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"I thought he looked very frail. He'd just come out of the hospital, of course, and then flown 12,000 miles almost non-stop, so maybe it was no wonder." - Jimmie Nicol

International Day of Peace

I've been meaning to post this image for a while but time has gotten away from me! I've neglected this blog a little as of late, but I assure you it will never be abandoned, I've just been busy (incidentally with a project based on Ringo!).

Today being the international day of peace felt like a perfect day for this gif. On September 4th John Varvatos Rocks London happened to celebrate his first store in Europe opening. Of course Ringo was there, amongst a host of others (the entire street was closed there were so many attendees!) and there are endless amounts of photographs. However the above was my absolute favourite of them all, as I'm also a huge Adam Ant fan so I love seeing my two idols so pally!

Also if you're in LA today you should be sure to check this out:

John Varvatos and Ringo Starr continue their #PEACEROCKS initiative with an outdoor celebration and performance on the International Day of Peace, Sunday, September 21, 2014. The celebration will take place in front of the John Varvatos store located on Melrose and Robertson from 4-6pm and will include a brief performance including a song from each member of an All Starr Band featuring Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather, Richard Page and more – and closing with three songs performed by Ringo Starr. [x]

Looks like a fun time!

Panda

I'm sure this panda is one many Beatles fans are familiar with! It was given to The Beatles by the fans in the above picture at their concert on 20th November at Manchester's ABC Cinema and filmed by Pathe News for Beatles Come to Town.

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The panda made appearances in later photos of John at his home in 1965, and finally with John and Julian in 1967 (and one scary looking koala). How lovely that must be for the fans to know that it was kept and obviously so well liked.

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