The Beatles' Last Concert Venue Is Finally Opening To Fans
Apple Corps has announced that 3 Savile Row, the London building where the Beatles recorded their final album and played their last public concert ever on a makeshift rooftop stage on January 30, 1969, will open as the first official Beatles fan experience in 2027, giving visitors access to all seven floors of the building for the first time and allowing them to stand on the exact rooftop where John, Paul, George, and Ringo performed together for the last time. The announcement confirmed that Apple Corps has re-acquired the property, which served as the band's headquarters and housed the basement recording studio where Let It Be was made, and that the experience will feature never-before-seen material from Apple Corps' extensive archives, rotating exhibitions, a fan store, and a recreation of the original studio. The rooftop itself, where the original railings from that January afternoon in 1969 are still in place, will be open to visitors as part of the ticketed experience.
Paul McCartney visited the building recently and said it was quite a trip to be back, describing the walls and the rooftop as holding so many special memories, and added that he is excited for people to see it when it is ready. Ringo Starr, whose response to the announcement was brief and perfect, said simply: it is like coming home. The rooftop concert, originally captured in the 1970 film Let It Be and later revisited in Peter Jackson's 2021 documentary Get Back, has become one of the most iconic moments in the history of popular music, a 42-minute improvised set on a January lunchtime that stopped traffic in Mayfair and ended with a police request to turn the volume down. Apple Corps CEO Tom Greene said fans photograph the outside of the building every single day, and that next year they will finally be able to go inside and explore every floor, including the one that made history.
