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ROCK LEGEND BEHIND ARMENIA'S EUROVISION BID
ESC Today, EU
March 6 2013
Tony Iommi, guitarist of the legendary rock band Black Sabbath is
the composer of Lonely planet, the song the Armenian public and jury
chose for Gor Sujyan and the Dorians to represent them in the 2013
Eurovision Song Contest.
Tony Iommi writes on his official website:
Well here's something different, one of my demo ideas has been chosen
as the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest! It went on
a short list and Saturday night was voted as the winner. I did the
music and the performing band Dorians wrote the lyrics, it's called
'Lonely Planet'. They're a good band, the singer has a really good
voice and the lyrics they've written are in English. It now goes to
the semi-final on May 16th in Malmo, Sweden.
Glad to be able to be involved with Armenia again, the school is
coming along fine, they've got the furniture sorted and it will be
opened late summer.
This isn't the first time the 65 year old rocker is involved with
Armenia. After the devastating earthquake which hit the country in
1988, he took part in the Rock Aid Armenia to raise funds for the
victims. In 2009, Tony Iommi flew to Armenia where he took part in
the Armenia Grateful 2 Rock celebrations and received Armenia's Order
of Honour.
Later, in 2011, together with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple they recorded
two songs, Holy water and Out of my mind. The proceeds from the sales
of the songs were used to build a music school in Gyumri.
http://www.esctoday.com/47432/rock-legend-behind-armenias-eurovision-bid/
ESC Today, EU
March 6 2013
Tony Iommi, guitarist of the legendary rock band Black Sabbath is
the composer of Lonely planet, the song the Armenian public and jury
chose for Gor Sujyan and the Dorians to represent them in the 2013
Eurovision Song Contest.
Tony Iommi writes on his official website:
Well here's something different, one of my demo ideas has been chosen
as the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest! It went on
a short list and Saturday night was voted as the winner. I did the
music and the performing band Dorians wrote the lyrics, it's called
'Lonely Planet'. They're a good band, the singer has a really good
voice and the lyrics they've written are in English. It now goes to
the semi-final on May 16th in Malmo, Sweden.
Glad to be able to be involved with Armenia again, the school is
coming along fine, they've got the furniture sorted and it will be
opened late summer.
This isn't the first time the 65 year old rocker is involved with
Armenia. After the devastating earthquake which hit the country in
1988, he took part in the Rock Aid Armenia to raise funds for the
victims. In 2009, Tony Iommi flew to Armenia where he took part in
the Armenia Grateful 2 Rock celebrations and received Armenia's Order
of Honour.
Later, in 2011, together with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple they recorded
two songs, Holy water and Out of my mind. The proceeds from the sales
of the songs were used to build a music school in Gyumri.
http://www.esctoday.com/47432/rock-legend-behind-armenias-eurovision-bid/