Journey has added a hometown stop in San Francisco to its Final Frontier tour, bringing the farewell run full circle to the city where the band first formed decades ago.
The tour is now set to end at Chase Center on Nov. 28, one of 40 dates added to the trek on Monday, May 12.
Other newly announced California shows include a show at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, San Diego’s Pechanga Arena on Sept. 14, Adventist Health Arena in Stockton on Sept. 17 and Honda Center in Anaheim on Nov. 24.
Journey has also expanded its North American tour to cities such as Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville and Toronto.
Ticket presales for all newly announced shows start at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 13, with general sales beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, May 15. A limited number of VIP packages offering premium tickets and custom merchandise will be available.
“The energy has been incredible every night,” founding guitarist Neal Schon said in a statement Tuesday, May 12. “Seeing these crowds sing these songs with us after all these years has been powerful. We’re excited to bring The Final Frontier Tour to even more cities this fall.”
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Journey: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28. Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, S.F. 888-479-4667. www.ticketmaster.com
The veteran rock group kicked off its Final Frontier tour at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. on Feb. 28, despite mounting friction within the band. Frontman Arnel Pineda even told Rolling Stone at the start that he had tried to quit twice before embarking on the trek, to no avail.
Schon has denied the claim, and blamed the band’s internal strife on keyboardist Jonathan Cain‘s advocacy of President Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda and right-wing, evangelical causes in a separate interview with the outlet.
“We were never going to affiliate politics with our music, and we’re never going to affiliate any one religion … You’re going to lose half your fans when you do that,” Schon said. “It’s everybody’s music. I just don’t agree with it. I still don’t. And it’s probably one of the reasons that things are still a bit shaky.”
As tensions between members continue, the “Don’t Stop Believin'” hitmakers have stayed on the road this year, already playing for dozens of packed crowds throughout the country.
“The fans have been incredible,” Pineda said in a statement Tuesday. “Every night feels like a celebration, and we’re excited to share that experience with even more cities.”
Journey was meant to make its debut at Southern California’s Stagecoach Music Festival last month in between its tour dates, but the set was abruptly canceled due to dangerously high winds that prompted an evacuation. A few weeks prior, Journey canceled a handful of shows due to illness within its touring crew.
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This article originally published at Journey adds San Francisco finale to farewell tour as tensions within band persist.