P. E. I. Loses Out on FM Concert

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[Ha, all I can think about is Anne of Green Gables, sigh]

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/article/594430
Times & Transcript

Summerside scuttles big summer concert
Published Friday March 6th, 2009

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - The city of Summerside, P.E.I., says it has lost out on a major summer concert because the provincial government has decided to fund another event instead.


Chief administrative officer Terry Murphy says the city had a deal to bring Fleetwood Mac, John Fogerty and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Summerside in July.

But the province's decision to fund a country concert in Cavendish has scuttled that plan.

Murphy says they had developed a good relationship with the promoters and had set July 25 as the date for the Summerside concert.

He says they're "deeply disappointed" that their package wasn't accepted by the province.

The government opted to put its $200,000 contribution behind a country concert featuring Tim McGraw and Reba McEntire in Cavendish this summer.