Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan to Record New Songs to Raise Funds for Armenian School

Legendary guitarist Tony Iommi announced that he will record a few songs with lead singer of Deep Purple Ian Gillan, aiming at raising funds for the Armenian music school in Gyumri, reads a press release issued by Mediamax.

Mediamax reports that Tony Iommi said this in an exclusive interview to “Metal Hammer.”

“Ian was at mine a few weeks back, and we put a couple of tracks down, just to try and raise some money for Armenia. We raised some money 20 years ago and we wanted to do it again, to be able to buy stuff.

“We went over a few months ago because the president gave us an Order Of Honour and so Ian and I went over and Pat Cash came. They showed us what the money had bought. They showed us this old music school, it was freezing and the kids had no instruments so we bought them some new instruments — drums and guitars — and we want to build a new school for the kids.

“We’re going to do a few songs and, hopefully, we can raise the money to afford to buy them a new school. The plans are quite open at the moment. We’ve talked about doing a couple of shows out there, but it’s about working round what we are both doing — because we [Heaven And Hell] hope touring will start again soon,” Tony Iommi stated.

Tony Iommi and Ian Gillan visited Armenia October 1-2, 2009, within the framework of Armenia Grateful 2 Rock project.

Ian Gillan’s charitable concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia took place in Yerevan on March 26 and 27, 2010, and the entire proceeds, 18 million 327 thousand AMD, will be spent for reconstructing Gyumri’s N6 music school.