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• Date Mar 20 , 2023
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ABOUT JOURNEY

Since the group's formation in 1973,  JOURNEY  has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million albums globally. Their  "Greatest Hits"  album is certified 15 times-platinum, making  JOURNEY  one of the few bands to ever have been diamond-certified, and their song  "Don't Stop Believin'"  has been streamed over one billion times alone.

JOURNEY  was inducted into the  Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame  in 2017, and 2018's co-headlining tour with  DEF LEPPARD  was the band's most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious  Billboard "Legends Of Live"  touring award. March 2019 saw the release of  "Escape & Frontiers Live In Japan" , a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the band's first-ever performances of the albums  "Escape"  and  "Frontiers"  in their entirety.  JOURNEY  has also received a star on the  Hollywood Walk Of Fame  and were inducted into the  Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame . Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning documentary  "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey"  about the band's resurgence upon adding  Arnel Pineda  as lead singer after JOURNEY Founder, Neal Schon  discovered the Philippines native on  YouTube .

The members of TOTO are celebrating an accomplishment few bands have achieved in the modern era. Cumulative streams of the ensemble’s repertoire now exceed 3 billion plays. Amongst the most listened to recordings, “Africa” accounts for over one billion streams at Spotify alone. This year the song was recertified by the RIAA 8X Platinum.  

Over the past decade, the band has had a major renaissance in popularity like few bands at this point in their career.  The audience is truly multi-generational, becoming younger with each passing year.  Joining Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams are band members bassist John Pierce (Huey Lewis and The News), drummer Robert “Sput” Searight (Ghost-Note, Founding member Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg), keyboardist Dominique “Xavier” Taplin (Prince, Ghost-Note), multi-instrumentalist / vocalist Warren Ham (Ringo Starr) and keyboardist / background vocalist Steve Maggiora,. This line-up marks the fifteenth incarnation of Toto in consideration of band members or sidemen who joined or exited. Individually and collectively, few have had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of TOTO.  The family tree can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a half a billion albums.  Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with hundreds of Grammy nominations.  

With now 45+ years together and literally thousands of credits, including the biggest selling album of all time: Michael Jackson’s  Thriller , and accolades to their names,  TOTO  remains one of the top selling touring and recording acts in the world. They are the benchmark by which many artists base their sound and production, and they continue to transcend the standards set by the entire music community, being simply synonymous with musical credibility.  They are pop culture and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles continuing to remain relevant.

Journey and Toto coming to central Illinois

by WCCU/WICS Staff

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU/WICS) — Legendary rock band Journey is coming to central Illinois.

Journey is bringing its Freedom Tour to Illinois in March 2023. Toto will be their special guest.

“We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our Journey Freedom Tour 2022 this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023” says JOURNEY Founder Neal Schon. “We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends Toto! Come join us for a special evening full of fun and Rockin’ good memories. See you soon Friends.”

They are set to perform on March 20, 2023 at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

The next day they will take their tour to Vibrant Arena at The MARK in Moline, Illinois.

Tickets for the Champaign show go on sale starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21.

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JOURNEY Announces 'Freedom Tour 2023' With Very Special Guest TOTO

One of the most legendary rock bands of all time, JOURNEY has announced the continuation of their highly successful tour with the 50th-anniversary celebration "Freedom Tour 2023" featuring very special guest TOTO . JOURNEY , diamond-selling Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers, will take the stage in 38 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including "Don't Stop Believin'" , "Any Way You Want It" , "Faithfully" and "Lights" .

Presented by AEG Presents , JOURNEY "Freedom Tour 2023" begins February 4 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, making stops in Austin, Montreal, Memphis and more before wrapping April 25 at the brand new Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California. The 2023 run includes rescheduled dates in Washington D.C., Hartford, Toronto and Quebec that were postponed earlier this year due to COVID-19.

JOURNEY features founder Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals), Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass).

Says Schon : "We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our JOURNEY 'Freedom Tour 2022' this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023. We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends TOTO ! Come join us for a special evening full of fun and rockin' good memories. See you soon, friends."

Cain adds: "Excited to perform for our fans as we tour next year with TOTO . The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people's lives. The music of JOURNEY along with the music of TOTO is an example of 'certain music' during 'uncertain times'."

Very special guest TOTO , who have collectively streamed more than 3.3 billion plays on Spotify alone based on hits including "Rosanna" , "Africa" and "Hold The Line" , will join JOURNEY on all dates.

TOTO 's Steve Lukather shares: "'On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends JOURNEY . Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends... a blast off stage as well."

