Asia Concert Tickets in Phoenix
I don’t know anything about Asia the band, but I do know that members of the greatest rock band (Yes) are members. Asia is preforming at the Dodge Theater so get your tickets and come. Here is some info from there wiki:
Asia began with the apparent demise of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two of the flagship bands of British progressive rock. After the break-up of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a supergroup involving bassist John Wetton had been mooted, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976. In 1977, Bruford and Wetton were reunited in UK, along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson. Their eponymous debut was released in 1978. By 1980, after UK’s demise and Wetton’s departure from UK, a new supergroup project was suggested involving Wetton, Wakeman, drummer Carl Palmer and (then little known) guitarist Trevor Rabin, but Wakeman walked out of the project shortly before they were due to sign to Geffen and before they had ever played together. In 1981, Wetton and Yes guitarist Steve Howe were brought together by A&R man John Kalodner and Geffen Records to start working and writing, Howe having come out of the break-up of Yes in early 1981. Howe and Wetton were soon joined by Buggles/Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes. Carl Palmer joined the band later in the process. Trevor Rabin was considered for the group and some demos were recorded with him, but he dropped out to accept an offer to join Yes bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White in what became a new Yes and the other Asia members decided to stay as a quartet. Trevor Rabin, in a filmed interview from 1984 and included in the recently released and updated DVD 9012Live, said that his involvement with Asia never went anywhere because “there was no chemistry” among the participants.
The band’s early offerings, under the auspices of Geffen record label head David Geffen and Kalodner, were considered disappointing by music critics and fans of traditional progressive rock, who found the music closer to radio-friendly AOR pop-rock. However, Asia clicked with fans of arena acts such as Journey, Boston, and Electric Light Orchestra. Rolling Stone gave Asia an indifferent review , while still acknowledging the band’s musicianship was a cut above the usual AOR expectations.
If you are having trouble finding tickets to this show at the Dogde Theater box office here is where you should look for after market tickets:
1. AIW Tickets always has a great inventory and usually has the cheapest prices too.
2. Stubhub is an excellent place to shop online as well. They’ll even let you sell your tickets there.
3. TicketsNow is also a solid after market ticket vendor and usually has access the hard to find tickets
4. If those aren’t cutting it for you try a couple of these ticket vendors as well:
Good luck with your hunt.
