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Artist News: Icon Do That

Posted on Tuesday, August 22 @ 03:16:05 UTC by nightowl

"That" is this: Geoff Downes and John Wetton will be bringing their Icon tour to Japan in October for three shows, venues to be announced. The cities however are Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Joining Downes and Wetton will be guitarist John Mitchell (Arena, Kino, Frost, The Urbane), and drummer Steve Christey (Jadis) (who also play guitars ... though presumably not at the same time). These dates coincide with the release of Icon's second album Rubicon, which was recorded in June and July of this year.



Prior to that, the live album Never In A Million Years will be released in Japan on September 21 (Marquee), in the US/North America on October 5 (Renaissance Records), and in Europe on October 20, with Rubicon to be released in Japan on October 25 and Europe November 10 (no US/North American release date mentioned yet).

Also, in Asia related news ? that is to the band, not the continent, ex-Asia member Guthrie Govan has finally released his long-awaited first solo album, Erotic Cakes. For details, check out the label's website - http://www.cornfordrecords.com/.

[Source: Asian Armada newsletter and Geoff Downes website]

Posted in Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)