The winner of a global music contest launched in the memory of John Lennon will be announced by the mayors of Liverpool and New York later this year.
The Liverpool International Song For Kindness (LSK) contest aims to find an anthem to follow the example of the Lennon masterpiece Imagine, and also support the mental health of musicians and songwriters amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Beatles member Lennon was shot dead outside his New York apartment in 1980 and would have celebrated his 80th birthday this year.
John Lennon in 1971 (PA)
The competition is part of the KIND20 initiative from global charity tuff.earth – which promotes kindness through projects in communities and schools across the world.
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