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Former Apple building on 3 Saville Row, London, England.


BEATLES BUILDING UP FOR SALE



telegraph.co.uk
By Chris Irvine


Last Updated: 9:18PM GMT 01 Feb 2009


The Apple building where The Beatles performed for the last time has been put up for sale, with its owners expecting to sell it for £25 million.



The five-story building at 3 Savile Row, London, is the former headquarters of the Beatles' Apple Corps in the late 1960s after the band bought it for £500,000.

And on January 30, 1969, the Fab Four of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr played on the rooftop for the last time.





They had been recording Let It Be, their final album, in the basement studio, before staging their first live performance for nearly three years.

Owners Kier Property plan to sell it for office space but they believe the Beatles conenction will send the value up.

Built in 1735, the building was once bought by Lord Nelson for his mistress Lady Hamilton.

Leigh Thomas, Kier's associate director, said: "It's being marketed internationally. If someone wants a bit of heritage with a bit of history of the band, then this is the place.

"I still get goose bumps in here. It's the world' biggest piece of memorabilia.

Tribute group The Bootleg Beatles had planned to play a 40th anniversary show on top of the building but it had been canceled by police and council officials due to safety fears.

The band's Andre Barreau, who plays George Harrison, said he and David Catlin-Birch, who plays Paul McCartney, did manage to play a couple of songs without the police knowing.




The Bootleg Beatles Andre Barreau (George) and David Catlin-Birch (Paul)
sing "One After 909." 40th Anniversary tribute to The Beatles Rooftop Concert
on the actual Apple building on January 30, 2009. (1:23 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk8PGGxbK7M




The Bootleg Beatles perform "Get Back" on the roof of the Apple building.
The Bootleg Beatles made tribute to The Beatles on the 30th Anniversary
of their last concert on the Apple building roof on January 30, 1999. (3:13 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8NUjeyPKA


He told NME.com: "We snuck up there to play a few songs to mark the occasion. We did One After 909 and Get Back, which were a couple of the songs out of the five that The Beatles did.

"It is a shame. Loads of bands - from U2 to Oasis, apparently - have asked to play up there and we're the only ones who've ever been allowed [the band performed for the gig's thirtieth anniversary]. But it wasn't to be this time, sadly. Maybe, if we're still going in ten years time."


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3 Savile Row, where The Beatles played their rooftop concert


COUNCIL SAFETY FEARS PUT THE BOOT TO ROOFTOP BEATLES ANNIVERSARY GIG


The London Daily News


27 January, 2009 16:45 (GMT +00:00)




A plan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles legendary rooftop gig on Savile Row has been K.O'd after saftey concerns by Westminster Council.



The Bootleg Beatles playing The Helix in Dublin on March 24, 2007.


Famous tribute act, the Bootleg Beatles said they had to scrap the charity gig after the local council made too many demands. The council said after their safety assessment the sponsors pulled out.

Leith Penny, strategic director of city management at Westminster Council said:

"We would have gladly helped to make this event happen had it not been for the serious concerns raised by the emergency services and our own experts about the state of the building, which sadly resulted in the sponsors pulling out."


Famous gig

The famous four's mini-show on the Apple Corps Savile Row roof in January 1969 was their last live performance as a band, and was famously cut short by the Metropolitan Police.

The chaotic scenes of cops clambering over rooftops and people dancing in the street were chronicled in the film 'Let It Be' which accompanied their final album.


Had owners permission

The most famous Beatles cover band hoped they could repeat the gig but without the risk of arrest by winning the approval of both the building's owners and the local council.

OK! magazine and the Express newspapers were due to sponsor the event which would be held in aid of PeaceOneDay. However, according to the band, Westminster Council started making a number of demands regarding the event which ultimately rendered the whole venture unviable.

Bootleg Beatle Neil Harrison (he does Lennon) told CMU Music Network:

"It would have been fun to commemorate the day and promote Peace One Day and what harm could it really do anyhow? A handful of Londoners get some free lunchtime music to brighten their day in the true spirit of the sixties! And what do we get instead - spontaneity strangled again by red tape. Oh Boris, and we thought it was all gonna change!"

According to the council:

"The London Fire Brigade had concerns over the state of the building, which has been disused for some considerable time. There are no internal doors, meaning any fire would spread dangerously fast. There is also only one safe exit from the roof, and the council and fire brigade were not even sure if the roof could hold the weight of a band and any audience."

The Bootleg Beatles tour England in March.

Additional reporting by CMU


www.thelondondailynews.com/council-saftey-fears-boot-rooftop-beatles-anniversary-p-2255.html