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Musicians take on mountainous task

World in Brief / AND FINALLY . . .

October 22, 2007|From Times Wire Reports

A cancer awareness group claimed to have staged the world's highest musical concert -- on Mt. Everest.

The U.S.-based Love Hope Strength Foundation says on its website that the "Everest Rocks" concert was held at 18,540 feet.


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Six musicians from the U.S. and Britain performed at the concert: Mike Peters of the Alarm, Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats, Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram of the Fixx, Glen Tilbrook of the Squeeze and Nick Harper. The money raised will go to a Nepalese cancer hospital.

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