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Journey<\/a>‘s Neal Schon<\/a>\u00a0spoke at length about the band’s upcoming Final Frontier farewell tour<\/a> in a new\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> interview, offering some (sort of) clarity about his future in and out of the band.<\/p>\n According to Schon, the impetus for the farewell tour was keyboardist Jonathan Cain<\/a>‘s desire to leave the band<\/a> after one more road trip, which Cain confirmed last month.<\/p>\n “Well, Jonathan had mentioned that he was wanting to say goodbye at the end of this tour,” Schon said. “At the time, we had a manager, which we don\u2019t anymore … the old story of that. It always manages to come back to the beginning, which is with me here and sort of running stuff … The legacy and the heart of the band I have within myself … I\u2019ve been here since day one, and wherever I go, the heart and soul of the band is going to go with me. Journey goes on.”<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Journey Live Albums Ranked<\/a><\/p>\n So, how exactly<\/em>\u00a0will it go on? Schon made it clear that he wants to continue performing after Journey wraps up. He might use the “Journey Beyond<\/a>” moniker, which he’s been\u00a0teasing on social media for a long time now \u2014 but he also might not.<\/p>\n “Well, who knows? Nothing is set in stone right now until I actually get there,” he said. “There\u2019s quite a few names that I\u2019ve gotten trademarks on so I can sort of levitate to what I\u2019m thinking and what I\u2019m feeling at that time.”<\/p>\n In the meantime, Schon is looking forward to reviving some Journey deep cuts on the Final Frontier tour.\u00a0“We\u2019re doing ‘An Evening with Journey,’ two full sets with an intermission,” he explained. “There\u2019ll be no opener. It\u2019s all Journey. So we\u2019re going to be digging into songs we haven\u2019t done in decades, plus the anthems that everybody loves.”<\/p>\n The guitarist is\u00a0also open to reuniting with\u00a0Steve Perry<\/a> in some capacity on the upcoming tour. “I would welcome him, and I\u2019m sure everybody else would, too,” he said. “If he wanted to just walk on and say hi, this would be the tour to do it, or if he wanted to come on and sing anything or if he just wanted to be a part of it, period.”<\/p>\nJourney Farewell Tour Plans: Deep Cuts and Possible Steve Perry Reunion?<\/h3>\n