John Lennon

About John Lennon

Once known as the "Smart Beatle," it seems that John Lennon wasn't quite so clever when it came to his love life, or was too busy penning hits like "All You Need is Love" to keep his own amour sailing smoothly. Yup, you’ve guessed it, we're about to dish out some rock 'n' roll matrimonial history here - we're zeroing in on Lennon's divorce from his first wife, Cynthia.

Break up your music trivia night with this gem - John Lennon was sling-shotted into the woes of romantic turmoil back in a mysterious, uncharted era when Beatlemania was fresh, hair was shorter, and psychedelic pants hadn't yet zoomed in full gear. His marriage to Cynthia saw an unknown settlement. Yes, obscure as the inspiration behind Lennon’s cryptic music - the outcome of the Beatles' frontman's love-related legal snag remains a sweet mystery of life (perhaps we should revisit ‘Eleanor Rigby’). Fancy the irony when the man singing about love for peace, joyous unity, is saying hello goodbye on transactional terms to sentiments of a personal kind! And ironic too that Lennon may have won millions of hearts, but clearly didn't win this undisclosed settlement contest! But again, the healing power of Beatle music fades out the cacophonous struggle with dissolved love notes. Famously so, the exact details of the Lennon divorce settlement payout remains a cryptic love quest, testament to John's enduring belief - money, like love, can’t, truly, buy everything.