"Freedom Tour 2023" dates:

February 04 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center February 05 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena February 08 - Savannah, GA - Enmarket Arena February 10 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena February 11 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum February 14 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena February 17 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena February 19 - Bossier City, LA - Brookshire Grocery Arena February 22 - Austin, TX - Moody Center February 23 - Lafayette, LA - Cajundome February 26 - Jacksonville, FL - Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena March 01 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena * March 03 - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center March 04 - Hartford, CT - XL Center * March 08 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre March 09 - Quebec, QC - Videotron Centre * March 12 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena * March 13 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre March 16 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center March 17 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall March 20 - Champaign, IL - State Farm Center March 21 - Moline, IL - Vibrant Arena at The MARK March 24 - Sioux Falls, SD - Denny Sanford PREMIER Center March 25 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena March 28 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena March 31 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center April 01 - Memphis, TN - FedExForum April 04 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center April 07 - Springfield, MO - Great Southern Bank Arena April 08 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena April 11 - Casper, WY - Ford Wyoming Center April 13 - Boise, ID - ExtraMile Arena April 14 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena April 17 - Eugene, OR - Matthew Knight Arena April 19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton Arena April 22 - Bakersfield, CA - Mechanics Bank Arena April 23 - Fresno, CA - SaveMart Center April 25 - Palm Springs, CA - Acrisure Arena

* Rescheduled date

JOURNEY and TOTO previously joined forces for an early 2022 U.S. arena tour.

JOURNEY is continuing to promote its latest album, "Freedom" , which was released in July via BMG . The LP debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Current Rock chart.

The members of JOURNEY celebrated the album's release by kicking off a residency featuring special symphony orchestra performances at the new, state-of-the-art Resorts World Casino in Las Vegas.

As JOURNEY 's legend continues to grow larger and their touring gets bigger, "Freedom" is the band’s first album of new material to be released in eleven years, since 2011's "Eclipse" , and in addition to Schon , along with longtime keyboard player and primary lyricist Cain and Pineda , one more member was recruited for the LP — bassist extraordinaire Randy Jackson , who had played on JOURNEY 's 1986 album "Raised On Radio" .

Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, JOURNEY has 25 gold and platinum albums, with total sales adding up to over 100 million albums worldwide, earning the band two Diamond Awards with a third on the way for the "Frontiers" album. JOURNEY has also surpassed one billion streams on Spotify .

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Journey To Perform In Champaign March 20th

(Champaign, IL) — Legendary rock band Journey is set to perform next year in Champaign. The San Francisco rockers will be playing at the State Farm Center on March 20th. The concert is part of their 50th Anniversary Celebration Freedom Tour. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have a number of hits including “Don’t Stop Believin” and “Any Way You Want It.”

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THE LEGENDARY ROCK BAND JOURNEY CELEBRATING

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREEDOM TOUR 2023  

THE DIAMOND-SELLING ROCK BAND JOURNEY WILL BE JOINED ON TOUR BY VERY SPECIAL GUEST TOTO

October 17, 2022  –  One of the most legendary rock bands of all time, JOURNEY , announces the continuation of their highly successful tour with the 50th Anniversary Celebration Freedom Tour 2023  featuring, very special guest  TOTO.  JOURNEY, Diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will take the stage in 38 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including  "Don't Stop Believin”, "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Lights"  and more. 

Presented by AEG Presents, JOURNEY Freedom Tour 2023  begins  February 4  in Allentown, PA – making stops in Austin, Montreal, Memphis and more – before wrapping  April 25  at the brand new Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA.  The 2023 run includes rescheduled dates in Washington DC, Hartford, Toronto and Quebec that were postponed earlier this year due to covid.

Citi is the official card of the  JOURNEY 50th ANNIVERSARY Freedom Tour 2023 .  Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for theU.S. dates beginning Tuesday, October 18 at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, October 20 at 10 p.m. local time through Citi Entertainment (excluding Canada, Washington DC and Hartford shows). For complete presale details visit  www.citientertainment.com    A limited number of exclusive VIP Packages are also available. These exceptional offers can include an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, custom merchandise and much more. 

Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, October 21 at 10 a.m. local time  HERE

JOURNEY  features Founder, Neal Schon  (lead guitarist),  Jonathan Cain  (keyboards, backing vocals),  Arnel Pineda  (lead vocals)  Jason Derlatka  (keyboards, vocals), and  Deen Castronovo  (drums, vocals) and  Todd Jensen  (bass).  Neal Schon, 3x Hall of Fame inductee: Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame.  Jon Cain is a recipient of two BMI songwriter awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

Neal Schon : “We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our Journey Freedom Tour 2022 this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023” says JOURNEY Founder  Neal Schon . “We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends Toto!  Come join us for a special evening full of fun and Rockin’ good memories.  See you soon Friends.”

