Previously unseen photographs of John Lennon to go on show to mark 80th birthday

A previously unseen photograph of John Lennon taken in New York in 1974 (Robert Deutsch/PA)

Previously unseen pictures of John Lennon in New York will go on display to mark his 80th birthday.

The black and white photographs of The Beatles star were taken on October 17 1974, when he was at the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road show at the Beacon Theatre, and include one showing him changing the sign of West 74th street on Broadway to read “Sgt Pepper Way”.