I think you have something wrong with Margin or item positioning. I've tested code below and it works:
<phone:Pivot Title="Title" Background="White" Foreground="Black">
<!--Pivot item one-->
<phone:PivotItem Header="Header" Foreground="Black">
<Grid>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" VerticalAlignment="Center">
<ProgressBar Name="progressBar" Value="0" IsIndeterminate="True" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0"/>
<TextBlock Name="txtLastUpdated" FontWeight="Black" FontStyle="Italic" Foreground="Black"
HorizontalAlignment="Center" Text="Something"/>
</StackPanel>
<phone:LongListSelector Name="llsLocations" ItemsSource="{Binding}" SelectionChanged="LongListSelector_OnSelectionChanged" Margin="0,62,0,0"/>
</Grid>
</phone:PivotItem>
</phone:Pivot>