Journey guitarist Neal Schon recently refuted the rumors of replacing Arnel Pineda.
Neal Schon replacing Arnel Pineda
The rumors came following the problems Pineda faced during a show and more recently when the band attended AGT without Pineda. Schon recently shared the footage and a picture from the show on social media, where Richard Goodall sang ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ with the band.
“Could you see him fronting Journey?,” a user asked for Goodall’s place in the band.
“No, I love Arnel.” There’s no comparing them. It was simply a gesture of kindness and support to Richard to help change his world. I like doing things like this because most don’t anymore,” Schon responded.
Goodall recently received a Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum during his audition for singing Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’,’ and he has continued to appear in every round since. On Tuesday night, he sang his audition song again, this time with Neal Schon and members of Journey.
Pineda faced sound issues during the band’s show in their Rock in Rio 2024 set. Fans criticized Pineda’s performance after a Facebook video went viral. The video showed the Filipino singer struggling to hit the right notes for ‘Don’t Stop Believin’.’
After the show, Pineda shared a poll on social media and stated that he would leave the band if he received a million ‘go’ messages. The frontman later took to social media to reveal that he wasn’t leaving the band.
“I’ve waited a while before I wanna post something again, so here I am. Bottom line, good has won, and no matter how screwed our world is, maybe it’s caused evil in us in general, or the politicians or the religious leaders that’s making us believe in their eccentric point of view are influencing us. But, yeah. Again, I said that good has won,” he said.
The band will continue their shows as expected. The next leg of Journey’s current tour will take them to Japan in October. Their next confirmed U.S. date is scheduled for December 28 in Lincoln, California.
No I love Arnel
There’s no comparing them. It was simply a gesture of kindness and support to Richard to help change his world. I like doing things like this because most don’t anymore.— NEAL SCHON MUSIC (@NealSchonMusic) September 25, 2024
