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THE JOURNEY ZONE
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Latest Journey News
Compiled by the Journey Zone Staff
The Journey Zone Staff combs the net and sends reporters to capture important Journey and Journey-related news items. Tour Schedules, the most recent month in review, and our news archive (dating back to December, 2000), can be accessed by clicking the appropriate links at the left.
In addition, the current tour schedules for Journey and related bands, as well as JRNYDV's website announcements, can be found in a link below the archive month links.
Do YOU have a confirmable Journey news item that you'd like to share? E-mail us at dgolland at gmail.com and let us know!
19 June, 2008
From Melodicrock.Com:
MORE CHART SUCCESS FOR JOURNEY:
Journey's new 2-disc CD Revelation has entered the national Top 100 charts in 6 countries in its debut week of release in Europe. With shipments already outselling the predecessor Generations, Revelation entered the charts in Sweden at # 28, Germany at # 35, Great Britain at # 68 (# 5 in the indie charts); Netherlands at # 72; Switzerland at # 89 and Norway at # 97.
These results mark the band's biggest first week's sales since 1996's Trial By Fire and one of Frontiers Records best overall sales results in its 10 years of history. Released June 6 in Europe on Frontiers Records, Revelation consists of two cds, the first with 12 new songs, the second is filled with 11 re-recorded classics. All of the music on Revelation was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with Journey on the Trial By Fire album).
Revelation marks a new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers Journey, thanks to two singles at Rock and AC radio (“Never Walk Away” and “After All These Years”) and rave reviews, including the Classic Rock Magazine in the UK, who hailed: “…There's over an hour of music here and if you buy the full-on version you'll get a bonus disc where Journey re-work a slew of their classic songs. Life doesn't get much better than this”.
Journey are currently touring the UK according to the following schedule:
06/19/08 Manchester Apollo Manchester, England
06/20/08 Clyde Auditorium Glasgow, Scotland
06/22/08 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, England
06/23/08 Cardiff International Arena Cardiff, Wales
06/25/08 National Stadium Dublin, Ireland
06/27/08 Nottingham Arena Nottingham, England
06/28/08 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
And this message was posted online by guitarist Neal Schon last night: "Just back from our first show in the UK, London. Had a great time tonight and were greeted by a very cool, enthusiastic crowd to say the least. But actually, all the crowds have been great!
But what I'm really writing you about is that before the show (15 min.'s before we went on) the band's hanging out backstage going over our set list. (We added quite a bit of songs tonight). Anyway, in walks...hello! Get this! Jimmy f*$! Page! He calmly walks up to me and says, "Hello Neal"...like I've known him a thousand years or so.
Honestly I have to tell you, I was completely in awe, not quite believing I was standing there talking to Jimmy Page about music and continued to you until we had to go on stage. Wow. What a mind-boggling moment for me. Felt like a little kid. What a true gentleman and obviously a brilliant guitar player. He was nice enough to take a photo with the band and I, (which we will be posting here soon). I gave him our new Revelation package, he thanked me, then I shook his hand and went on stage. Honestly I felt like I had the fear of God watching me and didn't want to make one mistake and did the absolute very best performance I could.
I was told later, after we got off the stage, he had said to our manager that he enjoyed my playing. As in the words of Flavor Flav-wow! Then, we came off stage and as we were drying off, in walks Chris Squire from Yes. He told all of us that he enjoyed the show too.
Reflecting back; last year at the same venue, Brian May shows up. This year; Jimmy Page and Chris Squire. Maybe next year Jeff B. or Eric C.?
Anyway, just had to share that with you. We're all having a great time. BTW; sold another 90,000 units. Up to over 200,000 copies now just over 2 weeks out so Thank you, Thank You, Thank You for allowing us to make new music and being there. It means the world to us.
Looking forward to the rest of our gigs overseas as well as getting back to the states and starting the US tour with Heart and Cheap Trick. Will truly be a great summer." Neal.
And for the record, week 2 ended with the band selling 89,240 units for the week. That's just a 15% drop from the debut week, putting the album at #6, down from #5 on the Billboard chart.
11 March, 2008
From JourneyMusic.Com:
JOURNEY SET TO RELEASE ‘REVELATION’ JUNE 3 EXCLUSIVELY AT WAL-MART
A new chapter in the legendary career of multi-Platinum rockers JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Arnel Pineda (vocals)—will begin on June 3 with the highly anticipated release of REVELATION, a three-disc CD and DVD package to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart stores in North America.
