Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music

Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music was a 2001 television program tribute to John Lennon. It aired on The WB.

Originally planned to celebrate Lennon's accomplishments, the concert took place on October 2, 2001 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, shortly after 9/11. It was dedicated to "New York City and its people" and presented as a fundraiser for the Robin Hood Foundation.^[1]

The concert was named for Lennon's Beatles song, "Come Together".

Participants

Well-known people performed John Lennon songs and spoke about him, including Yoko Ono, Yolanda Adams, Marc Anthony, Beck, Edie Falco, Nelly Furtado, James Gandolfini, Dustin Hoffman, Cyndi Lauper, Sean Lennon, Shelby Lynne, Dave Matthews, Moby, Alanis Morissette, Billy Preston, Lou Reed, Stone Temple Pilots and Rufus Wainwright. The program also features interview and performance clips of Lennon.

The program was hosted by Kevin Spacey, who also performed one of Lennon's songs, "Mind Games."

Performances

• "Imagine" - Yolanda Adams and Billy Preston
• "In My Life" - Dave Matthews
• "Revolution" - Stone Temple Pilots
• "Dear Prudence" - Alanis Morissette
• "Across the Universe" - Moby, Sean Lennon, and Rufus Wainwright
• "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Cyndi Lauper
• "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" - Marc Anthony
• "Mother" - Shelby Lynne
• "Instant Karma!" - Nelly Furtado & Dave Stewart
• "Jealous Guy" - Lou Reed
• "Nowhere Man" - Natalie Merchant
• "Mind Games" - Kevin Spacey
• "Come Together" - Craig David
• "This Boy" - Sean Lennon & Rufus Wainwright
• "Julia" - Sean Lennon
• "Give Peace a Chance"/"Power to the People" - Ensemble

References

1. ^ DVD review, Blogcritics Magazine

External links

• Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music in Internet Movie Database (IMDb)