Journey’s singer Arnel Pineda took to his social media page where he shared a video where he thanked fans for their support after he received criticism for his performance with his bandmates at the Rock In Rio festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on September 15.
Arnel Pineda shared the following:
“Hello, everyone. Firstly, I want to apologize for the inconvenience I have caused all of Journey’s faithful fans out there. I know the band’s not perfect right now and in turmoil, but it is not going through some bad stuff these days anyway. My friends, again, you know who you are.
“I’ve waited a while before I wanna post something again, so here I am. Bottom line, good has won, and no matter how screwed our world is, maybe it’s caused evil in us in general, or the politicians or the religious leaders that’s making us believe in their eccentric point of view are influencing us. But, yeah. Again, I said that good has won.
“I read most of your comments for my post. Thank you so much. It’s overwhelmingly humbling. I didn’t do it for some selfish reason, not to feed me with such gratifying feeling, more of a spiritual journey for me and my profound curiosity and what’s winning in his world these days. Is it a good or is it a bad? And isn’t it evident that a lot of people would just cowardly hide behind their cell phones, computers, et cetera, et cetera, to express their hatred, cruelty, bigotry, or discriminatory and racist remarks to me? Well, it’s been happening since 2007… And yet here comes the good people to my rescue.
”No matter what they are going through, good or bad, as soon as they saw my post, quickly and bravely they did not hesitate to send their kindness, sincerity, top-notch generosity of their precious time, just to express how genuinely caring and willing they are to fight for me, to reason with me. And they’re not even sure what kind of life or episode screw-up they’re all going through and still, yeah, there’s still so much good in this world. Really, I believe so. And I’m so grateful to each and every one of you. I’d also like to thank the ones who relentlessly exploited my imperfections for your own selfish intentions. Remember, our universe is so alive, guys, and it knows how to give back all the time, good and bad. Depends on what we all did from the past, and with god by our side, nothing could ever go wrong.
“So thank you everyone. To all the rock stars who’ve reached out and said something to defend me, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now let’s all try to agree on walking with good every day. I love you all, really. Muito obrigado, Brazil. Muchas gracias, Chile, especially the whole America, Canada, Scandinavia, U.K., South America, and especially my fellow man who stood by me. Thank you really so much. Love to all of you.”
