Fact #42168
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Short story:
Violent Femmes are set on the path to success by James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist of The Pretenders, when he hears the band busking on a street corner in front of The Oriental Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. When The Pretenders play at the theatre later that night, Chrissie Hynde has invited Violent Femmes to play a brief acoustic set after the opening act.