Welcome to the official website for ASIA Featuring John Payne! Here you’ll find officially confirmed gig listings, news and information about our band. Fans can interact on our official Facebook, MySpace, Youtube pages or join the unofficial Google Group (email discussion group).
ASIA Featuring John Payne is: John Payne (lead vocals, bass), Erik Norlander (keyboards), Bruce Bouillet (guitar), Jay Schellen (drums).
We’ve added another live date to this summer’s calendar-
June 16, 2012
Starlight Music Series
Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater
College Station, TX 77842
8:30pm approx showtime
Free show
More info: http://www2.cstx.gov/pc/starlight/2011/index.html
Complete live show listing: http://www.theASIAband.com/tour-dates/
We’ve just posted the first set of live dates for 2012, have a look at our “Tour Dates” page. So far we have confirmed these shows:
July 7, 2012: Fremont Street Free Concert
Las Vegas, NV
July 21, 2012: Marquee 15
Corona, CA
August 9, 2012
Havana – New Hope, PA
August 11, 2012
The Blitz at Buffalo Hollow – Petersburg, OH
More to come!
Last week we played a special show in support of the Ronnie James Dio “Stand Up and Shout” Cancer Fund, at their first annual Awards Gala, at the Playboy Mansion. It was a great nice and a lot of money and support were generated for this important cause. Our deep thanks to Wendy Dio for the invitation.
Here’s a great news article covering the event in general.
As a special tribute to Ronnie, we played a version of the song “Sitting in a Dream” originally sung by Ronnie on the Roger Glover album “The Butterfly Ball and Grasshopper’s Feast”.
We met up with a lot of friends including Simon Wright, Glenn Hughes, Geezer Butler, Keith Emerson, Mike Fraser, Gene Kirkland and Eddie Trunk. Here are a few photos from the night:
Erik Norlander, Keith Emerson, Glenn Hughes, Geezer Butler, John Payne, Jay Schellen
The band with Wendy Dio
Jay Schellen, Erik Norlander, John Payne and Keith Emerson
Erik Norlander, Simon Wright and John Payne
Erik Norlander with the night's setlist
We are honored to be supporting the Ronnie James Dio “Stand Up and Shout!” Cancer Fund by playing November 1 at the Playboy Mansion as part of the 1st Annual Awards Gala.
More information and how to support the fund: http://diocancerfund.org/events/
We’re pleased to announce a new live show for Asia Featuring John Payne-
October 15, 2011 at Diamond Jo Casino Worth, 7:30pm showtime.
777 Diamond Jo Lane, Northwood, IA 50459
Tickets are $15, Ticket info: http://www.diamondjoworth.com/ or call 877-323-5566.
