This story in today's paper is the best one I have read in a very long time. 50 years ago in DC a group of crazy kids plotted to meet the Beatles by pretending to be the opening act. They even convinced to police to give them a motorcycle escort to the concert.
Hope the link works in tapatalk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...cb8_story.html
And the real opening band's one hit wonder from the time was this one: