Journey will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023 with a lengthy North American tour featuring support from Toto. The tour, billed as the Journey Freedom Tour 2023, will expand upon this year’s trek in celebration of the band’s latest record, Freedom, which arrived this past summer.
Presented by AEG Presents, Journey Freedom Tour 2023 will begin on February 4th in Allentown, PA and continue for several months before wrapping up on April 25th at Palm Springs, CA’s new Acrisure Arena. The 2023 tour includes rescheduled dates in Washington DC, Hartford, Toronto and Quebec that were postponed earlier this year due to COVID.
The 2023 outing will also serve as a 50th anniversary celebration for the band, which formed in 1973 and released its debut, self-titled album two years later. The current iteration of Journey features Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals), Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals), and Todd Jensen (bass).
“We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our Journey Freedom Tour 2022 this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023,” said Journey founder Neal Schon in a press statement. “We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends Toto!”
Adds Toto’s Steve Lukather, “On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends Journey. Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends… a blast off stage as well.”
“The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people’s lives,” longtime Journey member Jonathan Cain reflects. “The music of Journey along with the music of Toto is an example of ‘certain music’ during ‘uncertain times.'”
A Citi cardmember pre-sale for the Journey 50th anniversary tour dates will run from Tuesday, October 18th at 10:00 a.m. local venue time through Thursday, October 20th at 10:00 p.m. local venue time. Find complete pre-sale details here. Tickets for all Journey 50th anniversary tour shows go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 21st at 10:00 a.m. local venue time via the band’s website.
Click below for a complete list of Journey 50th anniversary Freedom Tour 2023 dates.