Journey Singer Arnel Pineda Address Vocal Issues at ‘Rock in Rio’ Concert

Journey front man Arnel Pineda hit a bad note at Rock in Rio, and now the lead singer is responding to fan backlash on social media.

Pineda took to his own accounts to address the video zeroing in on his vocal problems, and asked fans to participate in a fan vote over whether or not he should remain in the band.

 “[N]o one more than me in this world feels so devastated about this… its really amazing how 1 thousand right things you have done will be forgotten just cause of THIS..and of all the places , its in Rock In Rio…”

He added that “mentally and emotionally, ive suffered already, and im still sufferring..but i’ll be ok..”

Pineda then decided to poll fans as to whether he should continue with the group.

“i am offering you a chance now ( especially those who’s hated me and never liked me from the very beginning) to simply text GO or STAY right here,” he wrote, “and if GO reaches 1million… im stepping out for good..are you game folks?” 

One person voting for “Stay” is band mate Neal Schon, who said the sound issues stemmed from Avenged Sevenfold, who also appeared on the bill.

“[W]e 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,” he wrote.

“Arnel dont listen to these blogs. They are all bought You’ve kicked a**!” 

Schon continued on his  Facebook page, with video from the concert, Schon wrote, “All this absolute garbage fabricated bulls*** about [Arnel]. Does this look like nobody had a good time? I’m asking you. All fabricated, owned and bought blogs, bulls***.” 

Journey fans can catch Schon on September 24 for the America’s Got Talent finale with middle school janitor Richard Goodall, who performed Journey songs in his quest to be crowned the 2024 winner of the reality show.