Julian Lennon sings father John Lennon’s peace anthem ‘Imagine’ for ‘first time ever’ for Ukraine

Julian Lennon beforehand vowed by no means to carry out his father John Lennon’s iconic “Think about.”

However Lennon has been so disturbed by the “unimaginable tragedy” of the Russian battle on Ukraine, that the singer carried out his father’s peace anthem publicly for the primary time.

“As a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to reply in essentially the most important means I may,” Lennon wrote Friday on Instagram together with a candle-lit video efficiency of the tune. “So as we speak, for the primary time ever, I publicly carried out my Dad’s tune, IMAGINE.”

“But in addition as a result of his lyrics replicate our collective want for peace worldwide. As a result of inside this tune, we’re transported to an area, the place love and togetherness turn out to be our actuality, if however for a second in time…” wrote Lennon. “The tune displays the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel, that we’re all hoping for…”

The tune, that includes Lennon sitting on a stool with a single acoustic guitar accompaniment, was posted on Lennon’s Instagram web page on his 59th birthday. The efficiency was a part of World Citizen’s social media rally, Stand Up For Ukraine, which is elevating cash for the embattled nation and refugees fleeing amid Russia’s brutal battle.

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Lennon went on to sentence Russia’s “murderous violence.”

“Thousands and thousands of harmless households have been pressured to go away the consolation of their properties, to hunt asylum elsewhere,” Lennon wrote. “I’m calling on world leaders and everybody who believes within the sentiment of IMAGINE, to face up for refugees in all places!”

In a separate Instagram put up, Lennon posted for “Stand Up For Ukraine” writing, “Superb, the great we will do.”

Julian Lennon is the son of the Beatles legend John and his first spouse Cynthia Lennon.

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The couple wed in August 1962 however break up six years later when Julian was 5 in November 1968. John Lennon married Yoko Ono in 1969. The couple had a son, Sean Ono Lennon, in 1975.

John Lennon was murdered on Dec. 8, 1980.

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