I’m afraid words won’t do this justice. You’ll have to see this for yourself.

At the time of this post (Sunday noon), Geoff’s website has apparently been hijacked. His homepage reads “Your system owned by Scream”, and then something about Turkish hackers. Apparently Geoff’s not alone. If you google “hacked by scream”, you’ll learn this is a pretty common hacker exploit targeting the Joomla CMS.

Get your very own “Only Time Will Tell” signed wall clock from the official Asia Gift Shop. Supplies are limited.

Asia have announced their new 2008 UK tour dates. All of the venues will honor previously purchased tickets for the March shows, but ticket holders are asked to contact the appropriate venues if you have any other questions.

March 1 – Falmouth Pavilion
March 2 – Bournemouth BIC Pavilion
March 4 – Liverpool Academy
March 7 – Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre (Wales)
March 8 – Frome Cheese & Grain
March 9 – Wolverhampton Civic
March 11 – Nottingham Rock City
March 12 – Oxford Zodiac Club (Academy)
March 13 – Manchester Academy
March 16 – London Shepherds Bush
March 18 – Newcastle Academy
March 19 – Glasgow Academy (Scotland)
March 20 – Perth Concert Halls (Scotland)

Asia has announced their participation in a charity CD for Serenity House, a cancer hospice based in the Philadelphia area. Asia contributed an unreleased unplugged version of Don’t Cry from the Sirius Satellite radio performance in August of 2006. This is a limited release and all proceeds will be donated to Serenity House.

Asia has announced the release dates for their Fantasia: Live in Tokyo DVD, the first live DVD release to feature the original Asia lineup. Pre-order info from the band’s website will be available soon. The DVD will be released worldwide according to the following schedule.

• US – 2nd October
• Japan – 21st September
• UK and the rest of the world – 24th September

Although it comes as no great surprise, Asia is announcing their UK tour will be postponed due to John Wetton’s health. However, new UK dates should be announced next week.