Bed-in for Peace in Montreal

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The Bed-in for Peace in Montreal was a 1969 week-long anti-war protest and performance piece by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, held in a hotel room where they stayed in bed to promote world peace and recorded the song "Give Peace a Chance."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war protest
peace demonstration
performance art piece
associatedWith anti-war movement
counterculture of the 1960s
country Canada
depicts peace activism
endDate 1969-06-02
follows Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam
hasAudience journalists
musicians
peace activists
hasCreativeWork Give Peace a Chance
hasDuration one week
hasGenre conceptual art
protest art
hasLanguage English
hasLocation Montreal
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
hotel room
hasOutput audio recordings
news coverage
photographs
hasParticipant John Lennon
Yoko Ono
hasPurpose anti-war protest
promotion of world peace
hasSetting bed
hasTheme media spectacle
nonviolent protest
pacifism
influenced subsequent peace demonstrations
notableFor recording of a major anti-war anthem
Give Peace a Chance
surface form: slogan "Give Peace a Chance"
opposed Vietnam War
organizer John Lennon
Yoko Ono
partOf peace activism of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
performedBy John Lennon
Yoko Ono
recordedSong Give Peace a Chance
startDate 1969-05-26
usedMedium mass media
press interviews
radio
television
year 1969

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Yoko Ono notableEvent Bed-in for Peace in Montreal
Give Peace a Chance notablePerformance Bed-in for Peace in Montreal
this entity surface form: Montreal Bed-In for Peace
Bed-in for Peace in Amsterdam followedBy Bed-in for Peace in Montreal