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Followed a planned Philly date that was cancelled, it now appears that an upcoming Brazil show won't happen.
Not sure why (maybe someone can translate???).
Like Neal's Soul Sirkus project, SA may be learning the hard way that a connection to Journey isn't enough to fill seats.

http://whiplash.net/materias/news_854/1 ... urney.html

The show is canceled at the request of the artist(Steve Augeri) himself because of family problems.

Ritchie wrote:The show is canceled at the request of the artist(Steve Augeri) himself because of family problems.

Thanks Ritchie. You speak Spanish? Nice work.

That makes sense since he was in Brazil just yesterday talking about the show.

Family problems, by the way, sounds about as credible as a "chronic throat infection."

The_Noble_Cause wrote:

Ritchie wrote:The show is canceled at the request of the artist(Steve Augeri) himself because of family problems.

Thanks Ritchie. You speak Spanish? Nice work.

It`s Portuguese but Spanish is a lot similar.
Had a Spanish speaking girlfriend and she learned me a lot more than only "Amor".

philly show was cancelled because the club closed down and is now reopened under new ownership i believe. they also feature just local bands.
tonight's show at blackmore's rock bar in sao paolo is a sellout.

MCC620 wrote:philly show was cancelled because the club closed down and is now reopened under new ownership i believe. they also feature just local bands.
tonight's show at blackmore's rock bar in sao paolo is a sellout.

That's good to hear. Hopefully, some YouTube footage will turn up.

Found these...

Stone in Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTbb4AD9e-Y

A lot of crowd noise, but he sounds pretty good, at least from what you can hear since some will want to critique his performance to death.

Lights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_eMeoN4F8

MCC620 wrote:philly show was cancelled because the club closed down and is now reopened under new ownership i believe. they also feature just local bands.
tonight's show at blackmore's rock bar in sao paolo is a sellout.

Maria, you are correct. If you go to the club's website you can see that they are reopened trying to attract an entirely different clientele than those of us who would have been going to see Steve, or any other similar act for that matter.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Followed a planned Philly date that was cancelled, it now appears that an upcoming Brazil show won't happen.
Not sure why (maybe someone can translate???).
Like Neal's Soul Sirkus project, SA may be learning the hard way that a connection to Journey isn't enough to fill seats.

http://whiplash.net/materias/news_854/1 ... urney.html

He needs to leave the Journey stuff alone anyway. It's all but destroyed his voice. Whatever he has left, he needs to take good care of.

Separate Ways & Ask the Lonely & some of Higher Place:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Xb1Kyd3FA

Rick wrote:

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Followed a planned Philly date that was cancelled, it now appears that an upcoming Brazil show won't happen.
Not sure why (maybe someone can translate???).
Like Neal's Soul Sirkus project, SA may be learning the hard way that a connection to Journey isn't enough to fill seats.

http://whiplash.net/materias/news_854/1 ... urney.html

He needs to leave the Journey stuff alone anyway. It's all but destroyed his voice. Whatever he has left, he needs to take good care of.

Rick, I am sure he would if he could, but his fans want to hear the Journey catalog when they see him, not just his other stuff. He's at least tuning down most of the J songs so he isn't straining as hard.

If he didn't sing the Journey songs I doubt he would sell many concert tickets.

steveo777 wrote:If he didn't sing the Journey songs I doubt he would sell many concert tickets.

Yeah, I guess so. His Tall Stories stuff had him working at the Gap. I've been listening to Arrival a lot lately. He's a hell of a singer.

The Journey legacy is kind of a curse, as it has some singers relying on it to make a living, at the expense of vocal health.

"Lights" sounds good. Like the intro to "Stone in Love" too. Like many tenors, Steve's ok on the slow tempo stuff, but the minute he switches to something like "Higher Place" the voice just sorta crumbles.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:"Lights" sounds good. Like the intro to "Stone in Love" too. Like many tenors, Steve's ok on the slow tempo stuff, but the minute he switches to something like "Higher Place" the voice just sorta crumbles.

I thought SIL was pretty darn good. I hate Lights and don't care who's singing it, so I didn't listen to it. Checking out SW, ATL and HP now.

SW started out okay, but ended up a train wreck around the 5 minute mark.

Again, a lot for crowd noise, so don't hear the vocals all that well..

Faithfully: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgLc-S61av8

marco17 wrote:Again, a lot for crowd noise, so don't hear the vocals all that well..

Faithfully: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgLc-S61av8

Nice job...even went for it at the end.

Jesus Christ ... he fucks up Ask The Lonely right off the bat and misses "Picking up the pieces, something more to believe in." It's never even sung! Thank God this was in a foreign country. They did notice, though. What started out as a nice sing along is halted when he fucks up the lyrics. Steve seems to be suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). He can't get through a song or two without a major gaffe. I think he's constantly worried about his voice and it's causing these embarrassing screw ups. I feel for the guy, but he's gotta pull it together, man.

Saint John wrote:Jesus Christ ... he fucks up Ask The Lonely right off the bat and misses "Picking up the pieces, something more to believe in." It's never even sung!

He fumbled it on this 2002 boot too. Hey, remembering lyrics is hard. Maybe he should use on-stage monitors like Arnel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYe8uu5ZDIA

The_Noble_Cause wrote:

Saint John wrote:Jesus Christ ... he fucks up Ask The Lonely right off the bat and misses "Picking up the pieces, something more to believe in." It's never even sung!

He fumbled it on this 2002 boot too. Hey, remembering lyrics is hard. Maybe he should use on-stage monitors like Arnel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYe8uu5ZDIA

He frequently messed up that line, oh well.

The_Noble_Cause wrote:Hey, remembering lyrics is hard. Maybe he should use on-stage monitors like Arnel?

I would have no problem with that. However, to be fair, Arnel had a lot put on his plate in a very short period of time. I can see why he needed them. Steve started singing this song 13 years ago. Singers are always going to have gaffes, but I think Steve's are mental, more so than simply forgetting. He needs his confidence back, but I'm just not sure he'll ever find it again.

DSB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATc7urrd6I

Steve Perry had his own troubles with lyrics also, especially at the beginning of the Escape Tour.

Stone In Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5MTuDrLfa4


Keep On Running

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkNRRwVMyzA

marco17 wrote:DSB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATc7urrd6I

I'm afraid to listen! How was it? TNC?

Saint John wrote:

marco17 wrote:DSB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATc7urrd6I

I'm afraid to listen! How was it? TNC?

About the same as the others. SA handles the song for the most part, even goes for the big money notes, then some other guy joins him on stage to close out the song. Kinda sounds like Deen.

Saint John wrote:

marco17 wrote:DSB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATc7urrd6I

I'm afraid to listen! How was it? TNC?

Not too bad. Accepting he doesn't sing like he did in 2001-2002 anymore. The audience noise isn't as loud so you hear him a bit better.