When Journey released Revelation in 2008, they not only appeared at no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 200, they also earned their eleventh platinum album. The New York Times proclaimed "the band...feels alive." And that was even prior to Journey renaissance fueled by the inclusion of "Don't Stop Believin'" in Broadway's Rock of Ages musical and on television's hit show Glee.The band's keyboardist, Jonathan Cain, spoke about his daughters assured him that placement was going to be huge: "Good for us and good for Glee. Glad they can get some mileage out of a song that is almost 30 years old now. Journey's sort of ageless in that sense. We are not like some old creeper band from the '80s with long hair that nobody cares about."Cain saw it coming as soon as the reformed Journey started playing the tune repeatedly in 1998. He observed that "it was the one that always resonated together with the kids, and they should always abt travels stage. I knew something was up. I did not have knowledge of how large it was going to get. It's kind of neat to look that side of it through their eyes, how the young generation perceives us."
Indeed, with their final CD, Eclipse, Journey has a chance to really solidify that new generation of fans. The disc is set for release in North America on Shall 24 exclusively through Walmart. Europeans get their shot on June 3. Eclipse is the iconic band's 14th studio album and their 2nd with lead vocalist Arnel Pineda (the band's sixth frontman).Of the new effort, lead guitarist and band founder Neal Schon declared, "I'm in like with this record, which I have not spoke about about two of our albums for an extended time. It's a rock record and it sounds amazing."Cain added that it's "a concept record with some spiritual themes to it... pretty tough, hard-hitting stuff. We just felt like it was time to send a message to world about how we look about life in general."To help the release, Journey is hitting the path along with Night Ranger and Foreigner. And Schon is pretty excited: "We've got very many of hits to play and there is plenty of time to do some new stuff too, so we are gonna combine it up. We have not toured with Foreigner for over 10 years, so we are really receiving note of forward to this run."The sprint kicks off on July 15 in Wisconsin and wraps up on October 21 with Journey in Seattle. In between, they will close a large swath of North America.Among the stops within the Northeast, Journey plays Mansfield, Mass. on August 12. Hartford, Conn. hosts Journey after that on August 25. Cincinnati, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Hershey, and more round out the August itinerary.For September, Journey hits West Palm Beach as well as New Orleans, Atlanta, Dallas, and Kansas City, between others. October puts the '80s rockers in cities like Hill View, Portland, and Englewood.In addition to North America, Journey also plans to first venture to other countries withEclipse. Schon says that the band fashioned the record with touring in mind: "You know, I really fought for this record to be the method it is. It's a rock record. It's built for the locations we are about to play. We are playing very many of large shows - Southern America and Europe - and we are going to be touring the whole world on and off for 3 years. So I wrote for what I felt we were missing in our show."
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