Line #20 Main/RooftopConcert


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2	[[caption-width-right:313:''"I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment and ourselves]] and I hope we passed the audition."'']]
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4	A band holds a free performance live from a rooftop in an urban area, often with a large crowd forming on the streets below and police seeking to shut the performance down.
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6	The TropeCodifier, of course, is Music/TheBeatles' final live performance together on the rooftop of their Apple Corps building in London, which came to an end when police asked them to turn the sound down. Often seen imitated for a ShoutOut or {{Homage}}.
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11	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6XUw11TvBo This old ad]] for Salvadorean roofing company Duralita starts with a violinist playing the first notes of [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof "If I Were a Rich Man"]] before he and his partner in another roof behind him start playing fast-paced violin music. As their pacing becomes faster, [[FloorboardFailure the partner falls through his roof]], implying it was from another brand. It became so known nationwide that on the brand's 50th anniversary, they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHoutQMoGLk launched a homage ad]] starring a female violinist playing the ad's iconic melody along with a male pianist, both on a Duralita rooftop.
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14	[[AC: {{Anime}}/{{Manga}}]]
15	* In ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto: Shippuden]]'', Killer B holds a rooftop concert while his brother, A, is having an audience with the Lightning Daimyo for approval to join the Allied Shinobi Forces. A is not amused and drop kicks Killer B off the roof.
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17	[[AC: {{Film}}]]
18	* The TropeCodifier makes up the last part of the ''Film/LetItBe'' film.
19	* [[{{Mockumentary}} The story]] of Music/TheRutles, ''The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash'', which serves as a parody of Music/TheBeatles, includes such a concert in which they are shown performing their song called "Get Up And Go," an imitation of The Beatles song "Get Back."
20	** The band (minus Eric Idle) also held a rooftop concert in the mid-1990's to celebrate the release of their "greatest hits" album ''Archaeology'', which coincided with the release of ''The Beatles Anthology''.
21	* The end of ''Film/EmpireRecords'' features Coyote Shivers playing a concert on the roof of the record store, giving Gina the chance to fulfill her dream of performing with a band.
22	* The musical film ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' framed around songs by Music/TheBeatles ends with one of these after all of the characters [[spoiler: (minus Lucy)]] reunite.
23	* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' ends with the camera moving from Kate and Patrick's kiss to the band Letters to Cleo playing on top of Padua High School.
24	* ''Film/Yesterday2019'': The main character performs "Help!" on the roof of a once closed hotel to promote his album that consists of Beatles songs in a world where the Beatles never formed.
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26	[[AC: LiveActionTV]]
27	* Andre on ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' sings a song on the roof of his school to get a deal with a record company.
28	* On ''Series/TheLateShow with Creator/DavidLetterman'' a few bands have performed on top of the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theatre (where ''The Late Show'' is taped), including Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Phish}} (in what was their final TV performance before their 2004 split). Also Music/{{Eminem}} and Music/JayZ performed on the roof proper.
29	* Whenever Creator/{{MTV}}'s annual ''Video Music Awards'' are held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, it's very common to see a band perform on top of the venue's marquee during the red carpet pre-show.
30	* Creator/BenStiller parodied the Music/{{U2}} music video for "Where The Streets Have No Name" in one of his many segments as Bono on ''The Ben Stiller Show''. Bono interprets an ordinary guy asking him to turn his sound down as someone trying to "shut him down" while nobody on the street below pays any attention to him singing from a building roof.
31	* [[FakeBand The Twitty/Stevens Connection]] in ''Series/EvenStevens'' plays on the roof of their school in the end of the episode, "Band On The Roof".
32	* ''Series/{{Telenovela\|2016}}''[='=]s Jencarlos Canela did a performance of Music/KatyPerry's "Unconditionally" on the rooftop of the Westin New Orleans Canal Place at the climax of ''The Passion Live'' (2016).
33	* ''Series/TheBeatlesGetBack'': Creator/PeterJackson's {{Rockumentary}} series, a three-part ReCut of the footage shot for Music/TheBeatles' film ''Film/LetItBe'', includes the rooftop concert in its entirety.
