The Beatles Playing On The Roof

Ken mansfield on his front row seat to the fabs last public performance.

The beatles playing on the roof.

The beatles rooftop concert. The beatles rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. No one knew the concert staged for the documentary let it be would be the band s final performance. The beatles rooftop concert was the climax of a project originally titled get back it was conceived as exactly that a return to their rock roots in a desperate effort to restore unity when.

But what led up to it is a story on its own. Several of the rooftop performances particularly that of dig a pony were regarded as showing the beatles once again in top form. The beatles january 30 1969 rooftop gig is unforgettable. The group did record one more album abbey road on which work started the following month but by september 1969 the beatles had unofficially disbanded.

Although few people could see them crowds gathered in the streets below to hear the beatles play. The beatles rooftop show began at around midday. The timing coincided with the lunch hour of many nearby workplaces which led to crowds quickly forming. In this two part series we re exploring why and how.

The beatles played on a london rooftop in 1969. They had stopped touring in 1966 but on jan. The beatles played on the roof for just under 45 minutes which engineer glyn johns recorded the audio in the basement and lindsay hogg s cameramen caught the action. This is what the beatles.

It was a frigid day on the apple corps rooftop in late january 1969 but the beatles showed up anyway to play to a.