Fans of TheBeatles gathered at a crosswalk in London’s to recreate AbbeyRoad's iconic photo of the band.
And hundreds of fans of the Fab Four gathered Thursday at a crosswalk in London’s St. John’s Wood neighborhood, which is immortalized on theAt 11:35 a.m. on Aug. 8, 1969, Iain Macmillan photographed John, Paul, George and Ringo striding single-file across the black-and-white “zebra” crossing outside Abbey Road Studios while a police officer stopped traffic.
Used as the cover of the band’s penultimate studio album, it became one of the most famous images in music history. On Thursday, spectators snapped photos on cellphones and lookalikes from a Beatles cover band crossed the street in tribute to the original image.“Every hour of every day there are fans on the crossing,” said Beatles tour guide Richard Porter, who organized Thursday’s commemoration. “I’ve seen lots of different sights on the crossing, too, from couples having their wedding photos taken to people going across naked.
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