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France 24
March 7 2013
Black Sabbath guitarist composes Armenian Eurovision song
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has written the music for
Armenia's entry to this year's Eurovision song contest. Dubbed "Lonely
Planet", the song will be performed by Armenian rock singer Gor Sujyan
in Malmo, Sweden, in May. By News Wires (text) The guitarist of
British rock band Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, has composed the music
for Armenia's entry to this year's Eurovision song contest, the
performers said Thursday.
`Iommi's rock ballad `Lonely Planet' will be performed by Armenian
rock singer Gor Sujyan and his band, Dorians,' the group's spokeswoman
Diana Hovannisyan told AFP.
`The manager of the Dorians asked Tony Iommi to write a song for the
Armenian participants of Eurovision and he kindly accepted the
request,' she said.
The Dorians `are a good band, the singer has a really good voice and
the lyrics they've written are in English,' the founding member of
Black Sabbath wrote on his website.
Iommi has been involved in charitable activities in Armenia since
1988, when a devastating earthquake hit the small Caucasus country,
killing up to 45,000 people and leaving another 500,000 homeless.
The Eurovision Song Contest, which is broadcast across Europe but also
in dozens of other countries, takes place in the southwestern Swedish
city of Malmo on May 18.
Ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the `100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time,' Iommi is best known as the founder and member
of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath from Birmingham.
According to his official biography, Iommi continues writing for Black
Sabbath, despite undergoing chemo- and radiotherapy after being
diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012.
Armenia withdrew from last year's Eurovision contest in neighbouring
Azerbaijan, its bitter foe, citing security concerns. It has been
relatively successful in the contest, coming fourth in 2008.
(AFP)
http://www.france24.com/en/20130307-black-sabbath-singer-composes-armenian-eurovision-song
March 7 2013
Black Sabbath guitarist composes Armenian Eurovision song
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has written the music for
Armenia's entry to this year's Eurovision song contest. Dubbed "Lonely
Planet", the song will be performed by Armenian rock singer Gor Sujyan
in Malmo, Sweden, in May. By News Wires (text) The guitarist of
British rock band Black Sabbath, Tony Iommi, has composed the music
for Armenia's entry to this year's Eurovision song contest, the
performers said Thursday.
`Iommi's rock ballad `Lonely Planet' will be performed by Armenian
rock singer Gor Sujyan and his band, Dorians,' the group's spokeswoman
Diana Hovannisyan told AFP.
`The manager of the Dorians asked Tony Iommi to write a song for the
Armenian participants of Eurovision and he kindly accepted the
request,' she said.
The Dorians `are a good band, the singer has a really good voice and
the lyrics they've written are in English,' the founding member of
Black Sabbath wrote on his website.
Iommi has been involved in charitable activities in Armenia since
1988, when a devastating earthquake hit the small Caucasus country,
killing up to 45,000 people and leaving another 500,000 homeless.
The Eurovision Song Contest, which is broadcast across Europe but also
in dozens of other countries, takes place in the southwestern Swedish
city of Malmo on May 18.
Ranked number 25 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the `100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time,' Iommi is best known as the founder and member
of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath from Birmingham.
According to his official biography, Iommi continues writing for Black
Sabbath, despite undergoing chemo- and radiotherapy after being
diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012.
Armenia withdrew from last year's Eurovision contest in neighbouring
Azerbaijan, its bitter foe, citing security concerns. It has been
relatively successful in the contest, coming fourth in 2008.
(AFP)
http://www.france24.com/en/20130307-black-sabbath-singer-composes-armenian-eurovision-song