{"id":379902,"date":"2021-12-12T00:35:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cop-who-silenced-beatles-last-gig-speaks-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2021-12-12T00:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:35:22","slug":"cop-who-silenced-beatles-last-gig-speaks-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cop-who-silenced-beatles-last-gig-speaks-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cop who silenced Beatles last gig speaks for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Cop who silenced Beatles last gig speaks for first time<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He didn\u2019t \u201cGet Back\u201d \u2014 and wound up ending the Fab Four\u2019s last live gig. <\/p>\n<p>The teenage police officer who shut down the Beatles\u2019 famed rooftop concert is finally opening up about the incident more than a half-century later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just work, and it\u2019s blown up into all this,\u201d former London Metropolitan Police constable Ray Dagg, now 72, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/i-was-the-19-year-old-pc-who-silenced-the-beatles-mmxl9f2s7\">told the Sunday Times of London<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous, I just don\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dagg was a cool-and-collected 19-year-old on Jan. 30, 1969 when he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FimaNWvbGE\">was summoned<\/a> to address complaints about noise coming from the roof of the Beatles\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le Records headquarters at 3 Savile Row in London.<\/p>\n<p>That was the day John, Paul, George and Ringo decided to perform a 42-minute set that included hits like \u201cGet Back,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Down\u201d and \u201cI Got a Feeling,\u201d joined by celebrated American keyboardist Billy Preston.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dagg\" class=\"wp-image-20457759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dagg said shutting down the Beatles\u2019 final live performance was \u201cjust work.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After fielding dozens of complaints, Dagg and other bobbies were forced to end what would turn out to be the last live performance by the world\u2019s most famous band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had 30 complaints at West End Central in minutes,\u201d Dagg said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1FimaNWvbGE\">a video clip<\/a> from his encounter with Beatles road manager Mal Evans. \u201cTurn the PA off and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rooftop performance, and Dagg\u2019s involvement, has resurfaced with the release of \u201cGet Back,\u201d Peter Jackson\u2019s eight-hour documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> now streaming on Disney+.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-roof.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dagg\" class=\"wp-image-20457772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-roof.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-roof.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-roof.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dagg responded to a noise complaint at the Beatles\u2019 Apple Records headquarters in London.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A native of London\u2019s Chelsea neighborhood, Dagg has been inundated with Facebook friend requests and calls for interviews. An American Reddit member even painted him in watercolor, The Times reports.<\/p>\n<p>His threat to arrest the band and their manager was a \u201cbluff,\u201d he told the outlet, adding he doesn\u2019t regret his role in rock history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, at that time, I didn\u2019t know that they would never play together again,\u201d Dagg said. \u201cAt least there\u2019s something on a film somewhere that will forever show that PC Ray Dagg shut down the Beatles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dagg\" class=\"wp-image-20457787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ryan-dagg-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dagg admitted that he never owned a Beatles album.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf that\u2019s my lasting image of life, if that\u2019s what people remember me for, that\u2019s not bad. Thousands, millions of people don\u2019t get remembered at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dagg, who left the Metropolitan Police six years after the incident, said he\u2019s never actually owned a Beatles album, preferring instead the American duo Simon &amp; Garfunkel.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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