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eye view of the world of a mu- sical migrant ignoring borders and celebrating our common ancestry with a unity of spirit, featuring musicians, singers and instruments from all over.” Uti- lizing un-worldly guitar tones and world artists Steve Hackett has an important message that needs to be heard by Genesis fans and a global audience. On September 21, 2013 ASIA performed at the Sounds of the Ages Festival in Plovdiv, Bul- garia. During their set of hits and heady tunes they were joined by The Plovdiv Philharmonic Or- chestra. It was a special moment in time featuring the line-up of original members with the newly recruited young gun Sam Coul- son on guitar. Says John Wetton (bass/lead vocals), “the show in the glorious Roman Theater of Plovdiv, with orchestra, along with the massive Sweden Rock Festival and the shows in the UK and the European tour thereaf- ter, were the first dates of the new chapter of ASIA - and in Watch a video for “Only Time Will Tell” by Asia NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 4 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 39