Chris de Burgh in Iran!
Chris de Burgh concert with Arian Band in Iran.
The Irish artist was the first ever western musician that performed alongside an Iranian group since the Islamic revolution in 1979.
De Burgh is one of Iran's most loved and popular artists due to his respectful and comforting style which is always 'full of love for humanity'.
Some parts of AFP report:
"I can't tell you what a great pleasure it is to be here. This has been my dream since I was a little boy," the clearly delighted singer told a conference packed with domestic and foreign journalists in the Iranian capital .
"I am not politically naive and I don't believe everything I read in the media," he said, adding that friends and family had raised eyebrows at his plans of visiting Iran and tried to talk him out of it.
"I say to them what are you doing to make a difference?" he said, insisting he was there for ordinary people "just as I went to Lebanon after the civil war" between 1975 to 1990.
"I do not want to make snap judgements. I know some things are forbidden, like alcohol, but I don't have a problem with that," he said, charming the audience by greeting them in Persian.
