Asia, featuring the original line-up of Geoff Downes (keyboards), Steve Howe (guitar), Carl Palmer (drums) and John Wetton (lead vocal, bass), has been forced to cancel the 30th Anniversary UK Tour due to drummer Carl Palmer coming down with a severe case of E. coli.

Tickets are refundable from the point of purchase.

A list of the cancelled dates are as follows:

• Tavistock The Wharf (Dec 15)
• Holmfirth Picturedrome (Dec 16)
• Edinburgh Queen’s Hall (Dec 17)
• Salisbury City Hall (Dec 19)
• Birmingham Town Hall (Dec 20)
• Manchester Royal Northern College of Music (Dec 21)
• London o2 Shepherds Bush Empire (Dec 22)

Asia’s “XXX” (CD) will be on sale Friday, Nov. 30th from 8am-11am PST for $6.99 on Amazon.

Asia’s new live CD/DVD “Resonance” is now available at Best Buy.

Recorded on May 4th 2010 in Basel, Switzerland, this new ASIA live 2CD / DVD captures the band, featuring the original line-up of Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton in front of an ecstatic audience during one of the shows on the “Omega” World Tour.

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The Holmfirth show has sold out.