Yoko Ono’s not a very nice lady, is she? First she split up The Beatles, then she was responsible for a series of musical abortions with the Plastic Ono band and now she’s going out of her way to sully the memory of her late husband by trying to grind as many shekels out of him as possible.
According to Jam, Ono has threatened to sue the owner of a Dundee pub which is dedicated to the former Beatle. Indications suggest that the?”singer” has had her lawyers send a letter to?Mike Craig, the owner of “Lennon’s Bar”, that accuses him of copyright infringement.
Craig claims to have spent thousands of pounds on?Beatles memorabilia for his pub which was opened in tribute to a member of one of world music’s most important acts. However, the letter from?Ono?s lawyers is demanding that he removes all the memorabilia and changes the venue?s name within 14 days or he will face legal action.
After all, no-one but Yoko is allowed to remember John Lennon because if people are allowed to remember him and his contribution to the world in their own way then she would disappear in a puff of smoke and our editor Mof Gimmers would have no-one to fake retweets of.
The owner of ‘Lennon’s’ said: “It's ridiculous. The pub?s been called?Lennon?s for about five years, but the signs will be removed this week.” Before probably muttering “evil witch” or words to that effect under his breath.
Ono is famously litigious in her pursuit of a quick dollar. She has been involved in several legal disputes in relation to her late husband, in an effort to maintain her own ailing relevance. In 2006,?she filed a ?5.35m lawsuit against EMI and its subsidiary?Capitol Records for “wilfully and knowingly under-reporting royalties.” She needs to be kept in hemp.
In 2008, meanwhile, it was?reported that she sued the singer Lennon Murphyfor using the name?Lennon as a performance name.?Although?the money-grabbing hippy later revealed that she had not sued the singer, her legal team did object after?Murphy applied to the US trademark office for exclusive rights to the name Lennon for musical performances. Clearly those rights should be deferred to a dead man.
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Arthur ASCii says
I think hecklespay should start a petition to save Lennon’s. It’s the least you could do after the huge amount of offence you have caused Beetles fans.
Mangosta says
I prefer the Rowling Stonez or The Hoo myself.
Helen Cairns says
I need to go down there tomorrow because I’m a great big bandwagon jumper and nothing ever happens in Dundee.
JoeMomma says
Who the fuck is John Lennon?
Dean says
This pub has been called Lennon’s for years why is she went them to change the name now she just pick On this pub because see needs more money. I live in Dundee I been to this pub lots of times their no need to change it now is there but their are lots of pubs and club called Lennon it.
Beano Mark says
There’s nothing like a good bandwagon to jump on, Helen. I’ll join you for a cool refreshing pint in LENNON’S drinking emporium. I wonder if he’ll change it to Yoko’s.
Cookie Monster says
Just some Jesus-type who was married to Yoko Ono. He road her coattails for a little while, or something or other about bed-ins. I dunno.
Angel says
Really? You don’t know who John Lennon is? How could ANYONE not know who he is? He was not a “Jesus type”. He was a musician. He was the guitarist/co-vocalist/co-songwriter in The Beatles. And if you don’t know what this is, it was one of the MOST popular bands in the 60’s, and then John Lennon had his solo career in the 70’s.
I’m dumbfounded as to how anyone could not know this information.