Thursday 30th January 1969
BEATLES ROCK APPLE ROOF
At lunchtime today, the Beatles surprised passing office workers and mid-day shoppers with an impromtu concert on the roof of their Apple headquarters at 3 Savile Row. Joined by organist Billy Preston, the Beatles performed: "get back", "don't let me down", "one after 909", "i've got a feeling", and "all i want is you", a few of the songs they had filmed while rehearsing at Twickenham Studios during the first two weeks of January and, the previous two weeks, at their Apple studio. After playing for about 40 minutes, the police arrived in response to complaints about noise and were admitted to the building. The concert ended without interruption. 'On behalf of the group', a Beatle said, 'we hoped we passed the audition'.