JOURNEY frontman Arnel Pineda says that he will “step out for good” if enough people on social media request for him to leave the band.
The 57-year-old singer, who has been fronting the legendary rockers since 2007 when JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon discovered him leading a Manila cover band on YouTube, was apparently reacting to a professionally filmed video of JOURNEY‘s performance at the 2024 edition of Rock In Rio festival in in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil which was posted on the Behind The Songs Facebook page along with a caption criticizing Arnel‘s “bad voice” and “severe vocal failure”.
Fans went ahead and raised concerns over Arnel’s performance, saying:
“I never liked this third league singer. It’s truly amazing that a band like Journey who had two talented singers at the same time (Greg Rollie and Steve Perry) and now they have a bar singer”
“He’s a really good singer, and sometimes singers have bad nights due to things they have little control over: weather, allergies, illness. It all affects your vocals, especially at outdoor shows.”
“Don’t let ignorant trolls decide your fate. You had a bad night, so what. These people b*tching, have bad lives.”