When Four Teenage Girls Surprised the Beatles in a Helicopter
Dedicated fans will go to great lengths to meet their favorite rock stars, staking out hotels, restaurants and backstage doorways to catch a glimpse. A group of teenage girls took things even further on Aug. 25, 1965, when they rented a helicopter to get close to the Beatles.
The band was in Los Angeles to perform a pair of shows at the Hollywood Bowl. Recordings from those concerts, held Aug. 29 and 30, would later be released on the album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl. The days before showtime provided a rare moment to relax for the group. They'd rented a mansion owned by actress Zsa Zsa Gabor on Benedict Canyon in Beverly Hills.
The location was secluded and offered much more privacy than any typical hotel could – though they'd already run into trouble with a similar plan before.
Source: ultimateclassicrock.com
