Ian Gillan, Tony Iommi, Jeff Downs awarded with Armenian Order of HonorOctober 2, 2009 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On behalf of the Armenian President, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan bestowed Order of Honor to Deep Purple founder and vocalist Ian Gillan, Black Sabbath guitar player Tony Iommi, Asia rock group's keyboard player Jeff Downs and Founder and Chairman of the Australian advocacy organization Do Something! Jon Dee.Queen guitarist Brian May and Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour were also awarded. Prime Minister also handed service medals to Pat Cash, who assisted the recording of Led Zeppelin's Rock 'n' Roll cover version in the framework of Rock Aid Armenia project in 1991. By the government's decision, all musicians who in 1989 participated in record of Smoke of the Water song and co-authors of the song were honored with service medals. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Mirzoyan says meeting with Bayramov was “constructive” At the moment, Ararat Mirzoyan said, there is no basis for additional comments. OSCE vows support for Armenia “in all three directions of security” Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. |