Zappa was a great artist but had a narrow following . Susey Creamcheese was darling . It doesn’t hurt when I pee, but the Beatles were the icons of the 60’s ( although I liked the Stones attitude better )
I would easily put Zappa in the list of the 20 best guitar players. Maybe not in the top ten, but for sure in the top 20.
Don’t care about icons. The question is: why would a person who doesn’t like the Beatles go see the Cirque Beatles show? Think about it. If you don’t like punk rock are you going to watch Repoman? No. If you don’t like Rogers and Hammerstein or Julie Andrews are you going to watch Sound of Music? No. Any that doesn’t like the Beatles has no conceivable reason to go see Love, because they already know they’re gonna hate every sound they hear during the show.