Reenactment - John and Yoko "Bed-In"
Stuart Hampton and partner Joanna Bond - staged a reenactment of John and Yoko's famous 'Bed-In' stunt at the Marine Hotel in Aberystwyth to Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original Bed In which took place at the Amsterdam Hilton on the 25th of March 1969.
Here's what they said: "The event went really well! there were ques outside the door and people singing in the corridors, in the bedroom and people could hear it from the streets - We are so pleased with the turn out and feel so happy to have re-created the true atmosphere of the peace and love hippie 60's! - The original stunt took place at the Amsterdam Hilton - Who we have been talking to since they liked our posts on Instagram and twitter and have been messaging us saying they are considering booking us as a John and Yoko tribute act for future events! The Beatles museum were also impressed by our efforts and as such we inspired them to create a campaign to encourage others to do a bed in on their facebook and instagram pages using our photo's - Im so happy about that because im a huge Beatles fan and regularly go out performing their songs in Bars. We also did this because we feel that John and Yoko's original spiritual ideas and philosophy for the bed-in are just as relevant today as they were back in 1969 - Peace and Love never stop being a good thing to promote and encourage in our world!
This event took place in the Marine Hotel in Aberystwyth - Who agreed to sponsor the event by providing us with a room for free - We kinda thought that Aberystwyth was the UK's Amsterdam, as the place names are kinda similar-ish.....
The event was attended by the general public - and a number of musicians and friends - Myself and my partner played the part of john and yoko (we joked about calling ourselves 'stu and jojo') and accompanying us was my friend Shion Buschner on Harmonium, Ailsa Hughs playing maraka's and singing, and Pete hughes on Cajon.
We really think we did John and Yoko proud by staging a bed-in of our own, and we believe that the messages of peace and love that they were trying to promote are just as relevant today as they were in 1969!
We have made a little video of the best bits on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJRg_a5FvZs
