[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 114 (Tuesday, September 13, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1830-E1831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  A TRIBUTE TO LARRY MAGID AND HIS STAFF AT ELECTRIC FACTORY CONCERTS

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2005

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Larry 
Magid and his staff at Electric Factory Concerts. On July 2, 2005 Larry 
Magid and his staff at Electric Factory Concerts produced the U.S. 
portion of LIVE 8, a concert to help eliminate poverty in Africa. Over 
a million people gathered on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 
to watch

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the largest global concert ever; seen by over 3 billion people in over 
130 countries. Electric Factory Concerts also produced the original 
LIVE AID concert in 1985, held at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium.
  Of the 9 shows happening in 9 countries on July 2nd, 2005 (U.K., 
Japan, Russia, South Africa, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, U.S.)--the 
U.S. show in Philadelphia held the largest crowd.
  Larry Magid and his staff at Electric Factory Concerts were 
instrumental in every aspect of this show's phenomenal success. Magid 
pulled together an extraordinary effort to make sure LIVE 8 played 
Philadelphia, especially as other Northeast cities vied to have the 
show.
  Once the date and location were set, EFC had only six and a half 
weeks to plan and coordinate the largest show in Philadelphia's 
history. Magid and his staff, especially Adam Spivak, John Stevenson 
and Jim Sutcliffe, were vital to making this truly historic show a 
rousing success for both Philadelphia and the world. For this, Mr. 
Speaker, I would like to express my deepest gratitude and commend these 
men for all of their hard work in the creation of such an amazing 
production.

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