AS.com Goes to Tahoe ((((((((July 12))))))))

March 30, 2008 by admin.

Journey with new lead singer, Arnel Pineda, just announced they will be performing at Harvey’s in Lake Tahoe on Jul 12. With tickets to the event to go on sale at Ticketmaster on Monday, April 7th at 10am. If you want to go to this I would seriously be lurking the Ticketmaster site on that morning because Tickets Now!, a ticket broker company, is already listing their projected resale ticket value at $263 for bleacher seats and $455 for floor seats.

Arnel’s first performance with Journey in February, 2008.

Arnel’s story is pretty amazing and could have never happened ten years ago. Journey lost it’s lead singer of 7 years in 2006 due to medical reasons. Although they found a temporary replacement, the band members knew they needed a permenant front man to carry on their legacy of Rock hits as well as move forward with some new arrangements. Guitarist, Neil Schon, was not having any luck finding anyone and as a last resort started surfing Youtube videos of singers and cover bands. He then stumbled upon a group of videos that featured a rock cover band from the Phillipines called The Zoo. Schon was impressed by the lead singer Pineda and emailed the person who posted the videos. When Pineda learned that Journey was calling asking him to audition he thought it was a hoax and ignored the request, but he was later peruaded by a friend who suggested, ‘what if it was for real’. Pineda traveled with his manager here (the San Francisco Bay Area) and in December of 2007 was chosen to be the new lead singer of the group. And even more amazing was that his first public performance with Journey was at a Chilean Music Festival that was broacasted to 25 million people worldwide after only 2 months with the band. The Chilean’s reaction to Journey with Pineda was so incredible they discussed new album options, a national tour and a world tour. A March 8, 2008, a sold out performance at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas confirmed all that would happen. Journey was back.
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FRIDAY’s ALIVE!!!

Here is a list of the final Friday’s Alive dates along with the bands that will be playing that night at Bay Meadows. This is all there is before she closes her doors forever…
April 4 - High Voltage and AC/DShe
April 11 - Journey Unauthorized
April 18 - The Cheeseballs
April 25 - Super Diamond
May 9 - Tainted Love
And don’t forget it’s also dollar beer and hot dogs on Friday’s. Gates open at 4:30, 6pm dollar pricing starts, 7:20 first post. Let me know which day works best for you and check back for updates.

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BACK to the BIG ISLAND…

jm
The Editor

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