Get Ready to ROCK! » Geoff Downes https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : ASIA – Live In England https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-asia-live-in-england/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-asia-live-in-england/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:21:59 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=107483 ASIA - Live In EnglandFrontiers Music [Release date : 13.03.26] Set in the heart of the East Sussex countryside, at night the Trading Boundaries Café transforms into an award winning live music venue, hosting concerts from world class artists in an intimate setting. Not … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/03/album-review-asia-live-in-england/feed/ 0 Gig review: YES – Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 24 May 2024 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/#comments Sun, 26 May 2024 20:06:03 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=95618 mini_SAM_0293Tonight’s show was another date in the current ‘Classic Tales Of Yes’ tour, a celebration of 50 plus years of Yessong with an emphasis on the band’s ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’ opus which turn 50 in 2023.  You could argue … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/05/gig-review-yes-royal-concert-hall-glasgow-24th-june-2024/feed/ 0 Album review: ASIA – The Official Live Bootlegs (10 CD Boxset) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-asia-the-official-live-bootlegs-5-epic-2-cd-concerts-boxset/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-asia-the-official-live-bootlegs-5-epic-2-cd-concerts-boxset/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2021 13:14:46 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=76859 asia bootlegs 2BMG UK [release date 26/11/21] Asia : In 1997, Paul Stump wrote in “A History Of Progressive Rock” that the band’s “links with the genre were as tenuous as George Formby’s links with Mozart”. It is a memorable quote. And … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/11/album-review-asia-the-official-live-bootlegs-5-epic-2-cd-concerts-boxset/feed/ 0 Album review: YES – The Quest https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-yes-the-quest/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-yes-the-quest/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:38:30 +0000 brianmc http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75443 yes the questInside Out Music [Release date: 01.10.21] Yes are a British institution. As much woven into the fabric of UK culture as many other artistic endeavours. An omnipresent rock band with a constantly changing line up, currently: Davison, Howe, Sherwood, Downes … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/album-review-yes-the-quest/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…ASIA (Every album, every song) by Peter Braidis https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/book-review-on-track-asia-every-album-every-song-by-peter-braidis/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/book-review-on-track-asia-every-album-every-song-by-peter-braidis/#comments Tue, 25 May 2021 14:13:45 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72984 On track...ASIA (Every Album, Every Song) by Peter BraidisSonicbond Publishing [Release date 14.05.21] Asia were formed in 1981, one of the enduring melodic rock “supergroups” of that decade and one of the most successful.  Many readers will only remember the “classic” original line-up (and debut album) but this … Continue reading →

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