Both Horn and Downes have performed the song live in other acts, including Yes ( which Downes and Horn joined for the Drama album and tour in 1980 ), Downes in the 2006 – 2009 revival of Asia with John Wetton on lead vocals, and Horn in his band The Producers, also in 2006.

These included DRAMAmazing race 2 by Singapore Drama Educators Association ( SDEA ) which involved school students solving puzzles and making use of good English to complete the race that was similar to the Amazing race, and the inter-school Scrabble Championship 2005 that was put together by Mattel Southeast Asia.

His most recent book is APOCALYPTIC REALM: Jihadists in South Asia ( 2012 ) published earlier in India as Jihad on Two Fronts: South Asia's Unfolding Drama ( 2011 ).

* Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia ( 2012 ) / Jihad on Two Fronts: South Asia's Unfolding Drama ( 2011 )

* Bengali Drama Based on The Light of Asia

Australia-New Guinea, having split from Gondwana during the early Cretaceous, drifted north and, eventually, collided with South-east Asia ; Antarctica moved into its current position over the South Pole ; the Atlantic Ocean widened and, later in the era, South America became attached to North America.

The European colonial period was the era from the 1500s to, arguably, the 1900s when several European powers ( particularly, but not exclusively, Spain, Portugal, Britain, the Netherlands and France ) established colonies in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

( e. g. ) During the period of the monarchy, it was the widespread practice in western Asia to use era year numbers according to the accession year of the monarch of the country involved.

The Americas during the pre-Columbian era also had large empires in Mesoamerica, such as the Aztec and the Inca, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

As such, there is a Hindu mandir below citadel of the city, dedicated to the Kali ; this mandir dates to the pre-Islamic era of South Asia.

During The Great Game era, taking advantage of the Dungan revolt in northwest China, Yaqub Beg invaded Xinjiang from Central Asia with support from the Russian Empire, and made himself the ruler of the kingdom of Kashgaria.

By the end of the Soviet era, the central government had relinquished central control of water-use policy for Central Asia, but the republics had not agreed on an allocation policy.

This was the traditional method of manufacturing coins in the Western world from the pre-Hellenic Greek era onwards, in comparison to Asia where coins were traditionally cast.

Many Hokkien chose to work in Southeast Asia ( where they had earlier links starting from the Ming era ), as did the Cantonese.

Gondwana began to break up 140 million years ago ( MYA ); 50 MYA Australia separated from Antarctica and was relatively isolated until the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate with Asia in the Miocene era 5. 3 MYA.

* Malay Archipelago, anachronistic name from the European colonial era for the group of islands located between mainland Southeast Asia ( Indochina ) and Australia

Even in the pre-Islamic era, Arab traders used to visit the Malabar region, which linked them with the ports of South East Asia.

While Chinese boats continued traveling to Japan, Ryukyu, and many location in South-East Asia both before and after the Yongle era, Zheng He's expeditions were China's only major sea-going explorations of the world ( although the Chinese may have been sailing to Arabia, East Africa, and Egypt since the Tang Dynasty, from AD 618 – 907 or earlier ).

Japanese competition made great inroads into hitherto-European-dominated markets in Asia, not only in China, but even in European colonies such as India and Indonesia, reflecting the development of the Meiji era.

* Cheong Fatt Tze 張弼士 / 张弼士 ( 1840-1916 ; Dabu, Guangdong ), Powerful industralist in South-east Asia who contributed to the interests of Overseas Chinese during China's Qing Dynasty and Republican era

The War in Southeast Asia and the rise of counter-culture hippies during the mid and late 1960s with diverging opinions about the draft and military involvement in Vietnam as well as the use of drugs were significant topics of the generation gap of this era.

* Menudo's golden era ( 1981 – 1985 ) begins in Latin America, parts of Europe and Asia.

Majapahit reached its peak of glory during the era of Hayam Wuruk, whose reign from 1350 to 1389 marked by conquest which extended through Southeast Asia.

During the first part of the Shōwa era, the propaganda of the Empire of Japan used the old concept of hakko ichiu to support the idea that the Yamato was a superior race, destined to rule Asia and the Pacific.

Sermons in this era were used to spread Christianity across Europe and Asia Minor.

In the 3rd century BCE, it was destroyed by Lysimachus — a Macedonian officer, one of the successors ( Diadochi ) of Alexander the Great, later a king ( 306 BCE ) in Thrace and Asia Minor, during the same era when he nearly destroyed ( and did depopulate by forced expulsion ) the neighboring Ionian League city of Lebedos.

When discussing the evolution of the heavily armored horseman, it should be noted that it was not isolated to one focal point during a specific era ( such as the Iranian plateau ), but rather developed simultaneously in different parts of Central Asia ( especially among the peoples inhabiting the Silk Road ) as well as within the Iranian subcontinent.

