Rock and roll circus

Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Keith Richards in The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)

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Musicians don’t get any more legendary than John Lennon. The Beatle was born on October 9, 1940, and left an indelible mark on music and the lives of his legions of fans before his tragic killing in 1980. On what would have been his 73rd birthday, look back on Lennon’s brilliant, but short, life, ahead.

1968 Brian Jones, Yoko Ono, Roger Daltrey, Julian Lennon, John Lennon and Eric Clapton at the Rock and Roll Circus.

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The iconic figure in music, and an architect of rock 'n roll, has died at the age of 80.

At the time, it seemed that The Rolling Stones’ Rock And Roll Circus was just a bizarre exercise in Sixties fancy dress. In the end the event, held in Wembley, London, turned out to be ambitious and strange.