Well, Farsi is Iran’s official language; though many dialects and languages are spoken in the country, people all over the country know and speak Farsi. We have plans to do something in the future. Criss Oliva 10th anniversary memorial concert, Official reunion, death of Paul O'Neill and future of the band (2014–present), Tony Green, "Associates mourn Savatage star", St. Petersburg Times (Florida), October 19, 1993, p. 6B, Ghost in the Ruins – A Tribute to Criss Oliva, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "JON OLIVA Says SAVATAGE Was One Of First Progressive Metal Bands", "ALEX SKOLNICK, DAVID VINCENT Remember Late SAVATAGE Guitarist CRISS OLIVA", "Chris Caffery Says 'There's A Possibility' Savatage Will Do 'Something More' After Wacken Performance", "Jon Oliva Wants To 'Get In Shape' And 'Knock People Out' At Savatage Reunion", "ZAK STEVENS Talks SAVATAGE – "We Need To Work Hard To Make Sure We Light A Big Fire, "Avatar performs "Eruption" and "You Really Got Me" from 1981", "Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera (album review 2)c", "Savatage - Streets: A Rock Opera - Album Review", "SAVATAGE: 'Streets: A Rock Opera' Narrated Version Reissue Detailed", "Trans-Siberian Orchestra Working on Two Broadway 'Rock Operas, "Savatage Setlist at Rock-It Club, Tampa", "Jazz remains Alex Skolnick's true identity | Goldmine Magazine", "blabbermouth.net: DAMOND JINIYA Breaks Silence", "Metal-Rules.com: Interview with Chris Caffery of Savatage", "TSO - Gutter Ballet medley with Paul O'Neill", "setlist.fm: Jon Oliva's Pain Setlist at ProgPower USA XV", "crissoliva.com: Criss Oliva 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert - 17th of October 2003", "Criss Oliva 10th Anniversary Memorial Concert - Bands and their setlists", Chris Caffery Reveals Plans For Savatage DVD, "JON OLIVA Issues Statement On Future Of SAVATAGE", "Official Myspace Page Of SAVATAGE Relaunched in October 2008", "JON OLIVA On SAVATAGE Reunion Rumours – "It's Pretty Aggravating; Just Let It Go, "Dr. Metal's Interview with Jon Oliva - Metal Meltdown with Dr. Metal", "Savatage Reunites For Wacken OPEN AIR Festival Performance; Video Available", "Savatage's 'Stopped Drinking And Eating' In Preparation For Wacken Open Air Performance", "- Rock Overdose / Rock - Metal Music Archives", "TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Drummer Says He Would 'Really Love To See' SAVATAGE Reunite", "ZAK STEVENS On 'Idle' CIRCLE II CIRCLE: 'We're Trying To Figure Out The Next Step, If There Is One, "Brutal Legend Soundtrack Revealed [Update]", "Official Myspace Page of SAVATAGE Relaunched in October 2008", Still the Orchestra Plays - Greatest Hits, Volume 1 & 2, Tales of Winter: Selections from the TSO Rock Operas, Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Savatage&oldid=984673097, American progressive metal musical groups, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles needing additional references from October 2020, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Articles which contain graphical timelines, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 October 2020, at 12:24. Chris Caffery then said in an interview in October 2006 that if a new Savatage album was to be recorded, then it's likely that Alex Skolnick would be involved, as well as original drummer Steve "Doc" Wacholz. Zak regrouped with new members and release other new records. 'min': 8.50,

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Jon Oliva had been retained to write material for other artists on the Atlantic label, such as John Waite and other pop-rockers.

There was a lot of talk after that show, because it was very well-received. type: "html5",

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Why would I want to put a monkey wrench in that to rehearse a week and go put a Savatage thing together? { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_leftslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [160, 600] }},

Definition of Savatage in the Definitions.net dictionary. TSO sells out 40,000 tickets a day.

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