For greater than 40 years, Journey has instructed us to “Don’t Cease Believin’,” however final night time night time, they stopped playin’.
The veteran group was performing its signature monitor early in its set at NRG Stadium in Houston when its members halted the present abruptly and left the stage, to not return. The trigger? A reported electrical hearth.
A fan-shot video of the incident exhibits the video screens and audio chopping out as singer Arnel Pineda was belting out the 1981 hit, leaving the viewers sing-along as the one vocal:
Concertgoers reported that an announcer later instructed the group concerning the hearth and stated the multiplatinum group wouldn’t proceed.
“Don’t Cease Believin’,” from Journey’s smash album Escape, has taken on a borderline-iconic standing because it was used throughout the closing scene of HBO’s The Sopranos in 2007. That includes former lead singer Steve Perry and an uncommon construction that features the refrain on the finish, reached the pop High 10 and has been included on many lists of one of the best songs of the Eighties. Each the monitor and compilation disc Journey’s Biggest Hits are licensed 18 instances platinum by the RIAA.
Total, the Bay Space native band has offered greater than 101.5 million data within the U.S. alone, together with greater than 9 million copies of Escape. Seven of its albums have offered no less than 1,000,000 items.
Native TV outlet ABC13 reported that the Houston Rodeo, which was internet hosting Journey’s present Friday night time, would go Saturday as deliberate with a efficiency by Warren Zeiders and the attending festivities.