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Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes will tour together as Asia for a 40th anniversary tour later this year. They will be joined by current Yes bassist Billy Sherwood and former Keith Emerson guitarist Marc Bonilla.
“We are planning an extensive tour to celebrate our 40th anniversary,” says Downes. “The music will feature all the hits the fans have embraced. 40 years of Asia is a real musical milestone for us. The success we experienced with our early albums has carried us through and gave us the foundation when we reformed in 2006. Asia has been together since, although we lost John in 2017 to cancer. Still we endured and we will carry on now with Marc Bonilla who we know will be a great addition to the band.”
“The fans have never left Asia,” adds Carl Palmer. “That first Asia album, with all the radio and MTV hits weaved the fabric of the music scene on the early 1980s. Those great sigs like Heat Of The Moment, Sole Survivor and Only Time Will Tell still hold up today. When we play those songs and our other hits, we can see the entire audience singing along.”
Asia released their self-titled debut album in 1982, which went on to become the biggest selling album of the year. They followed it up with Alpha in 1983 and Astra in 1985. Geoff Downes led a new line-up of the band through the 90s until the original four members, who also included Yes guitarist Steve Howe, reunited in 2006.
Greg Lake briefly replaced original singer and bassist John Wetton in 1983, while Steve Howe left the band prior to the Astra album, where he was replaced by former Krokus guitarist Mandy Meyer.
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- Asia - Asia - German - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.60, €17.25 (New Item) (arrived 22-May-2023 14:18)on May 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
ASIA Asia (1986 German issue of the 1982 9-track LP, the band's eponymous debut, which hit the top of the US Billboard Chart upon its release and was the best-selling album in the US for the year, featuring John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmerand Geoffrey Downes; Roger Dean designed glossy picture sleeve with the picture / credits inner. The sleeve displays some light wear mostly to the edges whilst the vinyl looks barely played)
- Asia - Quadra - UK - 4-CD set - £25.00, $31.00, €28.75 (New Item) (arrived 03-Jan-2023 14:32)on May 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
ASIA Quadra (2002 UK limited edition 41-track four Compact Disc set, comprising four official live bootleg concert recordings, comes in a fold-out digipak style pack ZCRCD88LTD)
- Asia - Don't Cry - A Label - UK - 7" vinyl - Promo - £15.00, $18.60, €17.25 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jul-2022 14:30)on May 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
ASIA Don't Cry (1983 UK 'A' label promotional solid centre vinyl 7" for the single release, also including True Colours, within a commercial release paper picture sleeve. The sleeve displays some light wear and the vinyl has only light signs of play A3580)
- Asia - Astra - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.60, €17.25 (New Item) (arrived 26-Sep-2022 15:04)on May 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
ASIA Astra (1985 UK 10-track LP, housed in a great sc-fi picture sleeve designed by Roger Dean with lyric insert. The sleeve shows some minor edgewear and the vinyl looks barely played GEF26413)
- Asia - Heat Of The Moment - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $9.92, €9.20 (New Item) (arrived 27-Sep-2022 09:09)on May 28, 2023 at 12:37 am
ASIA Heat Of The Moment (1982 UK 7" vinyl single, also including Time Again, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light ringwear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played GEFA2494)
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