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36	* Music/{{U2}}'s video for "Where The Streets Have No Name" sees the band draw a large crowd on the streets of Los Angeles while performing live on a rooftop. Meanwhile, the LAPD aims to shut them down. They do, but once they leave, they plug the power generators back in and continue playing.
37	* Music/AlienAntFarm does something similar in their music video "These Days".
38	* Norwegian Electro-Metal group Music/TheKovenant does that in their video for "Star by Star".
39	* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers did one for the song "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie".
40	* Music/HilaryDuff's "Why Not?"
41	* Music/{{Icehouse}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUFOVu1CurM Electric Blue]]" was filmed on the rooftop of 23-33 Mary Street in the inner-city UsefulNotes/{{Sydney}} locality of Surry Hills.
42	* Parts of Music/LimpBizkit's video for "Rollin'" (shot in 2000) were filmed atop Manhattan's old Twin Towers.
43	* The second half of Creator/BifNaked's "I Love Myself Today" video.
44	* Music/GunsNRoses in the videos for "Don't Cry". The alternate lyrics version takes place entirely on the roof of the [=TransAmerica=] building in Los Angeles, while the original version only uses parts of the band playing with other footage.
45	* Music/{{Kiss}}' video for "Hide Your Heart".
46	* Music/{{Horslips}} recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7cfNEW3pCY the video]] for their song "King of the Fairies" on the roof of the Bank of Ireland, in Dublin.
47	* Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles" has some scenes of one, because the title required it. Even if the rock setup is very far from the synthesized musical backing.
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49	[[AC: VideoGames]]
50	* ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'': In the game's final episode, Worm Drama performs on the roof of the school [[spoiler:after the upcoming apocalypse causes the city's music festival to be cancelled]].
51	* Naturally, the final leg of the story mode in ''[[VideoGame/RockBand The Beatles: Rock Band]]'' is the group's rooftop concert.
52	* ''Rock Band 3'''s opening video has this, with multiple bands on multiple rooftops.
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55	* The New York City-based performance art group Creator/ImprovEverywhere once had a cover band pretend to be Music/{{U2}} and play some of the band's songs on top of a Manhattan rooftop... until the NYPD shut them down.
56	* Pitchfork Media occasionally holds a series of performances for their website that they've dubbed [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B6758EE59781E4D&feature=plcp "Don't Look Down"]], which features an artist or band performing on the roof of a Chicago building. Bands they've previously had perform include The Thermals, The Hold Steady and Yo La Tengo.
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58	[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
59	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' did it twice, once in "Oh, There You Are, Perry" during the song "Come Home, Perry" (with Phineas playing the same Epiphone Casino guitar Lennon played) and briefly during "Summer All Over the World" in "Save Summer" when Phineas and the gang are dressed as ''Series/DoctorWho'' characters in London.
60	* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': The Jazzberries hold one in “Calling All Jazzberries”, as a way to still do that night’s performance despite having [[ManMadeHouseFlood accidentally flooded the House Of Jam.]]
61	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', in Beatles tribute episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]". Homer's barbershop quartet, The Be Sharps, reunites on the roof of Moe's Tavern for a performance. Music/GeorgeHarrison, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1viD56zkM when passing by,]] comments "ItsBeenDone." Meanwhile, Chief Wiggum, the band's [[ThePeteBest Pete Best]], arranges for them to be tear gassed.
62	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' ends the episode "Witchy Grrls" with Sabrina's band giving one last performance from the roof of her house.
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64	[[AC: RealLife]]
65	* Several Beatles cover bands are reported as having played on rooftops on January 30, 2009--the fortieth anniversary of Music/TheBeatles' own rooftop concert. In UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}, local cover band Creme Tangerine has made it an annual tradition.
66	* Music/TheProtomen once held a rooftop concert, much to the dismay of the band's drummer Demon Barber, who was terrified of heights.
67	* Music/JeffersonAirplane held a brief [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLRX7bZH41g rooftop concert in New York]] about seven weeks before The Beatles did their more famous concert.

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