Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Nepal: Rock stars prepare world's highest concert for charity on Mount Everest (5:47 p.m.)
KATMANDU-- American and British rock and folk singers will stage a concert on Mount Everest for a cancer charity and a bid to earn a world record for the highest concert ever, organizers said Wednesday.
The concert, on October 21, will be held at 5,550-meters (18,200-feet) near the Mount Everest base camp used by mountaineers who scale the world's highest peak, said James Chippendale of the Colorado-based Love Hope Strength Foundation which campaigns for better cancer treatment.
The concert will feature Mike Peters of the British band The Alarm, Slim Jim Phantom of the American rock group Stray Cats,
Britons Cy Curnin and Jamie West-Oram of the The Fixx, Glen Tillbrook of the Squeeze and British folk singer Nick Harper.
Money raised from the project will be used to buy equipment for the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital near Katmandu. (AP) |