Jonathan Cain  adds “Excited to perform for our fans as we tour next year with Toto. The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people’s lives. The music of Journey along with the music of Toto is an example of “certain music” during “uncertain times”.

Very special guest  TOTO , who have collectively streamed more than 3.3 billion plays on Spotify alone based on hits including  “Rosanna”, “Africa”  and  “Hold the Line”,  will join  JOURNEY  on all dates.

TOTO’s  Steve Lukather shares, “'On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends  JOURNEY . Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends... a blast off stage as well.”

FREEDOM TOUR 2023 DATES

Mar 16, 2023

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LEGENDARY ROCK BAND JOURNEY CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREEDOM TOUR 2023

Article contributed by aeg presents | published on monday, october 17, 2022.

JOURNEY , announces the continuation of their highly successful tour with the 50th Anniversary Celebration Freedom Tour 2023 featuring, very special guest TOTO.  JOURNEY, Diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will take the stage in 38 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including "Don't Stop Believin”, "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Lights" and more.

Presented by AEG Presents, JOURNEY Freedom Tour 2023 begins February 4 in Allentown, PA – making stops in Austin, Montreal, Memphis and more – before wrapping April 25 at the brand new Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, CA.  The 2023 run includes rescheduled dates in Washington DC, Hartford, Toronto and Quebec that were postponed earlier this year due to covid.

Citi is the official card of the JOURNEY 50th ANNIVERSARY Freedom Tour 2023.  Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for theU.S. dates beginning Tuesday, October 18th at 10am local time until Thursday, October 20th at 10pm local time through Citi Entertainment (excluding Canada, Washington DC and Hartford shows). For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com&nbsp ; A limited number of exclusive VIP Packages are also available. These exceptional offers can include an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, custom merchandise and much more.

Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, October 21 at 10am local time HERE

JOURNEY features Founder, Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals) Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), and Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass).  Neal Schon, 3x Hall of Fame inductee: Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame.  Jon Cain is a recipient of two BMI songwriter awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

Neal Schon: “We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our Journey Freedom Tour 2022 this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023” says JOURNEY Founder Neal Schon. “We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends Toto!  Come join us for a special evening full of fun and Rockin’ good memories.  See you soon Friends.”

Jonathan Cain adds “Excited to perform for our fans as we tour next year with Toto. The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people’s lives. The music of Journey along with the music of Toto is an example of “certain music” during “uncertain times”.

Very special guest TOTO, who have collectively streamed more than 3.3 billion plays on Spotify alone based on hits including “Rosanna”, “Africa” and “Hold the Line”, will join JOURNEY on all dates.

TOTO’s Steve Lukather shares, “'On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends JOURNEY. Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends... a blast off stage as well.”

FREEDOM TOUR 2023 DATES

February 4    

Allentown, PA

Charlottesville, VA   

John Paul Jones Arena

Savannah, GA

Enmarket Arena

February 10

Columbia, SC

Colonial Life Arena

February 11

Greensboro, NC

Greensboro Coliseum

February 14

Lexington, KY

February 17

Knoxville, TN

Thompson-Boling Arena

February 19

Bossier City, LA

Brookshire Grocery Arena

February 22

Moody Center

February 23

Lafayette, LA

February 26

Jacksonville, FL

Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena

Washington, DC

Capital One Arena

State College, PA

Bryce Jordan Center

Hartford, CT

Montreal, QC

Bell Centre

Videotron Centre

Toronto, ON

Scotiabank Arena

Canadian Tire Centre

Buffalo, NY

KeyBank Center

Atlantic City, NJ

Boardwalk Hall

Champaign, IL

State Farm Center

Vibrant Arena at The MARK

Sioux Falls, SD

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Lincoln, NE

Pinnacle Bank Arena

Des Moines, IA

Wells Fargo Arena

Memphis, TN

San Antonio, TX

AT&T Center

Springfield, MO

Great Southern Bank Arena

Wichita, KS

INTRUST Bank Arena

Ford Wyoming Center

ExtraMile Arena

Spokane, WA

Spokane Arena

Matthew Knight Arena

Stockton, CA

Stockton Arena

Bakersfield, CA

Mechanics Bank Arena

SaveMart Center

Palm Springs, CA

Acrisure Arena

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