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Apr 30, 2024 · authorised fan club. Asia return with the Heat of the Moment 2024 US tour, with 21 US dates 3-31 Jul 2024. The band has a new line-up of Geoff Downes ( Yes; keys), Harry Whitley ( Facebook ; vocals, bass), John Mitchell ( It Bites, Arena, Frost*, ex-Icon, worked with John Wetton, worked with Oliver Wakeman; guitar) and Virgil Donati ( ex-Planet ...
Feb 24, 2023 · “A statement needed to be made,” Downes relates. “After a John Lennon solo album and a Simon & Garfunkel live set, Asia was the first band signed to the label. David Geffen had a point to prove, so no punches were pulled.” None of the protagonists had ever made music to satisfy critics.
Asia biography Founded in London, UK in 1981 - Hiatus between 1986-1989 - Still active as of 2018 ASIA were formed by Steve HOWE (YES), John WETTON (KING CRIMSON, URIAH HEEP, UK ETC.), Geoff DOWNES (YES, BUGGLES) and Carl PALMER (ELP). They were of course immediately dubbed a "supergroup" (in the way as CREAM, EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER etc. were).
Jan 31, 2017 · The band's website also confirmed his death. Wetton was a founding member of Asia, an English progressive rock group formed in 1981 by four members of other progressive rock bands of the 1970s ...
Jun 29, 2022 · This will be the ASIA's first tour since 2019 with founding members Carl Palmer (drums); Geoff Downes (keyboards, ... the band will promote ASIA In Asia – Live At The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983, ...
Jan 27, 2022 · The band is being booked for a US tour for the summer. "40 years of ASIA is a real musical milestone for us," says Geoff Downes. "The success we experienced with our early albums has carried us ...
