wrote these songs for what we are going through now."

The New York billboard is scheduled to go up on August 2nd on 7th Avenue at 10th Street. The Los Angeles billboard is scheduled to up on August 15th on the north side of Sunset Boulevard at Cory Avenue, facing east.

The billboards are part of Lionsgate's aggressive marketing plan for THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON, which is produced, directed and written by David Leaf and John Scheinfeld. The co-production with VH1 Rock Docs is a compelling and provocative look at John Lennon's transformation from beloved musical artist to anti-war activist to iconic inspiration for peace that also reveals the true story of why and how the U.S. Government tried to silence him.

Lionsgate will announce additional activities and projects inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the coming weeks."

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DiVA paris tributes yoko ono
ArtDaily.com: "From October 26th to the 29th, The KUBE Hotel in the 18th arrondissement will host the DiVA Paris. In its second edition, DiVA offers a selection of 20 to 25 galleries that have dedicated intensive attention to the work of their artist that uses video and the digital media to express themselves. Galleries will use the guest rooms as exhibition space while the public areas will present a works by Yoko Ono, the pioneer artist DiVA Paris will pay tribute to this year."

john lennon jam in seattle on september 1st 2006
PRWEB (August 10th 2006): "The second John Lennon Jam benefit concert, to be held at Seattle Public Theater (SPT) on Friday, September 1, 2006 for two encore performances.

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