Asia New Album/World Tour

HIGH END PROG-POP QUARTET
REUNITES FOR FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN 25 YEARS

The original line-up of ’80s super group Asia – guitarist Steve Howe (Yes), drummer Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), singer-bassist John Wetton (King Crimson) and keyboardist Geoff Downes (Buggles, Yes) – have completed work on their first new studio album since 1983’s Alpha. While the quartet has toured on & off since reuniting in 2006, Phoenix (due in April on Frontier Records) is their first new original material in 25 years.

“What we set out to achieve way back then – timeless music that only sounds like the four who created it – is what we attempted to bring to Phoenix. Still, it remains contemporary and refreshing to us all. Nothing more, nothing less. This is the Asia story, and it remains the same today – so listen on, and enjoy,” says Downes.

The group’s live shows include material from the members diverse careers as well as their Asia collaborations, which some may recall spent almost nine weeks at Number One on the Billboard charts when the band debuted in 1982.

Tour Dates
United Kingdom – 2008

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)

US – 2008

April 4 Wilkes Barre, PA – Kirby PAC
April 5 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Casino Wolf Den
April 7 Harrisburg, PA – Sunoco Performance Theater
April 8 Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
April 10 Collingswood, NJ – Scottish Rite Auditorium
April 12 Westbury, NY – North Fork Theatre
April 13 Peekskill, NY – Paramount Center For The Arts
April 15 Verona, NY – Turning Stone Resort & Casino
April 16 Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Theatre
April 17 Englewood, NJ – Bergen Performing Arts Center
April 19 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
April 20 Chicago, IL – House of Blues
April 21 Indianapolis, IN – Music Mill
April 23 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
April 26 Marksville, LA – Paragon Casino
April 27 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
April 29 Espanola NM – Big Rock Casino
April 30 Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
May 2 Agoura Hills, CA – Canyon Club
May 3 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
May 4 San Juan Capistrano, CA – The Coach House
May 5 San Francisco, CA – Grand Ballroom @ The Regency Center

Japan – 2008

May 8 Fukuoka, Japan – Shimin Kaikan
May 9 Osaka, Japan – Koseinenkin Kaikan
May 11 Nagoya, Japan – Shimin Kaikan
May 12 Tokyo, Japan – International Forum

Europe – 2008

May 17 – Santana 27 – Bilbao, Spain
May 18 – Hall de Martigues – Martigues, France
May 19 – Luz de Gas – Barcelona, Spain
May 21 – Lisbon Coliseu – Lisbon, Portugal
May 22 – Macumba – Madrid, Spain
May 24 – Tenerife Auditorium – Tenerife, Canary Islands
May 26 – Theatre Sebastopol – Lille, France
May 27 – O-13 – Tilburg, The Netherlands
May 29 – Prumyslovy Palac – Vystaviste- Prague, Czech Republic
May 30 – Petofi Hall – Budapest, Hungary
May 31 – Divadlo Arena – Bratislava, Slovakia