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Harvey Milk (band) was in attendance. Harvey Milk formed in 1992, naming themselves after Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected in a major U.S. city. Originally a trio of Creston Spiers, Stephen Tanner, and Paul Trudeau, the band released one album, "My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be", before Trudeau left in 1996. They disbanded in 1998 but reformed in 2006. On June 3, 2008, Harvey Milk released "Life... The Best Game in Town". The band toured the eastern and southern US as well as Germany, England, Belgium, France and Scotland during the Summer of