Asia will be releasing Phoenix in April, their first studio album by the original lineup since 1983. Billboard has an article and comments on the project from Carl Palmer here. Carl comments that the album is “pretty adult” and “not super proggy.” He also details some of John Wetton’s health issues “somber” effect on the […]
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John Wetton Has Heart Surgery
John Wetton on August 10th, had open-heart surgery. According to his web site the surgery went well. We are all hoping for a speedy recovery.
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Asia Live on Three Continents
Reunited super group Asia releases a new double live CD on June 26th. Fantasia-Live in Tokyo: 2007 was recorded in March 2007 on the Japanese leg of their world tour. A companion DVD will be released this Fall. All four original members of Asia give a heavy dose of songs from their platinum selling first […]
John Wetton Podcast Interview
The fine folks over at Venfl.com (Venice Florida! dot com) were kind enough to send word of their recent interview of former King Crimson frontman and bassist, John Wetton, interviewed by John Patten. As a great bonus, they also invited us to use this interview here at the site.
This is pretty fresh off of […]
Asia DVD planned
“Hot on the tail of their successful UK and American tours, Asia have announced plans to release their first ever DVD featuring the original line up of John Wetton, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and Geoffrey Downes and filmed during their upcoming Japanese tour, through Eagle Rock Entertainment later in 2007. Keep checking the website […]
Asia Definitive Anthology and Tour a ‘Go’
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 […]



