You’ve seen the film footage: four Beatles on a London rooftop, playing their final live performance above the streets below. Soon, you’ll be able to stand in that very same place.
Apple Corps announced today that the building at 3 Savile Row in Mayfair, London — home to the Beatles’ late-1960s headquarters and the site of their famous rooftop concert — will open to the public in 2027.
The location housed the studio where the band recorded much of what became the Let It Be project and served as the setting for their final performance, when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr staged an impromptu rooftop concert on January 30, 1969.
The new attraction, The Beatles at 3 Savile Row, will span seven floors and feature previously unseen material from Apple’s archives, rotating exhibitions, a retail store and a re-creation of the basement studio where Let It Be was recorded.
For many visitors, however, the biggest draw will simply be the chance to walk through the same rooms where the Beatles worked, rehearsed and recorded the music captured in their films and albums — and to step onto the rooftop where their time as a live band came to an end.
The Beatles launched Apple Corps in 1968 as an ambitious multimedia venture overseeing film, music, electronics, clothing and home furnishings. Its most successful arm proved to be Apple Records, which released the Beatles’ own recordings as well as solo projects by the band members and albums by artists signed to the label, including Mary Hopkin, Billy Preston and Badfinger.
McCartney and Starr recently returned to Savile Row for a look inside the building.
“It was such a trip to get back to 3 Savile Row recently and have a look around,” McCartney said. “There are so many special memories within the walls, not to mention the rooftop. The team have put together some really impressive plans, and I’m excited for people to see it when it’s ready.”
Said Starr, “Wow, it’s like coming home.”
The Savile Row project arrives as the Beatles prepare for another major cultural moment. In April 2028, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Neal Street Productions will release a four-film cinematic event directed by Sam Mendes — the first scripted project for which Apple Corps and the Beatles have granted full life-story and music rights. The films will star Harris Dickinson as Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Starr, Paul Mescal as McCartney and Joseph Quinn as Harrison.
In the meantime, fans have plenty to keep them occupied. McCartney and Starr both have new albums coming out — as well as their first duet — and McCartney’s first Höfner bass guitar is the subject of the recently released documentary McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass.
