Journey cancel 2024 UK and Ireland 50th anniversary tour

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Journey have cancelled their UK and Ireland 50th anniversary arena tour – you can find all the details below.

The ‘Don’t Stop Believin” band had been due to embark on their ‘Freedom Tour’ this autumn with special guests Cheap Trick.

Tickets for the run of gigs – which included a stop at The O2 in London – went on sale back in March. Now, it has been confirmed in a brief statement that the 11-date trek has been axed.

“Due to circumstances beyond the band’s control, Journey’s UK and Ireland tour is unfortunately cancelled,” the message reads (via Radio X). “Refunds will be made from your point of purchase.”

Journey have not yet announced the news on their official social media accounts. However, the shows have been listed as cancelled on Ticketmaster. Their planned London concert has also been removed from The O2’s website.

The scrapped UK and Ireland leg would have followed Journey’s current run of North American stadium shows with Def Leppard, which is set to conclude early next month.

Journey’s cancelled UK and Ireland tour dates are:

OCTOBER
30 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
31 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

NOVEMBER
02 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
04 – SSE Arena, Belfast
05 – 3Arena, Dublin
08 – AO Arena, Manchester 
09 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
11 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
16 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle
17 – The O2, London 

The cancellation comes shortly after Journey keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jonathan Cain reportedly filed a new lawsuit against bandmate Neal Schon while on tour in the US.

According to Bloomberg Law, the suit was filed on the grounds of frustrations over Schon’s “expenses related to the tour”, including “budgeting and spending” of the band’s credit card over personal expenses.

Upon the UK and Ireland tour being announced in February, lead guitarist Schon said: “It’s been too long since we’ve seen you all!

“We are all very excited to be coming back to the UK and playing with our good friends Cheap Trick, who I’ve known and played with since the ’70s. It’s going to be a great party for all!”

‘Don’t Stop Believin” was named the biggest song of all time earlier this year. More recently, Schon recalled being “terrified” when the hit track was used in Glee – and looked back on it soundtracking the final-ever scene of The Sopranos.

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