The first disc will consist of 11 re-recorded classics, the second is filled with 11 new songs, and the third is a live, in-concert DVD. All of the music on REVELATION was produced by Kevin Shirley (who previously worked with JOURNEY on their Platinum-certified TRIAL BY FIRE album). JOURNEY will take REVELATION on the U.S. concert trail later this July, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
21 February, 2008
JOURNEY DEBUTS NEW LEAD SINGER IN VINA DEL MAR, CHILE
By Sergio Carmona for the Journey Zone
I live in Chile, where a nationally famous song Festival is taking place these days and Journey is performing at this very moment! Arnel Pineda sounds exactly like Steve Perry! Honestly, I'm not a huge Journey fan, just heard their most famous songs and know some Steve Perry songs, but I can tell you that Journey is back with a very good singer. Here are the YouTube feeds.
05 December, 2007
From JourneyMusic.Com:
JOURNEY WELCOMES ARNEL PINEDA WITH “OPEN ARMS” TO THEIR FAMILY AS THE BAND’S NEW LEAD SINGER
After much speculation…the wait is finally over.
JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums)--is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the band in 2006 for medical reasons.
Arnel hails from Quezon City in the Philippines and has been singing Journey songs--in addition to original material--with his band, The Zoo, for the past couple of years in clubs all over his homeland. Joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him. “It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. It’ll be a lot of hard work on my part and I’m actually looking forward to the scrutiny I’ll get from the hardcore JOURNEY fans. I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like ‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. I know there's only one Steve Perry in this world.”
When it was time for JOURNEY to look for a new lead singer, the internet came to their rescue. Guitarist Neal Schon wanted someone new to the music business, so he turned to YouTube. After finding Arnel singing “Faithfully,” he knew he had found the perfect frontman.
“I was frustrated about not having a singer,” explains guitarist Neal Schon, “so I went on YouTube for a couple of days and just sat on it for hours. I was starting to think I was never going to find anybody. But then I found The Zoo and I watched a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. After watching the videos over and over again, I had to walk away from the computer and let what I heard sink in because it sounded too good to be true. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’ But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. Arnel doesn’t sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. I tried to get a hold of him through YouTube and I finally heard from him that night, but it took some convincing to get him to believe that it really was me and not an imposter.”
Arnel Pineda picks up the story: “My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube and told me it was from Neal. I thought it was a hoax so I ignored it. Noel said, ‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’ So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.”
“Arnel brings a soulful and passionate voice to JOURNEY,” continues keyboardist Jonathan Cain. “His personality is very well-suited to our music. He’s a sincere, authentic person with a great smile and a big heart. I think fans are really going to love him. With Arnel’s soaring tenor, Journey returns to our heritage sound.”
Schon agrees, “We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry between the five of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel.”
JOURNEY is currently working on a new album with legendary producer Kevin Shirley, which they hope to release by spring/summer 2008. Details will be announced early next year.
12 June, 2007
From journeymusic.com:
JOURNEY ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE OF JEFF SCOTT SOTO
June 12, 2007 -- Journey has parted ways with their recently named lead singer Jeff Scott Soto. Jeff’s first appearance with Journey was July 7, 2006 in Bristow, VA. He had been filling in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the tour shortly after it began on June 23 due to illness. Jeff’s last performance was May 12, 2007 in Leesburg, VA.
According to guitarist Neal Schon, “We appreciate all of Jeff’s hard work and we can’t thank him enough for stepping in when Steve Augeri got sick last year. He did a tremendous job for us and we wish him the best. We’ve just decided to go our separate ways, no pun intended. We’re plotting our next move now."
Keyboardist Jonathan Cain continues, “We were lucky to have a friend who was already a Journey fan step in on a moment’s notice during the Def Leppard tour to help us out. Jeff was always the consummate professional and we hope that he remains a friend of the band in the future. We just felt it was time to go in a different direction.”
Journey--Neal Schon (guitar), Ross Valory (bass), Jonathan Cain (keyboards) and Deen Castronovo (drums)—is taking the rest of 2007 off to spend time with their families, write new songs and map out plans for 2008.
19 December, 2006
Official Press Release from JourneyMusic.Com:
JOURNEY NAMES JEFF SCOTT SOTO OFFICIAL NEW LEAD SINGER
December 19, 2006 -- Jeff Scott Soto has been officially named the new lead singer of Journey. He had been filling in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the U.S. tour with Def Leppard shortly after it began on June 23 due to illness.
