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Cancer Group Holds Charity Concert on Mount Everest

The (LHSF) has successfully completed an exhausting 14-day trek and acoustic rock concert at the base camp of to raise funds for the .

Musicians from , , The Fixx, Squeeze and other groups performed at the event held at an elevation of 18,500 feet.

Acclaimed producer Alex Coletti headed a team to record the group’s preparations and the October 21st performance. and musician Shannon Foley, executive director of LHSF in the United States, has contacted the to obtain formal recognition as the highest concert held on Earth.

In addition to for better equipment at the near , LHSF organizers hope the unusual event will increase awareness about the disease and the challenges patients in developing countries face when they require .

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