Black Sabbath guitarist writes Armenia’s Eurovision song entry

Black Sabbath Tony Iommi (pictured with Lemmy) has written the music for Armenia’s entry to the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The musician, a founding member of the

influential British band, said the song called “Lonely Planet” was a “demo idea” which was eventually voted Armenia’s Eurovision contender.

It is due to be performed by the Dorians in the semi-finals on 16 May in Malmo, Sweden, Iommi said.

He was given an order of honour by Armenia during a visit in 2009 and became involved in another project, to re-build a music school there.Iommi has connections in Armenia as he was one of several rock stars who helped raise funds after a huge earthquake in 1988 killed 25,000 people and let tens of thousands homeless in the then Soviet Armenia.