[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 146 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S12443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LIVE 8 CHARITY CONCERT IN PHILADELPHIA

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I would like to acknowledge the 
tremendous work accomplished by Larry Magid and his staff at Electric 
Factory Concerts, who produced the original LIVE AID concert in 
Philadelphia's JFK Stadium in 1985, which raised awareness of poverty 
around the world.
  On July 2, 2005, Larry Magid and his staff, including Adam Spivak, 
John Stevenson and Jim Sutcliffe, were instrumental in producing the 
U.S. portion of LIVE 8 which was held in Philadelphia on the Benjamin 
Franklin Parkway.
  This concert, which was attended by over 1 million people, was part 
of eight other concerts on the same night in nine different countries 
including the U.K., Japan, Russia, South Africa, Canada, Germany, 
France, and Italy.
  I again would like to commend Electric Factory Concerts for their 
success in helping to raise awareness of the global poverty epidemic, 
and they are to be commended for their efforts in this worthwhile 
undertaking.

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