Il est arrivé...

Chris de Burgh est à Téhéran...
Chris qui? Chris de Burgh...chanteur de la chanson mythique: "Lady in Red". En Iran il est trop populaire... La BBC reportait qu'il pourrait bien être le premier chanteur occidental depuis la révolution a faire un concert en Iran...
Il y a un peu plus d'un an il avait déjà enrégistré une chanson avec le groupe Arian... Regardez la vidéo (reçue d'une amie belgo-iranienne, merci ;-)) c'est un mix intéressant entre musique iranienne et occidentale...

La BBC écrivait déjà fin 2007:

'Lady In Red' star Chris De Burgh will be the first Western artist to play a concert in Iran since the country's 1979 revolution, according to reports.
Authorities in Tehran have approved a plan for the Irish singer to play with Iranian pop group Arian, the group's manager told Reuters news agency.
De Burgh recently recorded a song, The Words I Love You, with the band.
Western pop songs with lyrics are banned in Iran, although state radio sometimes plays instrumental versions. (...)

But De Burgh, known for soft rock ballads like Don't Pay The Ferryman, seems unlikely to raise the ire of the ministry for culture and Islamic guidance - although he may want to leave Patricia The Stripper off his set list. Arian's manager, Mohsen Rajabpour, told Reuters that the ministry for culture had "officially announced that there is no problem with holding a joint performance". (...)

The plan is to hold the concert at a 12,000-seat stadium complex in Tehran. De Burgh is expected to visit Iran early next year as a tourist for discussions on the project.