{"id":8955,"date":"2026-02-20T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/steve-perry-not-rejoining-journey\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:05:00","slug":"steve-perry-not-rejoining-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/steve-perry-not-rejoining-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Stop Believin\u2019: Steve Perry Isn\u2019t Rejoining Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-20-at-9.49.16%E2%80%AFPM.png\" width=\"1192\" height=\"668\" alt=\"\"><figcaption>Please Stop Believin\u2019: Steve Perry Isn\u2019t Rejoining Journey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite making it clear for decades that he had no intention of ever rejoining Journey, vocalist Steve Perry has definitively shot down <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/journey-steve-perry-farewell-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">speculation<\/a> that he would do exactly that ahead of the Feb. 28 launch of the band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/journey-farewell-tour\/\">Final Frontier farewell tour<\/a>. Perry\u2019s 1977 arrival helped break Journey into the mainstream and turned it into an FM radio juggernaut, but he left for good in 1998 and has never performed with the band since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been hearing these recent rumors, and I wanted to speak to you all directly,\u201d the 77-year-old rock legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DU9ocxCANwB\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWhile I\u2019m always grateful for the love people still have for Journey, the rumors about me rejoining the band are simply not true, and I want to gently put them to rest. I completely understand why people would hope for that. The music we created together means a great deal to me too. But I\u2019m continuing to explore new creative work and really enjoy working on new music that reflects where I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/mumford-and-sons-tour\/\">Mumford &amp; Sons Going Big On North American Tour<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/spencer-krug-wolf-parade-heated-rivalry\/\">Spencer Krug Strips Down Wolf Parade\u2019s \u2018Anything\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2026\/02\/deep-cut-friday-palo-alto-by-radiohead\/\">Deep Cut Friday: \u2018Palo Alto\u2019 by Radiohead<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your continued support throughout the years,\u201d added Perry, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Journey in 2017 but has remained on somewhat frosty terms with the band\u2019s sole remaining original member, guitarist Neal Schon. \u201cYour loyalty has never gone unnoticed, and I am forever humbly grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journey\u2019s current singer, Arnel Pineda, has fronted the band since 2007. Besides Schon, its current lineup includes keyboardist Jonathan Cain, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, drummer Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen.<\/p>\n<p>Minus his three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7kCGol01eWc&amp;pp=ygUQc3RldmUgcGVycnkgZWVsc9IHCQmiCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">impromptu performances<\/a> with indie rock band Eels in 2014 \u2014 his first in nearly 18 years \u2014 Perry was virtually absent from music for the better part of the 2000s. He re-emerged in 2018 with the solo album <em>Traces<\/em>, which was followed by two holiday albums. Perry also revisited Journey\u2019s power ballad \u201cOpen Arms\u201d with Dolly Parton on her 2023 album <em>Rockstar<\/em>, and teamed with Willie Nelson on the band\u2019s \u201cFaithfully\u201d for a 2025 Farm Aid benefit single.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s Instagram post was commented on by vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, who spent a year as Journey\u2019s lead singer before the arrival of Pineda. \u201cWe all know where you stand, Steve,\u201d he said. \u201cThe rumors and hopes will always surface but we know where your heart is and accept it. Carry on master.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please Stop Believin\u2019: Steve Perry Isn\u2019t Rejoining Journey Despite making it clear for decades that he had no intention of ever rejoining Journey, vocalist Steve Perry has definitively shot down&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1218,6,24,5457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journey","category-news","category-pushly","category-steve-perry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}