About this episode

Mark and Alan discuss the drama surrounding Journey's farewell tour with Rolling Stone's Andy Greene.

On this episode of Sound Up!, Mark and Alan are joined by Andy Greene, Senior Writer at Rolling Stone, to discuss his wild new story “Power Ballads, Bad Blood, and Sold Out Shows: Inside Journey’s Massive Farewell Tour.” Andy got a close-up look at the tension and drama between Arnel Pineda, Neal Schon, and Jonathan Cain and he fills us in on the chaos he witnessed surrounding the launch of the band’s final outing.

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Goodman, Alan Light

Guest: Andy Greene

Topics covered

• music journalism
• band dynamics
• farewell tours
• Journey
• rock music
• entertainment news

Keywords

• Journey
• Andy Greene
• farewell tour
• rock music
• Rolling Stone
• band drama
• music commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rolling Stone

Books & works: Power Ballads, Bad Blood, and Sold Out Shows: Inside Journey’s Massive Farewell Tour

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