Asia takes Danish band to its heart


A tearyeyed fan during a Michael Learns to Rock concert at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, a suburb of Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/The New York Times)

THEY have had the kind of career most bands can only dream of: songs that have been downloaded more than a billion times, 11 million records sold and thousands of fans in dozens of cities.

But if you have never lived in Denmark or Asia, you may never have heard of Michael Learns to Rock.

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