Ian Gillan may give concert in Armenia next year

PanARMENIAN.Net - Deep Purple founder and vocalist Ian Gillan, Black Sabbath guitar player Tony Iommi, Asia rock group's keyboard player Jeff Downs as well as tennis-player, winner of 1987 Wimbledon tournament Pat Cash and the Founder and Chairman of the Australian advocacy organization 'Do Something!' Jon Dee gave a press conference in Marriott Armenia Hotel on October 2.



The men are in Armenia on a 2-day visit in the framework of Rock Aid Armenia project.



Ian Gillan announced that he plans to play a concert in Armenia, maybe with participation of one of Armenian rock groups in March 2010.



For his part, Jon Dee said that part of the profit from Smoke on the Water song remix release in October will be gifted for repair of a school in Gyumri.



According to Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath will also release one of their songs to help repair music schools in Gyumri.



Rock Aid Armenia project was launched 20 years ago upon the initiative of John Din. In 1989, it visited Spitak and Leninakan (Gyumri) for shooting films. After returning to London, John Din decided to unite rock-stars and release a special disc collection. Within the project framework, British rock stars recorded Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water song, with the involvement of musicians from Queen, Pink Floyd, The Who, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and other groups. The funds obtained from the sale of Rock Aid Armenia disc were spent to eliminate consequences of 1988 Spitak earthquake.