After the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, the city entered a new era of prosperity because of the labour offered by the thousands of refugees that moved to the area from Asia Minor.

" Through the UN Trusteeship Council, Bunche readied the international stage for an unprecedented period of transformation, dismantling the old colonial systems in Africa and Asia, and guiding scores of emerging nations through the transition to independence in the post-war era.

Gompers, like most labor leaders of his era, opposed unrestricted immigration from Europe because it lowered wages, and opposed all immigration from Asia because it lowered wages and represented ( to him ) an alien culture that could not be easily assimilated.

* 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer ( The Buggles, Yes, and Asia )

Asia began in early 1981 with the apparent demise of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two of the flagship bands of British progressive rock.

In summer 2009, Asia toured the U. S. A. with Yes.

Asia opened with a 55-minute show, while Yes closed with a 1 hour and 50 minute set.

Yes songs were omitted from this tour's setlist, though Asia also covered " Roundabout " on earlier legs of the " Four Original Members " tour.

* Roger Dean — graphic artist, responsible for most of the Asia and Yes album covers.

* Steve Howe, musician, guitarist of Yes, Asia and GTR.

Sukarno on the other hand wanted to use the Japanese to free Indonesia: " The Lord be praised, God showed me the way ; in that valley of the Ngarai I said: Yes, Independent Indonesia can only be achieved with Dai Nippon ... For the first time in all my life, I saw myself in the mirror of Asia.

Confirmed to be working on the album with Shatner are Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Peter Frampton, Brian May of Queen, Steve Howe from Yes, John Wetton from King Crimson and Asia, Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple, Alan Parsons, Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic, country star Brad Paisley, and other famous popular musicians.

In 1981, Howe, John Wetton ( King Crimson ), Carl Palmer ( Emerson, Lake & Palmer ), and Geoff Downes ( The Buggles & Yes ) formed the band Asia, but after two popular albums and a few hit singles, Howe left the band over differences with Wetton.

In 1986, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with another progressive guitarist, Steve Howe of Yes and Asia.

During this time, her touring band included Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, who would later go on to find success as the Buggles, then as members of Yes, and later as a top record producer ( Horn ) and founding member of Asia ( Downes ).

Later that year, he began the partnership with the progressive rock bands Yes ( and Asia ) for which he is best known.

The directors acknowledge the influence of artist Roger Dean, specifically his album covers for Yes and Asia, on their backgrounds.

Many other Rock and Roll drummers have switched to or began with Ludwig drums during their careers: Brian Bennett of the Shadows, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Ronnie Tutt with Elvis Presley, Aynsley Dunbar of Journey, Jefferson Starship, Peter Criss ( before switching to Pearl ) and his successor, Eric Carr of KISS, Lars Ulrich of Metallica ( before switching to Tama ), Herman Rarebell of Scorpions, Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues, Roger Pope of Hookfoot, Elton John and Hall and Oates, Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, Alan White of Yes, Matt Frenette of Loverboy, Steve Negus of Saga, Rick Allen of Def Leppard, Will Berman of MGMT, Rob Bennett of The Pacific Raiders, Carlton Barret ( Bob Marley and the Wailers ) and Baxter Mawoza of Synthesisare.

GTR were a rock band founded in 1985 by former Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.

GTR was formed following Steve Howe's departure from Asia in 1985, following which he and former Yes manager Brian Lane discussed plans for a new group.

While Brian Lane pursued record deals ( initially, without much success ), the band set about recording songs with Howe ’ s former Asia and Yes colleague Geoff Downes as producer.

Several other broadcasters around the world use the VideoGuard system, including Hot ( Israel ), Yes ( Israel ), Viasat ( Scandinavia ), SKY Italia ( Italy ), Sky Brazil ( Brazil ), Sky Network Television ( New Zealand ), Foxtel ( Australia ), Airtel DigitalTV ( India ), Tata Sky & Hathway ( DVB-C ) ( India ), Astro ( Malaysia ), D Smart ( Turkey ), TotalTV ( Balkan ), ONO ( Spain ), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( Canada ), China Central Television ( China ), Serbia BroadBand ( Serbia ), Telewizja Polska ( Poland ) and KabelBW ( Germany ), Vivacom ( Bulgaria ), STAR TV / Fox International Channels ( Asia ), Cignal Digital TV ( Philippines ), Aora TV ( Indonesia ), Telecom Italia ( Italy ), OTAU TV ( Kazakhstan ), OTE TV ( Greece ).

Featuring Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Asia.

On 28 July 2009, McDonald made a guest appearance with Asia during their opening set for Yes at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Philadelphia.

He has worked for Hindustan Times, Star TV, TV Asia of USA, Yes TV, BAG Films, Reliance Infocomm Limited, CineMaya Media Inc. and P & M group.

Further instrumental contributions came from Nolan, Geoff Downes ( Asia, Yes, Buggles ), Jem Godfrey ( Frost *, Atomic Kitten, etc.