Possible McCartney show worries Tourism Charlottetown
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 | 3:54 PM AT
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Talk of a Paul McCartney concert in Halifax some time around the Canada Day weekend has the organizers of the Festival of Lights concerned.
'We'll definitely contact Halifax and ask if there's any way possible to not do it on that weekend.'— Kim Doyle, Tourism Charlottetown
McCartney's advance team was in Halifax this week looking at the possibility of a concert on the Commons. Tourism Charlottetown holds the Festival of Lights every Canada Day weekend, and concerts are a big feature of the event.
We hope it actually won't end up on that same weekend, and we don't think it's a done deal yet," Kim Doyle, director of festivals and events for Tourism Charlottetown, told CBC News Wednesday.
"We'll definitely contact Halifax and ask if there's any way possible to not do it on that weekend."
Doyle said a McCartney concert on Canada Day wouldn't necessarily be a problem, because the Festival of Lights tends to focus on rock bands, attracting a different group of fans than Paul McCartney. The headliner for the 2007 Festival of Lights was Nickelback.
The lineup for this year's Festival of Lights in Charlottetown will be announced in the next couple of weeks.
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