John Lennon February 1970

Title: Interview In London (ITN News)
Type: TV News
Filming Location: Black House, Islington, London, England
Filming Date: February 4th 1970
Broadcast Date: February 4th 1970
Country Of Broadcast: UK
Duration: 00:57 Seconds
Quality: B
Source: "John Lennon Miscellaneous Collection Vol 1 1970-1971" (BedHead Productions)(Upgrade 2024)
Other Sources: "The Beatles 1970 Vol 1 Let It End" (FAB Productions 2020)

Notes: In one of their more peculiar publicity stunts, John Lennon and Yoko Ono exchanged a bag of their shorn hair for a pair of Muhammad Ali’s bloodstained boxing shorts on this day.

The exchange happened on the rooftop of a single-storey workshop at the back of The Black Centre, situated at 95-99 Holloway
Road, London. The centre was the headquarters of a number of committees and movements, headed by activist Michael X, born
Michael de Freitas in Trinidad in 1933, and also known as Michael Abdul Malik and Abdul Malik.

Interviewed by journalists on the rooftop, the couple announced that the boxing shorts would be auctioned to raise money for
their peace campaigning, although there is no evidence to suggest this ever happened. Similarly, the hair was to be auctioned to raise money for The Black Centre.