WASHINGTON 鈥� An English teenager who was stuck in the back at a concert in Manchester found an ingenious, and thoroughly modern, way to improve his view.
Adam Boyd was grumping his way through the opening acts at the Albert Hall, in Manchester, Thursday night and realized that things probably wouldn鈥檛 improve for him when the headliners, The Sherlocks, took the stage.
He told the British newspaper that he got an idea.
He whipped out his phone and edited The Sherlocks鈥� Wikipedia page to say that he was the cousin of lead singer Kiaran Crook, and was an influence on the band鈥檚 first single, 鈥淟ive for the Moment.鈥� Then he headed for the VIP section.
鈥淚 don’t know how the idea climbed to the top of all the other drunken ones I was probably having then,鈥� Boyd told the Daily Mail. Drunk or not, he was clever enough not to show his hand too early, only 鈥渞emembering鈥� to show the Wikipedia page after the bouncer wouldn鈥檛 buy his story.
It worked. Boyd was let into the roped-off VIP section above and behind the stage, posting a picture on Facebook to prove it.
As pointed out, the shows that the page was indeed edited at about 8:30 p.m. British time to include Boyd as Crook鈥檚 cousin.
The Mail reports that Boyd eventually went back downstairs, finding the VIP section too 鈥渉ectic鈥� with photographers and others running around. He did find a roped-off section, where he was still 鈥渃lose enough to see the time on their watches.鈥�
The band was amused:
fair play mate, good effort
鈥� The Sherlocks (@TheSherlocks)
