{"id":215178,"date":"2025-10-10T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/215178\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:08:08","slug":"jonathan-cain-retiring-from-journey-after-2026-27-farewell-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/215178\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Cain Retiring From Journey After 2026-27 Farewell Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tUPDATED with new statements from Neal Schon<\/a> and a band spokesperson: Seems like it\u2019s almost time to stop believin\u2019.<\/p>\n

\n\tLongtime Journey<\/a> keyboardist and songwriter Jonathan Cain<\/a> is quitting the megaplatinum band after a \u201cfarewell tour\u201d next year. Founding guitarist \u2014 and Cain foil \u2014 Neal Schon posted on social media<\/a> late Thursday: \u201cJonathan Cain announced his farewell to Journey tonight. I\u2019m nowhere near done! Journey has so much more life ahead!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSchon later clarified that Cain is retiring after the next tour, which will go \u201call through\u201d 2026-27.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for Journey released this statement: \u201cJonathan Cain remains an active member of Journey, and any reports suggesting otherwise are inaccurate. He is fully dedicated to touring with the band over the next couple of years and has only expressed plans to retire at a later time.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe two 45-year bandmates have been embroiled in on-again\/off-again legal and personal turmoil for many years, feuding and sometimes suing each other of corporate and musical differences. The pair, who each own 50% stakes in the band Journey, most recently settled a legal matter last year<\/a> and have been able to keep the band together. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.<\/p>\n

\n\tCain joined The Babys in 1978 and left to connect with Journey in 1981, just as the Bay Area band was hitting its commercial stride. He, Schon and singer Steve Perry co-wrote \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019,\u201d which was the second single off his 10-times-platinum Journey debut album Escape and has become one of the most popular songs in rock history. The single has sold more than 18 million units alone. Cain and Perry also co-wrote the album smash singles \u201cWho\u2019s Crying Now?\u201d and \u201cOpen Arms,\u201d the latter being its biggest pop hit, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJourney circa 1982, from left: Steve Perry, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain, Ross Valory and Neal Schon<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEverett Collection<\/p>\n

\n\tCain went on to write Journey\u2019s pop hit \u201cFaithfully\u201d and co-penned the other songs on its 1983 sextuple-platinum album Frontiers, including the Top 10 single \u201cSeparate Ways.\u201d With its classic lineup of Perry, Schon, Cain, bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith, the band peaked commercially before Perry left in 1985; he would return for one album, 1996\u2019s Trial by Fire, and Journey has continued to record and tour since amid personnel changes.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: John Lodge Dies: Longtime Bassist-Singer Of The Moody Blues Was 82<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDetails about the group\u2019s 2026 farewell tour are TBA.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeparately on Friday, Cain released a promo video saying that he has a solo song, \u201cNo One Else,\u201d dedicated to \u201cgood friend Charlie Kirk\u201d that will be released later this month.<\/p>\n

Every song starts with a story\u2026 and this one came straight from the heart.
I can\u2019t wait for you to hear what inspired this new track \u2014 it drops October 24 on all platforms.
Watch the video to hear the story behind the song and why it means so much to me.#NewMusic<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/AYYuPkY5L7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonathan Cain (@TheJonathanCain) October 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n