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Issue:- 09 May 2013

The John Lennon Bus Europe Launch with Yoko Ono

ON 8 May 2013 at the The Museum of Liverpool, on the Liverpool (UK) Waterfront, the official launch took place of the brand new John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. The event was attended by press from as far away as LA in the USA. The ribbon cut was cut by Yoko Ono accompanied by Museum Director, Dr David Fleming and Lennon Bus co-founder and Executive Director, Brian Rothschild. The bus is a brilliant idea and, if it does what it purports to do, should be of huge benefit to many of the organizations and events it will visit. Sadly, we would love to say that it was a fantastic launch and the bus was amazing, but in true honesty, we cannot. Publicity-wise, the event turned out to be quite disorganised, which is a huge shame as we know a lot of effort had been put into it by the sponsors. We may well be the only media who will go on record to say that, but we will stick to our view.

The launch of this European bus follows a similar project that was launched in the USA 16 years ago. The bus is staffed by a crew of 3 and allows schools, and colleges to uses its studios.
It will also visit festivals providing free workshops for young people. After a few days stopping over in Liverpool the now unveiled the bus will set off for other UK cities including a visit to London, and then on to the rest of Europe. It is hoped that many young people will be able to take part in the free workshops and produce music, video and photography projects inside the bus's recording studio, as the tour rolls on. Yoko Ono said that:- "It was fitting to launch the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in his hometown." She also added that she hopes that it will "inspire music and keep young people from turning to violence, as John was about peace." We wish the crew of the bus and also all involved the best of luck with it and hope to see it back in Liverpool once again at some point, after its tour ends.

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