{"id":1344,"date":"2023-12-25T16:55:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2023-12-25T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T16:55:21","slug":"john-lennons-son-julian-sings-imagine-for-the-first-time-ever-in-support-of-refugees-from-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=1344","title":{"rendered":"John Lennon\u2019s son Julian sings \u2018Imagine\u2019 for \u2018the first time ever\u2019 in support of refugees from Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Lennon\u2019s son Julian vowed he would never perform his father\u2019s iconic peace anthem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/family\/pentatonix-release-spine-tingling-new-video-for-john-lennons-imagine\/\">Imagine<\/a>.\u201d He would only perform it if the world was ending, but the musician decided the world needed to hear his father\u2019s words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But due to the ongoing war in Ukraine the 59-year-old felt compelled to publicly perform the song as part of the 2022 Global Citizen\u2019s Stand Up for Ukraine fundraiser.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-7dbdc3bc645ab05a0985245b66221c13\" class=\"newsner-7dbdc3bc645ab05a0985245b66221c13 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1555744405\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"fs28sE8Arvxs\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-content-layer\">\n<div class=\"bb-fitme bb-poster-layer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Julian Lennon Performs 'IMAGINE' for Global Citizen's Stand Up For Ukraine w\/Nuno Bettencourt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NicWjYMPDG0?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Julian wrote that the \u201cunimaginable tragedy\u201d in Ukraine prompted him to \u201crespond in the most significant way I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-f07b35537734e824f41a0f47513b7fcc\" class=\"newsner-f07b35537734e824f41a0f47513b7fcc newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe song reflects the light at the end of the tunnel, that we are all hoping for\u2026\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NicWjYMPDG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cAs a result of the ongoing murderous violence, millions of innocent families, have been forced to leave the comfort of their homes, to seek asylum elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/data2.unhcr.org\/en\/situations\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">4.5 million refugees<\/a>\u00a0have fled Ukraine since the start of the war at the end of February.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-98807 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/05200915\/ukraine-refugees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/05200915\/ukraine-refugees.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"427\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"newsner-731851022\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_dynamic_4\" class=\"ad-space\" 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href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/04\/stand-up-for-ukraine-event-sees-10-1-billion-pledged-in-support-of-refugees-1234998546\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Governments, companies, and individuals from around the world accounted for half of the donations while grants and loans from public European financial institutions made up the remaining half.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-2a1fb8909c072cb29e0aa9fdc086ce8c\" class=\"newsner-2a1fb8909c072cb29e0aa9fdc086ce8c newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" 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