Prog Fetish

John Wetton has posted an “early holiday gift” for everyone over at his website - we won’t spoil the surprise here.

Asia would like to remind those that don’t already know that they’re on MySpace.

From John Wetton’s website: John Wetton will be one of the keynote speakers at Sun, Sea & Sound 2007, an official music industry event for Bournemouth and Poole, UK. John will discuss “From Bournemouth to Asia” on December 7th at 2:00PM at the B.I.C. Visit the official events website for more info.

Asia have just issued a press release announcing a new studio album on Frontiers Records:
ASIA, the first legendary super group to emerge with the dawn of the MTV-age, reunited in 2006 with its original line-up.
The founding members Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton all had experiences in Classic Rock icons such as [...]

Dave Kilminster has announced the re-issue of “Live In The Hood”, the only release from Qango, a project that featured himself, as well as John Wetton, Carl Palmer and John Young on keyboards. The band was formed in 1999 after an Asia reunion fell apart, with the intention of performing Asia classics along with ELP [...]

Asia have confirmed American and Japanese tour dates for 2008. Other dates are “under consideration”.
US Tour Dates
April 01 Harrisburg, PA - Sunoco Performance Theater
April 04 Wilkes Barre, PA - Kirby PAC
April 05 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den
April 08 Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
April 09 Ridgefield, CT - Playhouse
April 10 Collingswood, NJ - [...]

An Epiphone guitar, autographed by the members of Asia, is now on eBay. Proceeds from the auction will be going to the Serenity House Hospice of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Asia has also donated a song to the Serenity House Compilation CD to benefit the hospice. You can learn more about the Serenity House projects by [...]