New Journey Singer Having Hard Time Adjusting To Touring Life

Arnel Pineda, the new singer for Journey must not have known what he was getting into when he auditioned for the open vocal spot in Journey. He recently told rolling stone magazine:

“It’s very, very sad,” he tells RollingStone.com. “There are days I just break down and cry. This is a job I’m doing for my family. That’s all the consolation I’m getting.” Traveling around America isn’t what he expected. “It’s all buses, stage, microphone,” he says. “I never really get to go around and walk. They wake me up for soundcheck, then I wait until the show at nine. It’s a fantastic job, but at the same time it’s a curse. . . . I told Neal [Schon, guitar] that the only thing that will make me quit this is if I get sick. I guess that’s the same reason Steve Perry [former JOURNEY singer] bailed out.”

This is something that should have been thought about before you joined the band, man. It’s a job and no job is easy, but you have to adapt and learn to live with a fast paced touring lifestyle if you wish to reap the benefits of being in a band like Journey. All the other band members are seasoned veterans of the touring schedules. It’s the price you pay to be a star…