Yoko Ono Lights Up Iceland To Mark Lennon's Birthday

Yoko Ono marked what would have been her late husband John Lennon's 71st birthday by performing her annual ritual of switching on a beacon of light at the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland.

The Beatles legend would have celebrated the milestone on Sunday (09 Oct 11), the same day his bandmate Sir Paul McCartney married Nancy Shevell in London.

But instead of attending the nuptials, Ono travelled to Vioey Island, near Reykjavik, where she turned on a beam of light at the tower named after Lennon's most famous solo track Imagine.

Ono said in a statement, "I hope the Imagine Peace Tower will give light to the strong wishes of world peace from all corners of the planet and give encouragement, inspiration and a sense of solidarity in a world now filled with fear and confusion. Let us come together to realise a peaceful world."

Ono launched the memorial in 2007 and has been lighting the beam every year on Lennon's birthday ever since.

Thanks for the report to ContactMusic.com.

Comments

[Pagan_Poetry]

Good God. For a second I thought they had a son named Mark Lennon.

[livinoffaprayer]

Another John Lennon thing? She really needs to get over his death.

[LuciferSamDance]

livinoffaprayer wrote:

Another John Lennon thing? She really needs to get over his death.

I'm sure she is. Yoko just wants to spread his message of peace. If you ask me, the song "imagine" totally sums it all up.

[Drewe2]

Sorry, but Yoko is as interested in promoting Yoko as any "message of peace." Tell me, how does switching on a beam of light help anyone or accomplish anything? She could have shared love in a real way by being at Paul's wedding, but she chose to promote herself. Instead of that dumb tower of light, why not give the money she's spent on it to an organization that actually helps people and doesn't just turn on a beam of light in an act of self-promotion.

[LuciferSamDance]

She has given money to many organizations. She is just spending an additional amount in an alternative way to spread the message of peace to the world. I would like to think that Yoko uses fame to spread a message and not for money and notoritey.