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30 January 2022

The Beatles Last Stand

 On January 30th, 1969, The Beatles performed live on the rooftop of the Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Seville Row in Central London. 

Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and
George Harrison perform as Yoko Ono watches

Billy Preston joined them on electric piano. 

Billy Preston trying to stay warm in the corner

For some reason people complained and the police shut them down after 42 minutes. 

The Beatles Last Live Performance

Although Abbey Road had yet to be released this would be the last live performance of The Beatles. 

In 1987, U2 performed a similar stunt in Los Angeles to film a video for the song Where the Streets Have No Name. 


11 October 2021

Saturday Night (Live)

 On October 11th, 1975 Saturday Night premiered on NBC.  

It wouldn’t be called Saturday Night Live until the following season.

The not ready for prime time players

George Carlin was the guest host and both Janis Ian and Billy Preston were musical guests. 

Andy Kaufman on Saturday Night 10/11/75


Also on this date:

The Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” first aired in 1963