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    Posted: February 07 2022 at 16:01


ASIA Featuring John Payne Double Anniversary Tour Celebrating 30 & 40 Years of the Music of ASIA

2022 landmarks 30 years since the release of the ASIA album AQUA on which John Payne was ASIA’s lead vocalist.

The following 15 years featured 7 more stunning ASIA studio albums, ARIA, ARENA, ANTHOLOGY, AURA, ARCHIVA 1&2 and SILENT NATION. This year also celebrates 40 years since the 1982 release of the first ASIA album (Downes, Howe, Wetton, Palmer) that features the hits, “Heat of the Moment” and “Only Time Will Tell.”

This tour will showcase the music of both ASIA’s 1982 release and ASIA’s 1992 release AQUA.

The 90-minute show focuses on those two albums and a set list that includes, “Who Will Stop the Rain,” “Someday,” “Heat of the Moment,” “Only Time Will Tell,” “Back in Town,” “Lay Down Your Arms,” “Sole Survivor,” “Time Again,” “Love Under Fire,” “Heaven on Earth,” “Wildest Dreams,” “Here Comes the Feeling” and more.

Vocalist John Payne remarked “This is going to be very nostalgic for me, I haven’t played some of these songs in 30 years and I’m extremely excited to do this tour with our band. We want the shows to sound as close to the original recordings as possible”

Manager Lee Evans said “The band is really on form and John’s vocals are as powerful as ever, It’s gonna be a knock-out show!”

The tour is being booked by their agent Rick Shoor: [email protected] in the US.

Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158 (US), [email protected]

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 16:31
So there are two ASIA's now, like there were two yes'?? Wacko
Who are the other band members?



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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 16:38
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

So there are two ASIA's now, like there were two yes'?? Wacko
Who are the other band members?


There's John Payne's Asia, and then there's what's left of the original line-up - Downes and Palmer, with  Sherwood and Bonilla. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Heart of the Matter Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 17:55
Ok, so we'll get some Payne too! That's good, isn't it?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 18:40
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

So there are two ASIA's now, like there were two yes'?? Wacko
Who are the other band members?


There's John Payne's Asia, and then there's what's left of the original line-up - Downes and Palmer, with  Sherwood and Bonilla. 
I mean who else is playing with Payne?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote rushfan4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 18:59
I believe that Erik Norlander is this version's keyboardist (or at least he was).  I guess not.  It looks like he left in 2014.  

  • John Payne - lead vocals, bass, additional guitar (2007–present)
  • Jeffrey Kollman - guitar, backing vocals (2012–present[citation needed])
  • Moni Scaria - guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)
  • Jamie Hosmer - keyboards (2017–present)
  • Johnny Fedevich - drums, percussion (2017–present)


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote JD Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 19:05
Wow, hard to imagine ASIA without one single original member. Sounds more like a cover band than anything else. Although I'm sure there are plenty out there that would disagree.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nick_h_nz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2022 at 20:45
It’s nothing new though, and has existed since Downes jettisoned the then Asia band unceremoniously, so as to play live with the original lineup. It was an arsehole move on Downes’s part, and there have been two Asias since then.

From Wiki:

Quote In early 2006, the partnership between Downes and Payne was dissolved when Downes left for a reunion of the original band lineup under the Asia name, a breakup that Payne described as "painful". The existing lineup minus Downes, i.e. Payne, Govan and Schellen, continued working together. 

On May 9, 2006, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Carl Palmer and Steve Howe contractually allowed John Payne to continue as "Asia Featuring John Payne,".

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