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JOURNEY TOUR SCHEDULED TO OPEN VIRTUAL WORLD IN SECOND LIFE!
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JOURNEY TOUR SCHEDULED TO OPEN VIRTUAL WORLD IN SECOND LIFE!
January 25, 2008 — On February 1, multi-Platinum rockers Journey will release their new Virtual Island in Second Life. A grand opening party is planned inside Second Life at the “Journey Rock Band” sim and will feature a meet and greet with band members.
Live DJs will be spinning many of Journey’s classic hits, recorded studio and live performances, as well as lots of other great music for fans to party to! The grand opening party is scheduled to start at 10:00am ET/PT. The Journey Island region in Second Life is named “Journey Rock Band”.
Learn more at
http://www.secondlife.com.
Journey has long been known for innovations in stage sets, so creating a Second Life Island for fans to enjoy was an easy decision. The Island features dedicated areas for each album along with audio and video presentations. There are also two venues on the island, the Escape Club and the Captured Amphitheater, where live SL events can be held.
Journey’s newly redesigned website,
http://www.journeymusic.com, will be re-launch on or around January 29.
It will feature band history, tour information, photos and a new forum.
Journey is currently working on a new album with legendary producer Kevin Shirley, which they hope to release by spring/summer 2008. Their 2008 world tour begins in Santiago, Chile mid-February. More tour dates will be announced soon.
The Journey Island was built by Industrial-Design.com, Journey’s long time web developer and features work by SL builders Farrokh Vavoom, Argus Collingwood, Adrian Harbinger and Jocelyn Sands.
Recent Press Release:
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.”
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Written by caustic · Filed Under Tour
greetings to the ever famous Journey. Im one of your many million fans and supporter. If Arnel has the perfect chemistry to reignite your band again, then thank God. Not so many filipinos have that kind of talent since I myself is a filipino and and die hard rocker. We are ready to support you after all these years of NONSENSE ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. Once and for all LET THE GOOD TIMES ROCK AND LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL! LETS ROCK AND ROLL!
More power to JOURNEY!
P.S. CALLING ALL THE GREAT ROCK AND METAL BANDS! ITS TIME TO RULE THE WORLD AGAIN.
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I am so happy when arnel got a lead singer of journey band, imagen there is so many good singer in the world. and they only pound in manila philippines.i know this person long time ago bec of my friends the firts time i hear arnel voice i know one day he become a pro singer.
I am not so educated about Computer’s But when My Friend at work Told me about Arnel Pineda is in youtube? I was so surprice becaous just Last year I did watch him in Hardrock Cafe in Makati city Manila. My husband and I went Balik Bayan for 6 week’s and my friend happen to be had a House in San Lorenzo Vallege in makati and she envite us to watch the Band Zoo. rigth Before He come to join the Journey. He Arnel Pineda is the best singer the most beautiful voice cool and clear and most of All very nice man. Hope to see his or their concert close to Jacksonville FL. 32097 Thank you for this e-mail address cencerly Ale.
Me and my gf went and saw them in Concord and Journey looks a lot different than a few years ago. This new guy is not a Steve Perry wanabee although he can easily impersonate him if he wants to. He has some qualities that makes him different than Augeri or Soto. He’s obviously not white which stands out the most but i think it’s his uncanny ability to put his emotions into the songs, that raspy tone in his voice, his energy makes him more special and intriguing. I have a lot of reservation about this dude but after watching him performed i would say he is not bad at all, definitely ALOT better IMO opinion than Augeri or Soto.