KATHMANDU: 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, organisers said on Wednesday.

The concert, on Oct 21, will be held at 5,550-meters 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.

Chippendale said they have checked with Guinness World Records and other record books and confirmed it will be the highest concert ever performed.

Seven cancer survivors will be among the 38 people who have registered to trek to the concert venue at Kalapathar, said Chippendale.

“The concert signifies our climb back from cancer,” he said. Money raised from the project will be used to buy equipment for the Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital near Katmandu.—AP