The Beatles will have for the first time a museum in London, which will be located in the building on Savile Row, in the heart of the city, where the Liverpool band recorded their last album -‘Let it Be’- and sang on the roof in what was also their last concert together.
The museum, announced on the group’s official website, will be called ‘The Beatles on Savile Row’, and will open in 2027 for fans of the legendary Livepool quartet to enjoy the experience.
“Tourists come to England and they can go to Abbey Road (the studios where the Beatles recorded), but they can’t go in, which causes traffic jams (in the area) and really annoys drivers, so I thought this was a fantastic idea,” Paul McCartney told the BBC.
Specifically, the museum will be at number 3 Savile Row, which served as the band’s base in the late 1960s, before the quartet broke up for good in the early 1970s when John Lennon signed the legal dissolution of the group.
Starting today, those who want to visit the building can register on the Beatles website in order to obtain tickets.
The building, located on the street where the famous British tailors are located, will include a recreation of the studio where ‘Let It Be’ was recorded, and the opportunity to relive the iconic Beatles concert on the rooftop, exactly where it took place.
Although details remain to be worked out, McCartney explained that people will be able to see memorabilia from the band as they walk up the building until they reach the rooftop, “where you can feel like a Beatle.”
There will also be a store for people to buy some souvenirs of the Liverpool band.
The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place in January 1969 and was the last time the “four” were seen together.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who filmed the legendary show, recalled that some members of the group wanted to cancel at the last minute, but George Harrison objected.
So, the four musicians went up to the rooftop and, on a very cold January day, unleashed chaos as fans on the street noticed what was going on.
They played for 42 minutes, with a repertoire that included ‘Don’t Let Me Down’, ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’ and two versions of ‘Get Back’, before complaints from neighbors forced the police to interrupt the concert.
Liverpool has two museums dedicated to the band, one of them is called ‘The Beatles Story’, which has a replica of The Cavern club (where the group was born), and the so-called ‘Liverpool Beatles Museum’, which has objects dedicated to Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Last week, McCartney and Starr released a duet single titled ‘Home To Us’, which also features backing vocalists Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and Sharleen Spiteri (Texas).
In addition, McCartney will release a new studio album titled ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ later this month, reported Agencia EFE, focused entirely on his childhood memories of Liverpool.
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