Reuters in London reported on July 5 that Julian Lennon appeared before 100,000 people at a giant open-air charity concert.

Julian confessed he was paralyzed with nerves singing live. Speaking to Reuters after his brief set in the all-star concert in London's Hyde Park, Julian complained about his step-mom, Yoko Ono selling his father's artwork. But on a more positive note, the 35-year-old Julian firmly denied any rumors that he and half-brother Sean were having a feud. Julian said: "I absolutely love him to death. We talk about things but obviously the power is not in his court yet."

Lennon barely saw his father while he was growing up and he admits he is still grappling with the double agony of losing his Beatle father to divorce and then death. But there is no doubting his genuine affection for Yoko Ono's son Sean: "Yes, he is blood." "I will be there whenever he needs me," he said of his half- brother. What then are the chances of the two playing together in a band? "I am sure if something like that came along, we would consider it down the line," Lennon said.

While singing to the giant crowd at the London crowd, he was endearingly honest, telling the fans: "I am absolutely petrified. The nerves are killing me."

Afterwards he confessed: "I am always more comfortable with a smaller, more intimate set in a theatre." Lennon, who played to a 500,000-strong crowd in Rome two months ago, was also angered by technical foul-ups with the sound system that brought his second song grinding to a halt. "Whoever was doing the soundtrack transfers screwed up major league," he said.

But then afterwards Lennon, who bears such a striking resemblance to his father and sounds so like him, patiently launched into a string of media interviews. Inevitably the questions kept coming round and round again to his father. It is a legacy he still treasures with many bittersweet memories as they were only just beginning to break down the barriers when his father was shot dead. He is still fiercely proud of his father however painful the childhood divisions: "Yes, he was somebody who said something that was very important for many people. A lot of people supported him because of his beliefs."

--Reuters--