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A fact from The Beatles' rooftop concert appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 January 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that at the end of The Beatles' rooftop concert, John Lennon jokingly said, "I hope we've passed the audition"?

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why was the picture changed?

I am not opposed to the image of the Savile Row building, but wasn't the image of The Beatles on the rooftop more descriptive of the page? Pcnc2013 (talk) 18:22, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's more descriptive, but it's also a copyright violation of a still from the Let It Be film, and the fact that Abbey Road still costs £10.99 on iTunes means that Apple Records are very much still in the business of protecting the Beatles' copyright. You can use non-free images in limited context, but since the free image of Savile Row is available, it's unlikely to be successful. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ok - that makes sense. It's a shame that Apple doesn't allow use of images on Wikipedia - these articles are only helping increase awareness about The Beatles. Pcnc2013 (talk) 02:49, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

DYK?

This article would be a great subject for a Did you know? (DYK) entry on the main page. However, at the moment it can't pass because all book citations require a page number, and they need to be in place by 16 December as nominations can only be on articles less than five days old. Pcnc2013, if you've got the Anthology book and Lewisohn / McCartney, can you dig out the specific page numbers and add them? You just use the page=x or p=x part of {{cite book}}. Or, I can ping GabeMc (talk · contribs), a known Beatles expert, who I think has copies. Unfortunately, of the Beatles books I have, only McDonald mentions it in any substance, Barry Miles' Many Years From Now says little more than the fact it took place. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:59, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see what I can do! GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 16:29, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All the cites now include page numbers, but the article still isn't exactly in great shape. I'm not sure how much time I'll have in the next couple of days to help flesh some details out, but I'll do my best to pitch-in where I can. Cheers! GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 18:19, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick fixes. I've put in a DYK nomination now. The influence the gig had can definitely be expanded, Perone's book claims it was an inspiration for the Woodstock film and I'd be surprised if a source hasn't connected this with Pink Floyd at Pompeii at some point. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:40, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it would be nice to expand the details a bit. When is the earliest that it be a DYK? This coming 30 January 2014 will mark the 45th anniversary. GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 19:14, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If somebody passed it right now, I would expect it to be on the main page in 3 / 4 days, but I like the idea of holding it for 30 January, so I'll add that as a footnote. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:28, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Simpsons homage

Any secondary sources about the homage to this concert in The Simpsons? "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", which actually links back here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:14, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Songs performed

These sources list more songs performed, 1, 2. I assume that the jams were false starts or just a few notes. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 01:33, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Set list

Also, wasn't there a brief warmup of "Get Back" before the first complete take? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 23:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also, FWIW, before one of the takes of "Don't Let Me Down" (the second one, I think), George starts to play "Get Back". Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 00:09, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Potential album redirect

The album of The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert, which is the audio version released on streaming services, should be added as a redirect to this article's set list section. Carlinal (talk) 23:03, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can't remove inappropriate italics

Concert names are not italicized, but I don't see {{italic title}} or similar to remove from the lead. Can anyone help? All the best, Miniapolis 17:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see it either - it must be in the "infobox concert". Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 23:26, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the second opinion, but I don't see anything in the {{infobox concert}} documentation (or its code) either. All the best, Miniapolis 13:43, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by MIDI, who added italic_title = no to {{infobox album}} further down the page. Miniapolis 17:01, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]