The original members of Asia are currently on a 25th Anniversary Tour of the U.S. with Cleveland’s House of Blues on tap for tomorrow. The band has also announced dates in England for November and December. It’s expected that more European dates will be announced later as well as dates in Japan and possibly another U.S. leg.

The original line up of Asia took the music world by storm in 1982 and consisted of progressive rock superstars John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer. Asia’s self titled first album was the biggest selling album in the world that year. The current tour features the Wetton era hits with a dose of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and even ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ reportedly worked into the set list.

This week also marks the release of Asia’s The Definitive Collection on CD. Another in what seems like an endless stream of reissues of Asia’s hits, this all Wetton hit package has 16 tracks including Geoff Downe’s remix of ‘Go’. If you live in the States, Best Buy has an exclusive CD/DVD version that contains all six of the band’s music videos from the early 1980s. While clearly influenced by the embryonic stages of MTV, the videos make for some interesting viewing. This deluxe version is on sale for just $7.99 through Saturday at Best Buy only.

If you’re into Asia’s brand of prog pop, you can visit their revamped official website at the link below. The tour dates page is sure to be updated, so keep abreast of any changes, cancellations or additions.

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