Beatles News Roundup: Lennon Glasses Up for Auction, More

John Lennon’s Famed ‘Lost Weekend’ Glasses Expected to Sell for $400,000 at Auction - Rolling Stone

The tinted, circular glasses John Lennon wore during his storied “lost weekend” in Los Angeles have found their way back to an auction house.

As part of of Propstore’s Music Memorabilia Live Auction, the spectacles — estimated to go for $400,000 — will be among various other rare and collectible items spanning decades and genres of music including Jimi Hendrix’s handwritten working lyrics for “Straight Ahead” and the white fedora worn by Michael Jackson in the music video for his 1988 hit “Smooth Criminal.”

According to the auction’s website, Lennon wore the glasses on March 12, 1974, when he and Harry Nilsson, both “heavily drunk,” heckled the Smothers Brothers while they were performing at the Troubadour Club. The boozy night soon led to a fight and Lennon and Nilsson were escorted out of the venue, and per the original Sotheby’s catalog listing, Lennon lost the pair in the melee and Tommy Smothers’ wife grabbed them.

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“It was like a scene from a horror film.” Eric Idle recalls the violent attack on George Harrison that left him hospitalized and contributed to the former Beatles’ death two years later - Guitar Player

As 1999 was rolling to a close, George Harrison should have been ringing in the new year with his family at his Friar Park Estate in Henley-on-Thames, England.

Instead, the former Beatle was lying in a hospital with 40 stab wounds after an intruder broke into his home on December 30 and left him fighting for his life.

British comedian Eric Idle recalls the incident on the latest episode of the Adam Buxton Podcast.