{"id":429364,"date":"2022-04-09T22:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/julian-lennon-sings-imagine-for-ukraine-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T22:16:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:16:05","slug":"julian-lennon-sings-imagine-for-ukraine-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/julian-lennon-sings-imagine-for-ukraine-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"#Julian Lennon sings &#8216;Imagine&#8217; for Ukraine fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40604797e43\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/julian-lennon-sings-imagine-for-ukraine-fundraiser\/#%E2%80%9CJulian_Lennon_sings_%E2%80%98Imagine_for_Ukraine_fundraiser%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Julian Lennon sings &#8216;Imagine&#8217; for Ukraine fundraiser&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJulian_Lennon_sings_%E2%80%98Imagine_for_Ukraine_fundraiser%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Julian Lennon sings &#8216;Imagine&#8217; for Ukraine fundraiser&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Julian Lennon broke his longstanding vow never to perform his father\u2019s most iconic solo song, \u201cImagine,\u201d during a benefit for Ukrainian refugees Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, for the first time ever, I publicly performed my Dad\u2019s song, \u2018Imagine\u2019,\u201d Lennon, 59, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NicWjYMPDG0&amp;ab_channel=JulianLennon\">wrote on YouTube<\/a>. \u201cThe song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter son of Beatle John Lennon presented the cover version of his father\u2019s ode to peace as part of the Stand Up For Ukraine campaign, a global fund-raising effort broadcast from Warsaw, Poland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had always said, that the only time I would ever consider singing \u2018Imagine\u2019 would be if it was the \u2018End of the World\u2019,\u201d Lennon wrote.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cthe War on Ukraine is an unimaginable tragedy,\u201d he explained. \u201cAs a human, and as an artist, I felt compelled to respond in the most significant way I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Julian Lennon\" class=\"wp-image-21842973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Julian Lennon performed \u201cImagine,\u201d by his father John Lennon in a fundraiser for Ukraine. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\/Julian Lennon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Julian Lennon\" class=\"wp-image-21842980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Julian Lennon said the song represents \u201cthe light at the end of the tunnel we are all hoping for.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Julian Lennon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Julian Lennon\" class=\"wp-image-21842992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/julian-lennon-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lennon said that he broke his vow to never perform the song because the Ukraine War is an \u201cunimaginable tragedy.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Julian Lennon<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The solemn video clip showed Lennon singing \u2014 in cadences uncannily like his father\u2019s \u2014 surrounded by candles, accompanied by acoustic guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.<\/p>\n<p>The performance closed out a televised European Union pledge drive that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcitizen.org\/en\/content\/stand-up-for-ukraine-impact-report\/\">raised $10.1 billion<\/a> in public, private, and corporate cash earmarked for refugee assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Lennon is not the first artist to make headlines by doing music in support of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>At midnight Friday, Pink Floyd \u2013 minus Roger Waters \u2013 released \u201cHey Hey Rise Up,\u201d its first original music in 28 years, for the UN\u2019s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. <\/p>\n<p>Guitarist and singer David Gilmour told the Guardian he was inspired by Ukrainian musician Andriy Khlyvnyuk, who left his band BoomBox\u2019s US tour to fight in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Gilmour\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cae5TydPAxh\/\">saw an Instagram video<\/a>\u00a0of the 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