NEW YORK (AP) — Usher and his mother have reconciled, but he still wishes she hadn’t boycotted his wedding three years ago.

In an interview with Vibe magazine, the 32-year-old says he was “very disappointed” that his mother decided not to witness his marriage to his former stylist, Tameka Foster. The two divorced in last year.

Usher says he “wouldn’t do that to my child.” The singer says “parents should be able to have unconditional love for their children and their decisions, regardless of how they feel.”

Usher and Foster have 2-year-old and 1-year-old sons. Usher’s mother used to manage his career.

The October/November issue of Vibe hits newsstands October 12.

Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon

BOZEMAN, Montana (AP) — The Gibson guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon.

Gibson Acoustic’s director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that Yoko Ono asked the company to release a limited number of J-160Es — the model of guitar her husband played.

Johns says the company is releasing three models with suggested retail prices of between $4,700 and $15,000.

The company made 70 of the all-white Imagine model, and 70 replicas of Lennon’s J-160E as it was when he was murdered 20 years ago. On the guitar, Lennon had drawn sketches of himself and Ono.

Five-hundred replicas of an earlier model will also be released Saturday.