Journey’s Neal Schon Responds to Arnel Pineda Claims He Was Stopped From Leaving the Band

In a new Facebook statement, Schon seemingly replied to quotes from Pineda in a Rolling Stone article on the band’s complicated history. Neal Schon from Journey. Stephen Lovekin/Variety/PMC Trending on Billboard Looks like Journey almost went their separate ways two years ago. In a new statement posted to Facebook on Monday, Journey co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon seemingly replied to frontman Arnel Pineda‘s claims that he was prohibited from quitting the band twice. “There’s been some recent press and speculation that doesn’t reflect the full picture,” Schon writes. Though he does not specify what recent press he’s referring to, his statement comes days after a March 31 Rolling Stone feature on his band that quotes Pineda sharing that he almost didn’t join Journey on their current farewell tour. Pineda claims that in 2024, he asked his bandmates to confer with him if they decide to do farewell shows and discuss the schedule with him. He cites age and “personal problems” as major factors in his decision to tour or not. He then alleges that the band went ahead and scheduled the 60-date tour without consulting him. “It is what it is now…. But then, I was really not happy
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