DJ Paul Oakenfold all set for concert at Everest base camp – the ‘highest party on Earth’
World’s highest peak will provide a very different kind of high to British DJ’s usual shows. Concert there is the first in a series that will see him take electronic dance music to remote and challenging places
The three-time Grammy nominated artist, 53, is marking the 30th anniversary of his famed trip to Ibiza that sparked the Second Summer of Love, one of the biggest revolutions in British youth culture since the original Summer of Love in 1967.
Oakenfold, whose career has included collaborations with Madonna and U2, was scheduled to perform a set at the base camp around 1.15pm Hong Kong time on Tuesday.
“We are here now doing soundchecks,” Oakenfold told Agence France-Press on Monday. “We are really looking forward to the show tomorrow. Everyone is really excited here.”
The DJ said he had no trekking experience before he set out on the 10-day walk to Everest base camp with a team of yaks and porters hauling the audio equipment needed for the event. He trained for four months before arriving in Nepal, in between a hectic schedule of late-night gigs.