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 timing coincided with the lunch hour of many nearby workplaces which led to crowds quickly forming. The beatles january 30 1969 rooftop gig is unforgettable. This is what the beatles. The beatles rooftop concert.

Several of the rooftop performances particularly that of dig a pony were regarded as showing the beatles once again in top form. But what led up to it is a story on its own. The beatles played on a london rooftop in 1969. 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.

In this two part series we re exploring why and how. 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. They had stopped touring in 1966 but on jan. Behind the group s final public performance in their final public performance the beatles made history playing on top of the apple studios becoming the most.

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. 30 1969 they made history atop the apple corps office building in london s garment district. The beatles rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. 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.