--- title: Fan Edits Wikipedia Page to Go Backstage at Peking Duk Concert description: And the band called it a "genius, mastermind move" canonical: https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-04T18:28:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:54.172Z og:title: Fan Gets Backstage by Listing Himself as Family on Band's Wikipedia Page og:description: And the band called it a "genius, mastermind move" og:url: https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b4d3c40f1a78c4/698873d6cd1bbacddd6fe5fd/gettyimages-499223266.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Stereosonic Sightings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fan Gets Backstage by Listing Himself as Family on Band's Wikipedia Page twitter:description: And the band called it a "genius, mastermind move" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b4d3c40f1a78c4/698873d6cd1bbacddd6fe5fd/gettyimages-499223266.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Fan Gets Backstage by Listing Himself as Family on Band's Wikipedia Page ## Video: Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song [Watch (HLS stream): Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2015-02-06. At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 6:28 PM UTC  Peking Duk plays at Stereosonic Sydney on November 28, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Peking Duk plays at Stereosonic Sydney on November 28, 2015 in Sydney, Australia.El Pics—GC Images/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 4, 2015 6:28 PM UTC At a recent concert in Melbourne, Australia, one fan managed to sneak backstage by convincing a security guard he was related to one half of the duo Peking Duk. How? By editing the band’s Wikipedia page on his phone. He simply showed his ID and the Wikipedia entry to the guard, who waved him through and told him to wait. “I stood out there for five minutes and I started to think this isn’t going to work,” the clever fan, David Spargo, [told](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/03/peking-duk-fan-infiltrates-backstage-by-fooling-security-guard-with-wikipedia-edit) _The Guardian._ But then band member Reuben Styles popped out and invited Spargo into the green room. Styles and his bandmate, Adam Hyde, were so impressed by the stunt that they weren’t creeped out or concerned by the security breach. “It was probably the most genius, mastermind move that I’ve ever witnessed,” Hyde said. “We ended up having a bunch of beers with him and he was an absolute legend. He wasn’t a creep or anything. He was like the most normal dude we’ve ever met. That’s what makes it more hilarious.” The band shared the story on social media Wednesday, using a well-placed meme from _Anchorman:_ > [](https://twitter.com/pekingduk/status/672204890400120832) According to Hyde, there’s a moral to this story: “never trust Wikipedia.” _Read next:_ [_What Wikipedia’s First Users Got Wrong_](http://time.com/3667915/wikipedia-anniversary/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/"},"headline":"Fan Gets Backstage by Listing Himself as Family on Band's Wikipedia Page","datePublished":"2015-12-04T18:28:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:54.172Z","description":"And the band called it a \"genius, mastermind move\"","url":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b4d3c40f1a78c4/698873d6cd1bbacddd6fe5fd/gettyimages-499223266.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b4d3c40f1a78c4/698873d6cd1bbacddd6fe5fd/gettyimages-499223266.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stereosonic Sightings","caption":"Stereosonic Sightings","creditText":"El Pics—GC Images/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/","name":"Fan Gets Backstage by Listing Himself as Family on Band's Wikipedia Page"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4136607/peking-duk-fan-wikipedia-backstage/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```