Journey Halts Concert During Its Signature Song After Fire Reported & Cancels Show

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For more than 40 years, Journey has told us to “Don’t Stop Believin’,” but last night night, they stopped playin’. The veteran group was performing its signature track early in its set at NRG Stadium in Houston when its members halted the show abruptly and left the stage, not to return.

The cause? A reported electrical fire. A fan-shot video of the incident shows the video screens and audio cutting out as singer Arnel Pineda was belting out the 1981 hit, leaving the audience sing-along as the only vocal:I lived in Houston for six years and went to over 30 rodeo concerts—but I’ve never seen anything like this.

Journey was in the middle of ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ when the stadium speakers blew out.The entire concert is on hold! pic.twitter.com/UxbDFbXBr8 Concertgoers reported that an announcer later told the crowd about the fire and said the multiplatinum group wouldn’t continue. “Don’t Stop Believin’,” from Journey’s smash album Escape, has taken on a borderline-iconic status since it was used during the final scene of HBO’s The Sopranos in 2007.

Featuring former lead singer Steve Perry and an unusual structure that includes the chorus at the end, reached the pop Top 10 and has been included on many lists of the best songs of the 1980s.