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Yoko Ono launches Globe of Goodwill in Iceland


The Icelandic Benefit Society of Children with Disabilities launched its 9th Globe of Goodwill yesterday morning. Read the full story

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Liv Tyler explores Iceland volcano and meets with Yoko Ono


The American actress Liv Tyler, star of Lord of The Rings and Armageddon,  earlier this week visited Iceland and ventured out into the wilderness to explore Thrihnukagigur Read the full story

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Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower shines again


Yoko Ono’s iconic Imagine Peace Tower, near Reykjavik, was illuminated last night on the anniversary of John Lennon’s birthday. Read the full story

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Yoko Ono: “John Lennon would have liked Iceland”


John Lennon, one of the most influential musicians of all time, would have been 70 years-old yesterday had he lived. In celebration of the birthday, his widow Yoko Ono and her band The Plastic Ono Band, took to the stage at Reykjavik’s Haskolabio auditorium last night. Ono also presented the Lennon-Ono Peace Prize and reignited the Imagine Peace Tower yesterday. Read the full story

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Imagine Peace Tower to shine over Reykjavik this evening


The Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik is to light up the skies once again this evening and will shine into the blackness every night until the 8th December. Read the full story

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Robyn concert confirmed at Iceland Airwaves festival event


Swedish electropop princess, Robyn has been confirmed to play at the upcoming Iceland Airwaves festival event, held between 13 – 17 October across various venues in downtown Reykjavik; Iceland’s capital city.

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John Lennon imagine peace tower on Videy Island to light up again


Yoko Ono will be in Iceland next month for the annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island. The Peace Tower is a work of art that Yoko Ono dedicated to the memory of her late husband John Lennon, as well as a beacon for world peace. Read the full story

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Lennon Ono Peace Tower lights up again


imagine-peaceThe Imagine Peace Tower on Videy Island near Reykjavik will be lit up again tonight at 20.00. Today is John Lennon’s birthday. Read the full story

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Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower due to burst into life in Iceland


Imagine Peace TowerThe world famous artist, musician, and peace advocate Yoko Ono is currently in Iceland for the annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower, a work of art that she dedicated to the memory of her late husband John Lennon, and also as a beacon for world peace. Read the full story

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Lennon-Ono Peace Prize goes to 300,000 people


iceland-coat-of-arms3The first Lennon-Ono Peace Prize was awarded this afternoon in a ceremony in Reykjavik on John Lennon’s birthday. Yoko is in Iceland to light the Imagine Peace Tower which will shine until 8 December, the day Lennon was shot.

In a rare piece of good news for Iceland, the entire country was chosen to receive the award in light of its many hundreds of years at peace. President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson received the award on Read the full story

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