The Pulse Of Radio (according to Blabbermouth.net) has announced that rock veterans Journey will be kicking off another North American Tour starting on July 16th and running through to September 4th.
In case you’ve been out of the loop for the last two years or so, Journey is now fronted by Arnel Pineda, whom has been received quite well by Journey fans. Arnel’s talent doesn’t just make him another singer in Journey, but an amazing singer in Journey. Here is video of Arnel and Journey performing the classic Open Arms live in Chile. Tour dates after the fold.
 

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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 …read more

Bands like AC/DC, The Eagles and Journey have all taken the retail route to record sales and I can’t blame them. It puts it out there in the fans face and makes it easy to find old and new releases. It’s just good marketing.
So with that, there is rumors of a negotiation to release Guns N Roses next release, Chinese Democracy vie Wlamart and Best Buy type retailers. Is it a good idea…of course it is. However I see one problem. Walmart doesn’t sell explicit cd’s with knowledge that they have explicit content, so will they only sell an …read more

Music fans never fail to surprise the music and record industry. In the age of digital and illegal downloads, rock veterans, Journey sold more than 100,000 copies of their latest Revelations Project in it’s first week. Here is more news on it.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — JOURNEY’s new three-disc CD/DVD package REVELATION has sold more than 104,000 copies in its debut week according to Wal-Mart Stores, marking the band’s biggest first week’s sales since 1996’s TRIAL BY FIRE. Released June 3, REVELATION is being sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club in North America, Walmart.com and Samsclub.com, and …read more