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What a shock , imagine how pissed all the people are right now that booked flights and hotels for the fake last show in San Francisco, some flying international. I knew it ! Wasn't fooled .

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey ... 2027-show/

JohnH wrote:What a shock , imagine how pissed all the people are right now that booked flights and hotels for the fake last show in San Francisco, some flying international. I knew it ! Wasn't fooled .

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey ... 2027-show/

Stagecoach 2026 was canceled due to weather so this could be a makeup date.

OR.....

It could be Hugo's big debut.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:
Stagecoach 2026 was canceled due to weather so this could be a makeup date.

Precisely what I thought but it is a little shitty….

What I am reading is that Journey and someone else were invited back because they had to cancel in 2026. But, this is not a rescheduled event or concert. It will be a new concert and a new event.

How is this being advertised? I know the article says this is a continuation of the current tour. But, is it? What does Journey say? I think Jonathan and Arnel would not be there. Was there not an article where Jonathan was pretty insistent that 2026 was his last year of touring?

Monker wrote:What I am reading is that Journey and someone else were invited back because they had to cancel in 2026. But, this is not a rescheduled event or concert. It will be a new concert and a new event.

How is this being advertised? I know the article says this is a continuation of the current tour. But, is it? What does Journey say? I think Jonathan and Arnel would not be there. Was there not an article where Jonathan was pretty insistent that 2026 was his last year of touring?

The most recent official word from the band was an Associated Press article that came out August 18th promoting the second leg of the Final tour. In it, Cain and Schon said the following:

The end point — Nov. 28 at the Chase Center — looms, but the band isn’t sure what that night will include. “It’ll be fitting to end there for sure,” says Cain. “Who knows who’s going to show up? I don’t know. There might be a reunion of sorts, I hope.”

After that, the band isn’t certain. “The future kind of remains up in the air really,” says Cain. Schon agrees but isn’t ready to make predictions.

“I’m not nearly done with what I want to do,” he says. “I think there’s many great opportunities in the future. Whether or not it’s with everybody that’s here right now, I’m not certain.”

Some fans have interpreted Cain's "up in the air" quote to mean he is changing his mind about exiting. Throw in the Hugo appearance (Cain's friend), and Andrew's bombshell of them re-signing with real management, (something Cain has been pushing for), and the theory seems plausible.

But nobody knows anything.

I really think Stagecoach 2027 isjust a make-up date at this point.

Some the tour advertising has changed to refer to this leg ‘forty dates of the fall leg’ as opposed the the ‘final leg’…

jrnyman28 wrote:Some the tour advertising has changed to refer to this leg ‘forty dates of the fall leg’ as opposed the the ‘final leg’…

I noticed Neal saying that. He thanked LA for a great kickoff to "the last 40 shows of this fall tour" or something like that.

Lately, Cain has been referring to the tour as "nights of Journey legacy."

Almost as if he is testing the term "Journey Legacy" - could their next iteration (band, tour, album, whatever) be called that?

OR, this could all be meaningless.