Sean Ono Lennon working to ensure "the younger generation doesn’t forget about The Beatles"

Sean Ono Lennon has said he is working to ensure young people don’t forget about The Beatles . READ MORE: Giles Martin on giving new life to The Beatles’ ‘Anthology’: “It reveals how human they were” The musician and producer was born in 1975 to the late music legend John Lennon and the avant-garde artist Yoko Ono . In recent years, he’s taken over from his mother, now 92, in protecting the material the couple and the band made during their careers. Earlier this year, he helped to produce The Beatles Anthology , a remastered version of a 1995 documentary series that expanded it from eight episodes to nine. He has also overseen the production of ‘Mind Games’ reissue boxset , an album originally released during what he described as a “really terrifying” period for his parents, and the documentary film One To One: John & Yoko . He spoke about the responsibility in a new interview with CBS’s Sunday Morning , where he said that “obviously the world is also the custodian of his legacy, I would say”, before adding, “I’m just doing my best to help make sure that the younger generation doesn’t forget about The Beatles and John and Yoko. That’s how I look at it.” He was then asked whether he fears that one day his father’s material could be forgotten, to which he admitted, “To forget about it? I do, actually. And I never did before.” Recommended He went on to explain why he chooses to work on these projects, saying: “My parents gave me so much that I think it’s the least I can do to try and support their legacy in my lifetime. I feel like I just owe it to them. It’s a personal thing.” Lennon then stated that he views their legacy as “peace and love”, before adding, “But it’s not just peace and love. It’s an attitude towards activism that is done with humour and love.” Elsewhere in the interview, Lennon provided an update on his mother, Ono, who has taken a step back from public life in recent years. “She’s good. I mean, you know, she’s 92, so she’s slowed down a lot, and she’s retired. That’s why I’m kind of trying to do the work that she used to do,” he explained. Lennon also explained that he wants to carry on the legacy set by his mother of protecting the work, saying: “That’s why I feel a lot of pressure, actually, to do my best, because she set a high standard for the way that she dealt with my dad’s music, and the Beatles stuff.” He has previously opened up about his father’s lasting impact on his mother , saying that she “never has moved on from that relationship”. He reflected on the “legendary love” between his parents too . Last year, Lennon asked fans not to compare him to his brother Julian , while insisting that there’s nothing but love between them . He also opened up...

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