3 Savile Row — Beatles Rooftop Concert
3 Savile Row, Mayfair
London, England, UK
51.5099° N · -0.1407° W
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On 30 January 1969, the Beatles climbed onto the roof of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row in London's Mayfair and played their final live performance. Joined by keyboardist Billy Preston, the band performed a 42-minute set starting at around 12:30pm, as crowds of office workers on their lunch breaks gathered in the streets below and on the rooftops of surrounding buildings.
The setlist consisted of nine takes of five songs: multiple versions of "Get Back," "Don't Let Me Down," "I've Got a Feeling," "One After 909," and "Dig a Pony," closing with an improvised snatch of "God Save the Queen." The Metropolitan Police arrived after noise complaints from neighbouring businesses and ordered the volume reduced. The concert ended with the final take of "Get Back," after which John Lennon said: "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition."
The rooftop concert was filmed as part of the Let It Be sessions — originally intended as a documentary capturing the band rehearsing and performing live. The footage sat largely unseen for decades before Peter Jackson restored and expanded it into the 2021 Disney+ series Get Back, which gave audiences a detailed, unvarnished look at the band's final weeks together. The rooftop performance forms the climax of the series.
3 Savile Row served as the headquarters of Apple Corps from 1968. It was here that the band recorded much of the Let It Be album in a makeshift basement studio, and where the day-to-day business of their label was run. The building also housed Apple Records, Apple Films, and Apple Electronics. After the Beatles dissolved, Apple Corps retained the building until 1976.
In 2027, the building will open as "The Beatles at 3 Savile Row" — the first official Beatles fan experience. It will feature seven floors of never-before-seen archive material, rotating exhibitions, a recreation of the original studio where Let It Be was recorded, and rooftop access to the exact spot where the concert took place. Until then, visitors can view the building's exterior from Savile Row — the famous tailoring street in the heart of Mayfair.
On 30 January 1969, the Beatles climbed onto the roof of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row in London's Mayfair and played their final live performance. Joined by keyboardist Billy Preston, the band performed a 42-minute set starting at around 12:30pm, as crowds of office workers on their lunch breaks gathered in the streets below and on the rooftops of surrounding buildings.
The setlist consisted of nine takes of five songs: multiple versions of "Get Back," "Don't Let Me Down," "I've Got a Feeling," "One After 909," and "Dig a Pony," closing with an improvised snatch of "God Save the Queen." The Metropolitan Police arrived after noise complaints from neighbouring businesses and ordered the volume reduced. The concert ended with the final take of "Get Back," after which John Lennon said: "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we've passed the audition."
The rooftop concert was filmed as part of the Let It Be sessions — originally intended as a documentary capturing the band rehearsing and performing live. The footage sat largely unseen for decades before Peter Jackson restored and expanded it into the 2021 Disney+ series Get Back, which gave audiences a detailed, unvarnished look at the band's final weeks together. The rooftop performance forms the climax of the series.
3 Savile Row served as the headquarters of Apple Corps from 1968. It was here that the band recorded much of the Let It Be album in a makeshift basement studio, and where the day-to-day business of their label was run. The building also housed Apple Records, Apple Films, and Apple Electronics. After the Beatles dissolved, Apple Corps retained the building until 1976.
In 2027, the building will open as "The Beatles at 3 Savile Row" — the first official Beatles fan experience. It will feature seven floors of never-before-seen archive material, rotating exhibitions, a recreation of the original studio where Let It Be was recorded, and rooftop access to the exact spot where the concert took place. Until then, visitors can view the building's exterior from Savile Row — the famous tailoring street in the heart of Mayfair.
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