A handwritten letter that John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton inviting him to be part of a new supergroup is to be offered at auction next month.

Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”

A handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton that invited the guitarist to join a "super-group" is going to auction.

The Lennon letter is dated 29 September 1971 - shortly after the release of the Imagine album and the Lennons’ move to New York. In it, the ex-Beatle proposes a group that would include Klaus Voormann on bass, Jim Keltner on drums, Nicky Hopkins on piano and Clapton as lead guitarist.

John Lennon complained of the “torture” of touring with The Beatles as he attempted to recruit Eric Clapton into a supergroup of musicians.

John Lennon's 1971 draft letter requesting Eric Clapton form a new supergroup with him is expected to fetch €100,000 and €150,000 at auction. The late Beatles legend penned in the eight-page note that he was keen to recruit the 79-year-old guitar hero for a new musical project alongside Klaus Voormann,

John Lennon once sent an imploring invitation to Eric Clapton to join what Lennon called a "nucleus" musical supergroup.