Journey lead guitarist Neal Schon has come to the defense of bandmate and vocalist Arnel Pineda, days after the singer told fans he will quit the band “for good” if they want him to leave following their Rock in Rio 2024 set.Earlier this month, the band performed at the Brazilian festival, where Pineda’s performance was slammed by fans.
This was further amplified by a Facebook video that went viral after showcasing the Filipino singer struggling to hit the right notes for ‘Don’t Stop Believing’.On Sunday (September 23), Schon shared a clip from the Rock In Rio stage in hopes of clearing the situation with fans.
He states that the band only found out “much later” that their PA setup was “extremely limited by Avenged Sevenfold“, who were set to perform at the stage at midnight, hours after Journey’s 7pm slot.“That means that hardly hardly any sound can get out of the PA to the audience,” he writes. “It’s a bullshit move.
Check out the audience. They loved it the rest of its fabricated crap.”“We found out much later that we got extremely limited by Avenged Sevenfold that means that hardly hardly any sound can get out of the PA to the audience.
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