How much would Journey have made on tour if...

[Michigan Girl]

Uhh...there is absolutely NO WAY this band wouldn't have (at least) doubled their gross with Perry. Anyone who thinks differently is either fooling themselves or has some Arnel inspired agenda.

Get real, ya'll.

+2

Could you provide some substantiation behind that opinion?

Deacon, you should be hittin' the hay!!

[Deacon]

Uhh...there is absolutely NO WAY this band wouldn't have (at least) doubled their gross with Perry. Anyone who thinks differently is either fooling themselves or has some Arnel inspired agenda.

Get real, ya'll.

+2

Could you provide some substantiation behind that opinion?

Deacon, you should be hittin' the hay!!

Prolly should.

In fact, I am. G'night.

[Michigan Girl]

Uhh...there is absolutely NO WAY this band wouldn't have (at least) doubled their gross with Perry. Anyone who thinks differently is either fooling themselves or has some Arnel inspired agenda.

Get real, ya'll.

+2

Could you provide some substantiation behind that opinion?

Deacon, you should be hittin' the hay!!

Prolly should.

In fact, I am. G'night.

Nighty~night... tomorrow!!!

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

I think this is a cop out response, SJ.

Actually, it's got facts to back it up. Perry quit the ROR tour, quit the FTLOSM tour and backed out of the TBF tour. Hardly a cop out answer, sir.

If you are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt - he quit the ROR tour because he was emotionally screwed - and he never toured TBF due to an injury - that aside maybe he didnt fancy 6 months cooped up with the other dickheads......

[Tito]

I'm not even reading any previous comments. But I voted the same, although if I was being totally accurate, I would put it somewhere between the same and $75 million. They would've done a little better (50-60 million). I think the window has kind of closed as far as what a Perry reunion could've done. Had they have toured in '96 or '97, it would've been through the roof. Now, it would have a minimal impact especially after the success of last year's tour.

You are never even close being accuate on anything you say ,go put on your survivior cds that you made them {along with a bunch of your other trash} sign from this weekend you loser

Go fuck your mother already.

[Tito]

I think the window has kind of closed as far as what a Perry reunion could've done.

Someone could have said the same thing about The Police or DLR with Van Halen, but the window was obviously open for them. Don't underestimate the baby boomers who grew up with Steve Perry as their Elvis. Were you even around during that time? If not, I can see why you wouldn't understand it.

If anything, his demand has increased. Just look at how the loons foam at the mouth when someone posts a "Steve Perry hummed something this week" thread. Steve Perry's name always draws praise whenever someone brings it up. He's as well-known and well-respected in the USA as Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney. None of the other Journey singers can bring that type of high profile recognition to the band.

If an unknown foreign singer can sell $45k in tickets for Journey, a well-known American icon like Steve Perry could at least triple that figure for them.

(Nothing against Arnel, but he's just not well-known in the USA like Perry is.)

Police did well, but they haven't had any real false starts like Journey did. Plus, they did not tour in any form for 25 years. Journey has toured the past 10 years. As well as the Roth/VH tour did, it would've been bigger had it gone down originally in 96 or even 2001. Sure Journey would do well with Perry but they would've done a lot more business in 96. Furthermore, Arnel brought a lot of Phillipinos and Perry wouldn't have done that. Therefore the difference Perry would've brought in today would not have been that much greater than Pineda last year.