"We are so grateful to Steve for all the years he dedicated to Journey," says Journey in a joint statement. "We thank Steve for all his hard work and we wish him only the best in his future endeavors. Over the past few months, we've come to realize that Jeff has proven himself above and beyond that he can sing the hell out of our songs and we're happy to officially welcome him as part of the family. We're excited to start a new chapter with Jeff and we're excited about what the future may bring."
Steve Augeri states: "Singing for Journey these last eight years have been the most challenging and the most rewarding of my career. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the band, and especially the fans, for the privilege of being part of a musical legacy that has touched so many hearts and souls. I wish my fellow bandmates success and happiness as they continue to make great music in the future, as I will strive to do the same myself."
Jeff Soto also adds, "With delight & pleasure, I am accepting the offer to continue my tenure with Journey now as their permanent vocalist after the amazing past months we've spent together on tour. I also pay high respect to Steve Augeri for coming in and helping Journey continue their legacy for nearly the last decade and to Steve Perry for co-creating this legacy. I hope to now add and help drive Journey into the next stage of this band's future."
Since Soto's first appearance with Journey on July 7 in Bristow, VA, his performances have been garnering rave reviews. To wit:
"Right off the bat, Journey's new lead singer is fantastic. Jeff Scott Soto is a supremely talented vocalist who handled with ease the many sky-high notes and the mile-long range in Journey's repertoire. Steve Perry fans have never gotten over the original lead singer's departure from the band, but I'm here to tell you this guy rocks the role. And yes, if you close your eyes he sounds just like Perry, but -- dare I say it? -- maybe even more passionate and full of verve. Hits such as 'I'll Be Alright Without You' and 'Wheel in the Sky' showcased his mighty voice." --Lorilee Craker, Grand Rapids Press
"The one-time Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist channeled (Steve) Perry flawlessly, nailing all the high notes and then some.Soto's got it going on." --Christopher John Treacy, Boston Herald
"Could Soto cut it? Yes. And then some. His vocals and stage presence were impressive." --Dave Ferman, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
"Soto is a really strong vocalist, so instead of struggling to emulate (Steve) Perry's laser-beam vibrato, he can get away with a style that mixes grainy power with effortless key changes." --Johnny Loftus, Metro Times Detroit
Steve Augeri is currently recording his debut solo album, In The Moment, due out the summer of 2007. He's also putting the finishing touches on the much-anticipated follow-up to the AOR classic Tall Stories album, launching early next year. For more info, visit www.steveaugeri.com.
Journey--Neal Schon (guitar), Ross Valory (bass), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Deen Castronovo (drums) and Jeff Scott Soto (vocals)-are currently mapping out plans for 2007.
WebLink: www.journeymusic.com.
16 October, 2005
From FanAsylum.Com:
JOURNEY RECORDED LIVE AT HISTORIC CONCERT:
LIVE IN HOUSTON 1981 - ESCAPE TOUR
Steve Perry - Neal Schon - Jonathan Cain - Ross Valory - Steve Smith
BAND's LIVE PERFORMANCE
CHRONICLED ON TWO-DISC DVD + CD
COLLECTORS EDITION PACKAGE –
EARLY MTV CONCERT
RELEASED IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR FIRST TIME
“Lights,” “Stay Awhile,” “Open Arms,” “Who's Cryin' Now,” “Don't Stop Believin',” “Wheel In The Sky,”“Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin',” “Stone In Love,” "Anyway You Want It,” “Where Were You,” "Keep On Runnin',” “Escape,” “Mother Father,” “Line Of Fire,” “Dead Or Alive”
Produced by Steve Perry, the DVD and CD have both been remixed and remastered in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound
CD contains bonus live track (not filmed),“The Party's Over, (Hopelessly In Love)” Special collectors edition arrives in stores November 15 on Columbia/Legacy
At the very top of the short list of second generation San Francisco rock bands stands Journey, with over 43 million records sold in the U.S. alone, the only Bay Area group whose 30 years of music has truly stood the test of time. Now, the two-disc DVD-plus-CD collector's edition of LIVE IN HOUSTON 1981 – ESCAPE TOUR is set to arrive in stores November 15 th on Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The two-disc package is a first for Legacy – presenting video and audio versions of this LIVE 75-minute performance – with the DVD and CD completely remixed in Stereo and 5.1 Surround by Allen Sides and remastered by Bob Ludwig. The Stereo CD version of the concert includes all the above performances plus a bonus track that wasn't filmed, “The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love),” which originally was a studio version they had released earlier in 1981, as the single from the live double-LP, Captured. A lavish 16-page full-color booklet is packed with rare photography of Journey, tour memorabilia, and other surprises. The DVD has interviews with the band and a slide show of rare photos.
