Journey ends Final Frontier farewell tour in San Francisco

Journey's 'Final Frontier' farewell tour will end with a homecoming show at San Francisco's Chase Center on Nov. 28. Keyboardist Jonathan Cain said shortly before the tour began that it felt like a good time to get off the train. Cain told Ultimate Classic Rock that he was overwhelmed by the turnout on the tour and maybe they would think about it.

Neal Schon wrote on Facebook that the band had completed 110 shows in 2026. Schon said the 'Evening with Journey' shows lasted two and a half hours each night, the longest shows the band has played. Journey's name appeared on the 2027 Stagecoach festival lineup in September, as a makeup date for a rained-out performance this year.

Arnel Pineda told Rolling Stone that he nearly left the band before this tour. Schon said that Pineda had sent messages saying he was overwhelmed with his personal life and didn't know if he could do it. Pineda's contract is with concert promoters AEG. Journey hired Arnel Pineda in 2007, and Steve Perry joined the band in 1977.

In 1998, Hugo Valenti received a call from Sony A&R rep John Kalodner about possibly joining the band, but the idea was nixed before he could audition. In August, Journey invited Hugo Valenti onto their stage at two shows on their Japanese tour, where he sang 'Faithfully' and 'Keep on Runnin''. Schon recently trademarked the name Journey Beyond. In 2019, Schon formed a club-circuit group called Journey Through Time, which lasted just a matter of days.