The Beatles will open a museum on the site of their last gig

The Beatles will open a museum on the site of their last gigJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark SavageMusic correspondentGetty ImagesDescribed as "the first ever official destination for Beatles fans in the heart of London", the venue will host hundreds of rare artefactsThe Beatles are turning the building where they played their last ever gig into an exhibition space, where fans can experience seven floors of memorabilia and never-before-seen archive material.A Grade II listed mansion, 3 Savile Row served as the band's headquarters between 1968 and 1972 - and they recorded their final album, Let It Be, in the basement.Sir Paul McCartney told the BBC that he wanted fans to have an official Beatles destination in London."Tourists come to England and they can go to Abbey Road, but they can't go inside [and] it snares up the traffic and the drivers get really annoyed," he said. "So I thought this was a terrific idea."Apple CorpsThe band played on the roof of 3 Savile Row for 42 minutes on a chilly January lunchtime Officially titled "The Beatles at 3 Savile Row", the experience is due to launch in 2027. Fans can register for tickets on the band's website from today.The building will include a recreation of the basement studio where Let It Be was recorded, and the opportunity to relive the Beatles' iconic rooftop concert on exactly the spot where it happened.Other details are yet to be revealed, but Sir Paul gave an idea of how the venue will operate."Well, you go in on the ground floor, and there's memorabilia and stuff like that. "Then you work your way up through the building, and [see] various things that happened here and there, until you get to the top, where you go out on the roof and pretend to be a Beatle."Naturally, the building will also contain a shop for licensed Beatles products."You know, a retail thing... but you want that," Sir Paul said. "You even...