When John Lennon stepped into Lady Mitchell Hall
In 1969, Lennon and Yoko Ono delivered a highly unusual concert in a venue better known for droning lecturers than droning guitars
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It was 53 years ago today (March 2nd, 1969) that John Lennon and Yoko Ono made their first live public concert performance. Although the couple had first played together the previous December for the Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus TV special, Lennon's appearance at Ono's concert at Cambridge University's Lady Mitchell Hall marked the first time the couple performed to the open public. Lennon and Ono, along with saxophonist John Tchicai and percussionist John Stevens, performed the cacophonous experimental piece "Cambridge 1969," which featured a bearded, den...