<i>"Wonder what he got for winning that dare"</i> .. ahaha, that was my 1st thought too - hope it was good. :D 

Concerts can be a great excuse to take a mini-vacation somewhere with friends. Have done that a few times and it's always been a lot of fun. GPN already has some fans that do that (besides Van - who needs to publish a travelogue), especially for the BVT festivals. When they played State in Portland in 2010, I met a guy who had flown up from Florida for the show, and there will undoubtedly be more who will do things like that as GPN continues to grow their fan base. At Wilco's first Solid Sound I found myself in a group of people from CA, OH, FL, and the UK .. and they all knew each other from meeting up at shows for years - I thought that was pretty awesome.