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BMG MUSIC ISSUES 2 LP VINYL RE-RELEASE EDITION OF ASIA'S 2008 PHOENIX REUNION ALBUM

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Friday, May 26, 2023

NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMG Music has released the legendary ASIA studio album Phoenix with a highly collectible double vinyl edition, available today, May 26th. Asia are the multi-platinum selling English rock band who formed in 1981 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021. Their 1982 self-titled debut album reached number one in several countries, including nine weeks topping the US charts, with lead single 'Heat Of The Moment' making the top 40 in over a dozen, including US #4. 

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  • NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMG Music has released the legendary ASIA studio album Phoenix with a highly collectible double vinyl edition, available today, May 26th.
  • Asia are the multi-platinum selling English rock band who formed in 1981 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2021.
  • In 2008, the album Phoenix followed to critical acclaim and the delight of its still very loyal fan base.
  • Phoenix album (previously unreleased on LP) was the band's first studio album with its original line-up.

ASIA to announce Anniversary US tour celebrating its ultra-successful debut album and new ASIA IN ASIA box set

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PILATO ENTERTAINMENT - Multi-platinum supergroup ASIA soon will announce an extensive US tour set to promote the 40th Anniversary of its multi-platinum debut album and a new ASIA IN ASIA box set.

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  • NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PILATO ENTERTAINMENT - Multi-platinum supergroup ASIA soon will announce an extensive US tour set to promote the 40th Anniversary of its multi-platinum debut album and a new ASIA IN ASIA box set.
  • "I am so thrilled that ASIA has finally been able to perform after three years off the road due to the pandemic.
  • "ASIA has been through a lot during these last four decades," adds Geoff Downes, "but the music has always endured.
  • The single Heat Of The Moment was a world-wide monster smash while its debut album spent 9 weeks at No.

ASIA IN ASIA LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN ARENA, TOKYO, DECEMBER 1983 DELUXE BOX SET, 2LP, 1CD & DIGITAL. Released 10th June

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Friday, March 18, 2022

The second of three showsat the Budokan arena on 6thDecember 1983, would make history as first live broadcast between Japan and MTV.

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  • The second of three showsat the Budokan arena on 6thDecember 1983, would make history as first live broadcast between Japan and MTV.
  • Featured are some of ASIA's most memorable hits: Time Again, Only Time Will Tell, Sole Survivor, Wildest Dreams and Heat Of The Moment.
  • Greg Lake stepped in, on short notice, following the sudden departure of ASIA's John Wetton ahead of the Japanese dates.
  • It demonstrates the level of professionalism that we have always striven to bring to the ASIA name."