ASIA
Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton have been busy in the studio, adding finishing touches to their new CD "Phoenix", the first studio album from the band's members since 1983.
Eagerly anticipated by fans all over the world, "Phoenix" contains an eclectic selection of songs bound by the unique Asia trade mark.
In 1982, Asia's inimitable sound underpinned a 9 week domination at of USA's Billboard charts. Only a couple of acts have been at number 1 for longer.
The band confirms that "Phoenix" has been influenced by the same fusion of talents and heritages which so excited the world in 1982.
"Phoenix" will include rockers such as "Never Again" and "Nothing's Forever", power ballads such as "Heroine" and "I Will Remember You" and a couple of mini-epics too, among a dozen new songs,
The Asia reunion was temporarily rocked when lead singer / bassist John Wetton underwent an emergency triple heart by-pass in August last year. John was inspired to write "An Extraordinary Life", based on such personal events, which have made the concept of Carpe Diem dramatically pertinent.
The band is pleased that after 5 months in the studio writing and preparing the album, it will be delivered to Frontiers on time, ready for an April release, though the world tour which starts in March. The UK shows will exclusively preview a couple of the new songs.