Summerset Festival - Prince Edward Island, Canada

So it was a little hard to believe that GC actually knew PEI existed let alone would actually show up here and play but they did. The show was last night, an outdoor festival event with them being the 4th of 5th acts to play (Alanis Morrisette was the final act). PEI is almost like another world at times, our radio stations suck and if you're not a canadian band you probably have no clue about it. We get a lot of Canadian acts, but most bands that are big elsewhere rarely make it past Toronto/Montreal...needless to say it was a huge deal. I honestly couldn't believe how many other GC fans I saw last night, it was pretty amazing .

The show was short but pretty much perfect even though Benji was not there. Ya apparently he got stuck in Hartford or something cause he missed his flight or something and being the small place we are, we only have one flight a day from the states or something I'm not a 100 percent sure on the details. They had some guy named Neil I believe playing Benji's guitars and he did extremely well. I'm so f****** greatful that they didn't just cancel and so thankful to this Neil kid for stepping in and allowing us islanders to still have a show. The set list is slipping my mind at the moment, it's all kind of a blur but Joel was pretty funny making jokes about Anne of Green Gables(what PEI is known for) and talking about if they should boot Benji from the band or not for not being there. Paul was taking pictures of the crowd and the boys on stage, Billy made quite a goofy pose for him. Joel made a lot of silly faces and poses for pictures on stage between songs. I think Mark took some pictures as well. My favorite part of it was Joel realizing we all get sick of being known for Anne and talking about how we could make it cool by naming a new kind of alcohol Anne of Green Gables or making it the code name for crack..wtf OH and when he talked about how Canada makes such amazing music <3 damn right we do. Sorry this is so all over the place, I'm exhausted. MY camera was acting like s*** since it is a piece of s*** but I'll have to see when i upload the pictures if any turned out, I took a few videos too.

But really all I wanted to say is thanks so much to GC for making a lot of us Islanders so happy by finally appearing here, even though I know they most likely won't see/read this. I think we have so much of a greater appreciation of it because we rarely get the chance to see them without traveling to Toronto which is a long way away and they don't exactly frequent Toronto often either. All you US kids and even a lot of you in Europe are so lucky, I hope you never take it for granted!