Did you know, that only 2 bands in history have played on the rooftop of 3 Savile Row? One, of course, was The Beatles, back in 1969. And the Other? Well, it was The Bootleg Beatles! Keep scrolling to read how this jammy lot managed to get on the roof of the former Apple building.

3 Savile Row – once owned by Lord Nelson, former home to the Duke of Wellington and of course, from 1968 to ’76, the site of the Beatles’ business empire – Apple Corps.

But back in 1999 it was owned by the more prosaic Building Society Association. And they wanted to hold a charity fund-raiser so… ‘Who you gonna call?’ – the Bootleg Beatles! Then ideas began to take root. ‘What if we do the gig for a song and in return you let us play on your roof, mister?’. A deal was struck.

And so, exactly 30 years later – to the minute – the Bootleg Beatles recreated that famous, final rooftop gig; this time though, with an official thumbs up from the Boys in Blue! Five stories high above the West End and the rooftop of No.3 was eerily unchanged from that grey day back on 30 January ’69. Add the safety scaffolding and wooden planks and the effect was spine-tingling. When the Bootlegs burst into the winter air, perfectly attired, the scene was set. Crowds had gathered in the streets below, and right on cue the galloping rhythms of Get Back reverberated around Mayfair for a second time.   

U2, Oasis and a host of other bands have asked: all have been denied. Only two groups have ever hit those dizzy heights – the Beatles… and the Bootleg Beatles.