The entire project was produced by former lead vocalist Steve Perry, with the full cooperation of the band.
Five of the live performances from this historic MTV concert have been released prior to now: “Open Arms,” “Who's Cryin' Now,” “Don't Stop Believin'” (three of the hit singles from Journey's then-current 9x-platinum Escape album), “Stone In Love,” and “Anyway You Want It.” The balance of the tracks, include such Journey touchstones as “Wheel In The Sky,” “Lights,” “Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin',” “Mother, Father,” “Line Of Fire,” and the title track from the Escape album, which are LIVE and all previously unreleased. They make their debut on this special package – premiering the concert in its entirety for the first time ever.
Journey's strength at Album Oriented Radio (AOR) was so strong that their live double-LP Captured (February 1981), actually yielded a #2 hit on Billboard's brand-new Album Rock chart with the studio version of “The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love).”
Their seventh studio album, the all-time best-selling Escape, was co-produced by former engineer Mike Stone (known for his studio work with Queen, Kiss, and others) and Kevin Elson. The album was released the first week of August 1981, coinciding with MTV's historic sign-on of 12:01 a.m., August 1 st . Escape was pumped up by the summer take-off single, the top 5 “Who's Crying Now,” which earned the band a prestigious spot opening for the Rolling Stones at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on September 12th – the same date that Escape hit #1.
The album was still inside the top 20 two months later, when Journey rolled into Houston and MTV, still in diapers, decided to broadcast the concert. In fact, as Journey stayed on the road well into 1982, and the next three singles all ran up the charts (“Don't Stop Believin',” “Open Arms,” “Still They Ride”) through the following summer, Escape stayed in the top 20 for over a year. In all, the LP logged nearly three years (146 weeks) on the chart, on its way to 9x-platinum.
The Journey saga carried on for another five years in the '80s, with the Frontiers album in 1983 (6x-platinum, with the top 10 “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”); and 1986's Raised On Radio (double-platinum, with “Be Good To Yourself”). Despite the fact that they swept the annual BAMmies (Bay Area Music Awards) in 1987, a disbanded Journey's members went their separate ways. A decade of outside projects began, as Schon and Cain formed Bad English with John Waite, and Perry resumed his solo work.
The inevitable reunion took place in 1996, when the classic lineup – Schon, Perry, Cain, Valory, and Smith – reconvened on Trial By Fire . The platinum CD contained the only RIAA gold single of Journey's career, “When You Love a Woman.”
On May 8th of 1998, Steve Perry and Journey officially went their separate ways.
Lineup : Steve Perry (lead vocals); Neal Schon (lead guitar, vocals); Jonathan Cain (keyboards, vocals); Ross Valory (bass, vocals); Steve Smith (drums).
LIVE IN HOUSTON 1981 - ESCAPE TOUR DVD + CD Collectors Edition by JOURNEY (Columbia / Legacy C2D 54153) Selections :
1. Escape
2. Line Of Fire
3. Lights
4. Stay Awhile
5. Open Arms (*)
6. Mother, Father
7. Jonathan Cain Solo
8. Who's Cryin' Now (*)
9. Where Were You
10. Steve Smith Solo
11. Dead Or Alive
12. Don't Stop Believin' (*)
13. Stone In Love (*)
14. Keep On Runnin'
15. Neal Schon Solo
16. Wheel In The Sky
17. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
18. Anyway You Want It (*)
CD-only bonus track :
19. The Party's Over (Hopelessly In Love). Recorded November 6, 1981, in Houston, TX
Note : All tracks previously unreleased, except (*) indicates previously released.
02 September, 2005
From Journeymusic:
On The Road to Recovery!
Jonathan Cain is quickly recovering from his operation and although he is not 100%, he has decided to do the Atlantic City and Virginia Beach shows. These will be 90 minute shows rather than the normal 3 hour shows in order to insure that he gets back on his feet without overdoing it.
We are planning to do the CD giveaway at the Atlantic City shows, but we will not be doing the CD giveaway at the Virginia Beach show.
Jonathan has received countless messages of support, and sincerely thanks all of the fans for their get well wishes!
31 August, 2005
Special to the Journey Zone:
Journey's official site has announced that the September 2 and 3 dates are "questionable" due to Jonathan Cain's appendectomy. In addition, although this information is "subject to change," Journey has signed with Sanctuary Records to release their new full-length CD, Generations, on October 4. The Sanctuary release will contain two tracks not contained in the free version given out to concertgoers this summer.
Last Updated 20 June, 2008 (AM/dhg)
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