Journey prepares for the last leg of what could be rockers' final tour together
- Journey is starting the final leg of a tour that is being billed as a farewell run, with dates beginning in Los Angeles in September and ending in San Francisco in November.
- Co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon said the San Francisco finale is likely to be emotional because it is where the band began.
- The tour includes stops in cities such as Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Denver and Las Vegas.
- The run will cap more than 100 concerts this year, and the band often plays shows that last more than two hours.
- Schon said the setlist mixes well-known hits with deeper album cuts, including songs from the 1970s and 1980s.
- Journey has had six Top 10 Billboard singles and eight Top 10 albums, including the 1981 No. 1 album 'Escape.'
Journey is heading into the final stretch of a tour described as its farewell run, with the band set to play a September opener in Los Angeles and a November closer in San Francisco. Neal Schon said the last show should be especially emotional because it returns the group to the city where it started.
The itinerary includes a long list of major U.S. stops, among them Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, Denver and Las Vegas. The last date will cap more than 100 concerts the band is playing this year.
Schon said the band has been using the tour to play a broader set than just the familiar radio hits. He said Journey has been performing longer shows that include deep cuts such as 'Of a Lifetime' along with songs like 'Faithfully.'
He also said he sees the current approach as closer to the kind of show he always wanted to do with Journey. The article notes that the band has six Top 10 singles and eight Top 10 albums, including the No. 1 album 'Escape.'
Journey为可能是乐队最后一次共同巡演的末段行程做准备
Journey正在进入一轮被称为告别巡演的最后阶段，乐队计划9月在洛杉矶开场，11月在旧金山收官。Neal Schon说，最后一场演出很可能格外感性，因为这支乐队正回到它最初起步的城市。
巡演行程包括多站美国主要城市，涵盖凤凰城、西雅图、芝加哥、亚特兰大、纳什维尔、巴尔的摩、费城、底特律、波士顿、克利夫兰、丹佛和拉斯维加斯等地。最后一场演出将为乐队今年超过100场音乐会画上句号。
Schon表示，这次巡演不只是演出熟悉的电台热门曲目，乐队也在加入更多专辑深曲。他说，Journey现在的演出通常持续两个多小时，歌单里既有《Faithfully》这样的代表作，也有《Of a Lifetime》这类早期作品。
他还表示，这种编排更接近他一直希望为Journey呈现的演出方式。报道提到，Journey共有6首公告牌单曲榜前十歌曲和8张公告牌200强专辑榜前十作品，其中包括1981年的冠军专辑《Escape》。