Julian Lennon — firstborn son of John — is only 2 years old.That’s because the singer-songwriter — who was actually born John Charles Julian Lennon to the late Beatles legend and his first wife Cynthia Lennon — legally changed his name to Julian Charles John Lennon in 2020.“I’d always take an issue with that, because I’d always been known as Julian — first and foremost to my mum,” Lennon, 59, told The Post. “And I used to get a lot of crap for [being named John] at airport security.
People would look at my passport, maybe not recognize me, and go, ‘John Lennon — ha, ha, that’s funny.’ After over 30-40 years of publicly having to deal with that … I just went, ‘You know what?
I want to be Julian, I want to be me for F sake.’ ”And it’s this officially named Julian who releases “Jude” — his first album in 11 years — on Friday.
The LP arrives 37 years after Lennon scored Top 10 hits with his first two US singles: “Valotte,” the title tune from his 1984 debut album, and “Too Late for Goodbyes.”And if that album title of “Jude” makes Beatlemaniacs take note, yes, it is indeed a reference to “Hey Jude,” the 1968 No.
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