Montreux

Montreux holds several noteworthy festivals:

• international television festival awarding the Golden Rose of Montreux[?]; annually in the spring since 1961
• international jazz festival; annually in July since 1967

It is home to Canadian singing star Shania Twain and American opera soprano, Barbara Hendricks[?].

Montreux is mentioned by Ian Gillon of the band Deep Purple in his seminal classic rock[?] song "Smoke on the Water."

"We all came out to Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline

To make records with a mobile - We didn't have much time

Frank Zappa & the Mothers were at the best place around

But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground

Smoke on the water - A fire in the sky

Smoke on the water" and so forth.