John Lennon holds final rehearsal for ‘One to One’ benefit concerts 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1972)


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(Tuesday, August 29, 1972) — Former Beatle John Lennon was filmed today at the Fillmore East Theater in New York City during one final rehearsal for two benefit concerts with his wife, Yoko Ono, and the Elephant’s Memory band, in aid of patients at Willowbrook State School for Retarded Children on Staten Island.


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Billed as “One to One,” and staged at Madison Square Garden the following day on Aug. 30, 1972, they would be Lennon’s last full-length concert appearances.


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