{"id":30421,"date":"2024-09-23T18:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T18:02:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:02:27","slug":"journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-23\/Getty_ArnelPanedaNealSchon_092324.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Rob Loud\/Getty Images for Journey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Journey<\/strong>\u2019s current frontman,\u00a0<strong>Arnel Pineda<\/strong>, is responding to backlash over his performance at the recent Rock in Rio festival and has even offered to leave the band.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DANuw78Sf9u\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>social media<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, Pineda commented\u00a0on a recent Facebook post\u00a0that had\u00a0video that seemed to show him struggling with his vocals at the recent Rock in Rio festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Noting that he was aware of the video, Pineda shared, &#8220;[N]o one more than me in this world feels so devastated about this\u2026 its really amazing how 1 thousand right things you have done will be forgotten just cause of THIS..and of all the places , its in Rock In Rio\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added that \u201cmentally and emotionally, ive suffered already, and im still sufferring..but i\u2019ll be ok..&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pineda then decided to poll fans as to whether he should continue with the group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201ci am offering you a chance now ( especially those who\u2019s hated me and never liked me from the very beginning) to simply text GO or STAY right here,\u201d he wrote, \u201cand if GO reaches 1million\u2026 im stepping out for good..are you game folks?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One person who\u00a0doesn&#8217;t want\u00a0Pineda\u00a0to go\u00a0is\u00a0his bandmate <strong>Neal Schon<\/strong>. Responding to a Facebook post about Pineda\u2019s statements, Schon commented, \u201cArnel dont listen to these blogs. They are all bought You\u2019ve kicked a**!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And in a post on his own <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/schonmusic\/posts\/pfbid0XsvxfBtdMVNs9f6g71cmdxi7HyNcHdVgw33GxJXh8iwT13KJq7xp9LrGj25ZmKYjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, with video from the concert,\u00a0Schon wrote, \u201cAll this absolute garbage fabricated bulls*** about [Arnel]. Does this look like nobody had a good time? I\u2019m asking you. All fabricated, owned and bought blogs, bulls***.\u201d He also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/schonmusic\/posts\/pfbid02hiSfXU61tVmBakYaYJ8XBoCfsrVbmEkhbCZQE3LFhyMtCCKeJbL4GA5FidgKMoATl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>seemed to blame<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> the rock band <strong>Avenged Sevenfold<\/strong> for the problems they had with their sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Journey is set\u00a0to bring their tour to Japan in October. All dates can be found at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journeymusic.com\/#tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>journeymusic.com.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Loud\/Getty Images for Journey Journey\u2019s current frontman,\u00a0Arnel Pineda, is responding to backlash over his performance at the recent Rock in Rio festival and has even offered to leave the band. In a post on social media, Pineda commented\u00a0on a recent Facebook post\u00a0that had\u00a0video that seemed to show him struggling<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rob Loud\/Getty Images for Journey Journey\u2019s current frontman,\u00a0Arnel Pineda, is responding to backlash over his performance at the recent Rock in Rio festival and has even offered to leave the band. In a post on social media, Pineda commented\u00a0on a recent Facebook post\u00a0that had\u00a0video that seemed to show him strugglingRead More &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"101 Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101Gold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-23\/Getty_ArnelPanedaNealSchon_092324.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ABC News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@101goldfm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@101goldfm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ABC News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ABC News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7\"},\"headline\":\"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"101 Gold\",\"101.1 fm\",\"101gold.com\",\"classic hits radio\",\"Good Times\",\"Great Music\",\"kvlc\",\"las cruces radio\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Classic Hits\/Oldies\",\"Classic Rock\",\"Music\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\",\"name\":\"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/\",\"name\":\"101 Gold\",\"description\":\"Southern New Mexico&#039;s Favorite Radio Station\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization\",\"name\":\"101 Gold\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Updated_Gold.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Updated_Gold.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"101 Gold\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101Gold\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/101goldfm\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/101goldfm\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcv85Bxj9WRRnL0O3xii6IQ\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7\",\"name\":\"ABC News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ABC News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/author\/abcnews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold","og_description":"Rob Loud\/Getty Images for Journey Journey\u2019s current frontman,\u00a0Arnel Pineda, is responding to backlash over his performance at the recent Rock in Rio festival and has even offered to leave the band. In a post on social media, Pineda commented\u00a0on a recent Facebook post\u00a0that had\u00a0video that seemed to show him strugglingRead More &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/","og_site_name":"101 Gold","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101Gold","article_published_time":"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-09-23\/Getty_ArnelPanedaNealSchon_092324.jpg"}],"author":"ABC News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@101goldfm","twitter_site":"@101goldfm","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ABC News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/"},"author":{"name":"ABC News","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7"},"headline":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him","datePublished":"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/"},"wordCount":334,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization"},"keywords":["101 Gold","101.1 fm","101gold.com","classic hits radio","Good Times","Great Music","kvlc","las cruces radio"],"articleSection":["Classic Hits\/Oldies","Classic Rock","Music"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/","name":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him - 101 Gold","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-23T18:02:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/journey-frontman-arnel-pineda-offers-to-leave-band-if-fans-dont-want-him\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Journey frontman Arnel Pineda offers to leave band if fans don\u2019t want him"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/","name":"101 Gold","description":"Southern New Mexico&#039;s Favorite Radio Station","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#organization","name":"101 Gold","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Updated_Gold.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Updated_Gold.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"101 Gold"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/101Gold","https:\/\/twitter.com\/101goldfm","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/101goldfm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcv85Bxj9WRRnL0O3xii6IQ\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7","name":"ABC News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ABC News"},"url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/author\/abcnews\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}