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March 7 2013
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Writes Eurovision Song
Articles /News By David Greenwald
An Armenian group will play his rock ballad, 'Lonely Planet.'
Tony Iommi has written a rock ballad for the Eurovision Song Contest.
According to the BBC, the Black Sabbath guitarist contributed the
unlikely song to the Armenian group Dorians after making a connection
with the country years ago. In 1988, he helped produce a fundraising
album in the wake of an earthquake that left half a million people
homeless. He's since returned to Armenia with Queen's Brian May to
check in and raise additional funds.
So when the call came to help out with the annual contest, he went for
it, passing along the song "Lonely Planet."
"I first said, 'oh God, I don't know' - it seemed really strange, me
doing a Eurovision song, I don't usually do that," he told the BBC.
"But I said, 'I've got a rock ballad, I'll send it over."
The contest will run three nights in Sweden, concluding on May 18.
Iommi continues to undergo treatment for lymphoma, an illness he
announced last year. In better news, he's also been at work on Black
Sabbath's new album, "13." The set, recorded in Los Angeles with Rick
Rubin, is expected later this year.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1550765/black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-writes-eurovision-song
March 7 2013
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi Writes Eurovision Song
Articles /News By David Greenwald
An Armenian group will play his rock ballad, 'Lonely Planet.'
Tony Iommi has written a rock ballad for the Eurovision Song Contest.
According to the BBC, the Black Sabbath guitarist contributed the
unlikely song to the Armenian group Dorians after making a connection
with the country years ago. In 1988, he helped produce a fundraising
album in the wake of an earthquake that left half a million people
homeless. He's since returned to Armenia with Queen's Brian May to
check in and raise additional funds.
So when the call came to help out with the annual contest, he went for
it, passing along the song "Lonely Planet."
"I first said, 'oh God, I don't know' - it seemed really strange, me
doing a Eurovision song, I don't usually do that," he told the BBC.
"But I said, 'I've got a rock ballad, I'll send it over."
The contest will run three nights in Sweden, concluding on May 18.
Iommi continues to undergo treatment for lymphoma, an illness he
announced last year. In better news, he's also been at work on Black
Sabbath's new album, "13." The set, recorded in Los Angeles with Rick
Rubin, is expected later this year.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1550765/black-sabbaths-tony-iommi-writes-eurovision-song