TOTO’s Steve Lukather shares, “"We are thrilled to have been asked to join our dear friends
Journey on the road again. We had such a blast the last couple of tours across North America
together. Great success and so much fun. It is truly one big happy family, and it is a great night
of music. Can't wait to see you all out there soon in 2024!”
ABOUT JOURNEY
Since the group's formation in 1973, JOURNEY has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and
platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million albums globally. Their "Greatest Hits" album is
certified 15 times-platinum, making JOURNEY one of the few bands to ever have been
diamond-certified, and their song "Don't Stop Believin” has been streamed over one billion
times alone.
JOURNEY was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, and 2018's co-headlining
tour with DEF LEPPARD was the band's most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10
year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious
Billboard "Legends Of Live" touring award. March 2019 saw the release of "Escape & Frontiers
Live In Japan", a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the
band's first-ever performances of the albums "Escape" and "Frontiers" in their entirety.
JOURNEY has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and were inducted into the
Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame. Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning
documentary "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey" about the band's resurgence upon
adding Arnel Pineda as lead singer after JOURNEY Founder, Neal Schon discovered the
Philippines native on YouTube.
ABOUT TOTO
Over the past decade, TOTO has had a major renaissance in popularity like few bands at this
point in their career. No individual statistic exhibits this more than achieving the milestone of 3
billion cumulative streams of their collected works. Individually and collectively, the band’
family tree can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a
half a billion albums. Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with
hundreds of Grammy nominations. Amongst the most listened to recordings, “Africa” accounts
for over one billion streams at Spotify alone. The song was recertified by the RIAA 8X Platinum.
They are pop culture, and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends
and styles continuing to remain relevant while enjoying their multi-generational global fan
base. Joining Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams are band members bassist John Pierce (Huey
Lewis and The News), drummer Robert “Sput” Searight (Ghost-Note, Snoop Dogg), keyboardist
/ background vocalist Steve Maggiora, keyboardist / background vocalist Dominique “Xavier”
Taplin (Prince, Ghost-Note), and multi-instrumentalist / vocalist Warren Ham (Ringo Starr).
With now 45+ years together and literally thousands of credits, including the biggest selling
album of all time: Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and accolades to their names, TOTO remains one
of the top selling touring and recording acts in the world. They are the benchmark by which
many artists base their sound and production, and they continue to transcend the standards set
by the entire music community, being simply synonymous with musical credibility. They are pop
culture and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles
continuing to remain relevant.
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