{"id":58539,"date":"2026-02-20T15:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/steve-perry-denies-journey-reunion-rumors\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:29:27","slug":"steve-perry-denies-journey-reunion-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/steve-perry-denies-journey-reunion-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Perry Denies Journey Reunion Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tSteve Perry<\/a> has a message for Journey<\/a> fans: The time has come to stop believin\u2019. In\u00a0a social media message<\/a>, the band\u2019s former singer, who went his separate ways from the group nearly three decades ago, torpedoed online gossip that he was considering a reunion.<\/p>\n

\n\t\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,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI 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

\n\tThe rumors stemmed from an interview Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain gave to Ultimate Classic Rock<\/a> in which he was asked whether or not they\u2019d approached Perry about a reunion. \u201cNeal [Schon, guitarist] already asked, and he says [Perry\u2019s] thinking about it,\u201d Cain said. \u201cI hope he comes out. It\u2019s never too late. We\u2019ve got 100 shows, so he\u2019s welcome at any one of them. He didn\u2019t say no \u2013 leave it at that.\u201d Well, now, Perry has said no, so it\u2019s officially OK to let go of that feeling.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt\u2019s understandable, though, why fans would be excited for a reunion since even though Perry was Journey\u2019s third frontman and his first record with the band was their fourth, he sang all of their biggest hits, recorded between his 1977 arrival and Journey\u2019s 1987 breakup: \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d \u201cLights,\u201d \u201cOpen Arms,\u201d \u201cAny Way You Want It,\u201d and \u201cSeparate Ways (Worlds Apart),\u201d among them. When Journey reunited in 1995, Perry remained in the group for three years until a hip injury sidelined him. In the years since, Journey have had several frontmen, eventually recruiting their current singer, Arnel Pineda, from a cover band called the Zoo, in 2007. Pineda has been Journey\u2019s frontman longer than Perry did at this point.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMeanwhile, Perry took a long break from the music business while dealing with health issues. He released Traces<\/em>, his first solo album in 24 years, in 2018, and a Christmas album, The Season<\/em>, in 2021. He has not embarked on a tour since his return, but he did sporadically make guest appearances with the band Eels in 2014.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>, Perry explicitly shot down any possibility of reuniting with Journey. \u201cI left the band 31 fucking years ago, my friend,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cYou can still love someone, but not want to work with them. And if they only love you because they want to work with you, that doesn\u2019t feel good to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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