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Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Asia, Caravan, Focus and more lined up for huge new prog cruise taking place this summer

Prog-friendly venue Trading Boundaries announces a new prog cruise venture up and down the Rhine for July

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WSJ's parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union role

A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal has begun testifying against the newspaper which she alleges had terminated her due to her union activities in a trial Monday

The Independent UK

"The space suit may put in an appearance": Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show

John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises

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Physical: Asia Winner Rigged From The Start? Here Are the Top Reasons Why Team Korea Seemed 'Favoured'

Fans erupted online after South Korea's win on Physical: Asia, claiming uneven rules, faulty equipment, and biased challenges disadvantaged other teams.

International Business Times UK

Foghat haven't played in the UK for over half a century: This weekend, that changes

Foghat will share a bill with Asia feat. John Payne, so we sat down with Payne and Foghat drummer Roger Earl

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“It’s the moment the cracks appeared and their decline into preposterousness began. It sinks under the weight of its own self-importance”: What members of Marillion, Dream Theater, Asia and more think of Yes’ Tales From Topographic Oceans

It was the double-album that split critics, fans and the line-up who recorded it. We asked a range of prog stars for their thoughts on the 1973 release

Louder

Asia announce a low-key UK warm-up charity show ahead of next year's Japanese tour

Asia will play a one-off show at The Corn Exchange, Ross-On-Wye, in January to raise money for Mike Peters' Love Hope Strength Foundation

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“It is impossible for me to adapt to that role”: Classic rock supergroup parts ways with their new guitarist – after just one gig

Both parties realized that it wasn’t the match they thought it looked to be on paper

Guitar World

"I don't have the personality or the playing style to fulfill what he needs": Francis Dunnery quits John Payne’s Asia after just one gig

‘It’s not you, it’s me’, says It Bites man

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John Payne unveils new Asia featuring John Payne line-up featuring Francis Dunnery and Ryo Okumoto

The new-look Asia featuring John Payne are currently working on a new studio album and will tour the US, Japan and UK later this year

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“I don’t worry about labels and I’ve ended up in the premier prog band of all time. If I’d listened to haters I’d have stopped after my first record”: Billy Sherwood’s journey to Yes started with the wayward World Trade

By the time he reunited his 80s group for third album Unify, he’d replaced Chris Squire and started fronting Asia. None of it would have happened without Toto and Gentle Giant

Louder

FIFA Club World Cup Schedule: Dates, Fixtures and Key Information

Stay updated with the full FIFA Club World Cup 2025 schedule, including key dates, fixtures, venues, and tournament format. Everything you need to know in one place.

Sports Illustrated

FIFA chief Infantino praises impact of expanded tournaments in speech to Asian soccer group

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has praised the impact of expanded tournaments in the development of soccer around the world in a video message to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress

The Independent UK

“I’ve always wanted to be in a metal band… Pantera and Dream Theater are great”: Carl Palmer on his desire for a life beyond classic prog, the final ELP show, and why he wishes they’d had a guitarist

After Emerson Lake & Palmer’s High Voltage concert, the drummer shared his thoughts on his former bandmates and pondered an unfulfilled ambition

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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

FourFourTwo

Who is the most expensive Asian player of all time?

Asia has produced some great footballers - but they don't always command the largest transfer fees

MusicRadar

“You’ve only go to look at the dynamic potential of 10 fingers on a keyboard compared to 10 fingers on a guitar ”: Steve Howe on six-string explorations and how a Novatron Summit opened a window into fresh chord voicings on his new solo album

Guitarscape, is the sound of the prog icon deploying his guitar collection in search of new sonic frontiers. The results are typically inventive, and here the Yes guitarist tells us how it came together

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Great Taste — Kinkally's Cinematic Interiors Bring "the Theater of Food" to London's Fitzrovia

Inspired by the liminal essence of the Caucasus Mountains, founder Diana Milicki conceived the gastronomic hotspot as a journey through the senses

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“He got all these twists and turns that I thought only John Wetton was capable of”: How Geoff Downes assembled his 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

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"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

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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

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“There’s no questioning the quality of this collection… but is it truly essential?” Carl Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man box set

4-disc Celebration of the drummer’s career includes ‘scrap book’ documentary and 200-page memoir

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"It's so mid-eighties I can see Molly Ringwald and the rest of the brat pack dancing in a bedroom in my mind's eye": Mr. Mister master the period cliches on Welcome To The Real World

Mr. Mister released four slickly produced albums. Three bombed. Welcome To The Real World certainly didn't

Louder

The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever

From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups

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Global Markets Mixed As U.S. Stocks Hold Near Record Levels

Global markets show mixed performance with U.S. stocks near record levels. Asian markets vary due to China's Country Garden news. U.S. economy remains strong.

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