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John Lennon vowed never to live in America 15 years before he was gunned down

22 July, 2016 - 0 Comments

He was gunned down outside his luxury New York apartment having left Britain after the break-up of The Beatles. But before he became a global star John Lennon vowed he would never live in the US, it has been revealed. Lennon made the comments in a previously lost interview with The Beatles from 1964 which has been discovered in a house in Doncaster, Yorkshire. 

The original reel-to-reel tape recording could now sell for £10,000. During the audio recording, interviewer Alistair McDougall asks the band if they would ever ‘consider taking up residence in America or even record over there’. Lennon replies: ‘You’re joking! Wouldn’t live there, wouldn’t mind recording there.’

The interview for the British Forces Broadcasting Network was recorded in Paris in January 1964 while The Beatles were on tour in France. Although they were a huge success in Britain at the time, Beatlemania had yet to take over the world. 

The audio tape was discovered in the home of Mr McDougall, who died in 2007, by friends during a clear-out of his home. Lennon moved permanently to New York from London with wife Yoko Ono in 1971 to escape the intense media spotlight on the couple.

In 1972, Richard Nixon, who was US president at the time, began attempts to have Lennon deported over concerns about his anti-Vietnam War protests. The Nixon administration, concerned that the musician’s campaigning could cost Nixon re-election, tried to use a conviction for cannabis possession in London as a reason to deport him. 

By: Tim Lamden

Source: The Daily Mail

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