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Emerson, Lake & Palmer often didn’t work. Neither did projects that featured just two of them
Massive musical ability crossed with pomposity and excess made it difficult for the supergroup to meet expectations – but even with one of the giant personalities missing, the other pair could struggled to deliver
"The haters won’t stop us from doing what we do": Geoff Downes on Asia's new lineup
The Geoff Downes-led new lineup of Asia play the band’s first three albums, one per night, in April
Asia to perform first three albums over three nights at Trading Boundaries in April
Geoff Downes' new-look Asia line-up will perform Asia, Alpha and Astra on consecutive nights at Trading Boundaries in April
Asia upset the prog purists and delight their bank managers on freakishly successful debut album
Featuring members of Yes, ELP and King Crimson, Asia were billed as a prog rock supergroup but kept it concise, to enormous success
How John Wetton tribute inspired Geoff Downes’ new Asia line-up
US tour with Focus, Martin Turner and Curved Air presents possibility of completing songs left unfinished after original singer’s death
"John Wetton would have endorsed this tour as he wanted the music to live on." Wetton's widow "thrilled" with new Asia line-up
The new-look Asia line-up take their Heat of The Moment tour to North America in July
New-look Asia announce Heat of The Moment US tour
Geoff Downes joined by John Mitchell, Virgil Donati and Harry Whitley in new Asia line-up
“No questioning the quality, but is it essential?” Carl Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man
4-disc Celebration of the drummer’s career includes ‘scrap book’ documentary and 200-page memoir
“The priorities of the first Asia were to make it a success. Yet when we had it, we were so stupid it was unbelievable:” How the supergroup admitted mistakes and worked them out via their patchy Phoenix album
It was the first studio project featuring all four original members since their gradual disintegration in the 80s. And even if it wasn’t their best work, it was an essential element in moving forward
