Arnel Fans

Jeff Maisey of Virginian-Pilot reviews Journey, Cheap Trick and Heart’s concert last night at the Ampitheatre. He even mentioned Arnel was the best replacement for Steve Perry.

If you closed your eyes, crossed your fingers and hoped Arnel Pineda lived up to the hype as Journey’s new singer, you probably weren’t alone Tuesday evening at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater.

Well, hearing is certainly believing, and without a doubt Pineda was the best replacement Journey has ever had for its most famed vocalist, Steve Perry.

Read the rest of Jeff’s review here.

Jeff Maisey of the HamptionRoads.com writes about Arnel’s journey.

When Journey guitarist Neal Schon was scouting for a new singer last year he accidentally came across a video posted on YouTube. The clip featured Arnel Pineda of the Filipino band The Zoo. He was singing cover songs from some of his favorite rock bands like Queen and Journey. Impressed by Pineda’s voice, Schon had the vocalist flown to America for an audition.

“The quality of the performance was amazing,” said Journey bassist Ross Valory, who called from a tour stop in Florida. “I was surprised as anybody with what I heard.”

Paul Liberatore of HamptonRoads.com talks about Journey’s singers rags to riches stories, from Steve Perry, Steve Augeri and now Arnel Pineda. It also gives insights to Arnel’s discovery, audition and acceptance.

The classic-rock band Journey has a history of rags-to-riches lead singers.

Golden-voiced Steve Perry, the operatic tenor who sang the band’s anthemic ’80s hits, was plucked from a construction job in a Central Valley farm town.

Steve Augeri, who replaced Perry in the mid-’90s, was working in a Gap store when he got the call to join the band.

Now, leading the band in a performance today in Virginia Beach, we have the cyberspace Cinderella story of Arnel Pineda, Journey’s brand-new frontman.

Here’s the rest of the article.