Eric Clapton, Paul Simon Join Yoko Ono Jam

A galaxy of music stars host an impromptu birthday concert for the fifth Beatle.
We Are Plastic Ono Band's Yoko Ono / Photo Courtesy Kevin Mazur/Wire Image

During the career-spanning video montage that opened Tuesday night's We Are Plastic Ono Band concert celebration of Yoko Ono at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a quote flashed on the screen: "There's a reason the coolest guy in the world fell in love with her."

WATCH: Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Perform Live

Find out why the 76-year-old innovator matters right now!
Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon on <i>The View</i>

SPIN issued Yoko Ono's new album, Between My Head and the Sky, an impressive eight-out-of-ten-star review, calling it the "heaviest avant-pop from a 76-year-old mainstream pariah/underground innovator," which "picks up where hubby John left off with 1980's "Walking on Thin Ice."

Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, 'Between My Head and the Sky' (Chimera)

Levity and love from cross-generational icon.

3 Best Musician Twitterers of the Week

U2, Yoko Ono, and Blink-182's Mark Hoppus make our Friday list of Twitter stars you should follow.

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

This week's winners:

Wilco, Feist, Obama, and Others Donate Memorabilia

Musicians (plus actors and politicians!) help raise funds for underprivileged children. Click here for auction details!

The 20th anniversary edition of the annual Rock for Kids Rock & Roll Charity Auction (set to take place December 5 at Chicago's Park West) has amassed an unbelievable list of participants who have pledged to donate goods to raise funds for the city's homeless and underprivileged youth.

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