Neal Schon says that fans can expect a
JOURNEY/
DEF LEPPARD tour announcement "soon."
The
JOURNEY guitarist made the comment while revealing on
Instagram that he would appear as a guest at tonight's (Sunday, January 14)
"G3" concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. The
"G3" tour features
Joe Satriani,
DEF LEPPARD guitarist
Phil Collen and
DREAM THEATER axeman
John Petrucci.
"Going to be guesting at
G3 this Sunday with
Joe,
John and
Phil," he wrote. "See you there. #guitar @nealschon @journeymusicofficial @defleppard @joesatriani @jpetimages @therealphilcollen
Journey and
Def Leppard comin' soon!"
Last week,
JOURNEY drummer
Steve Smith apparently confirmed to the
Marin Independent Journal that his band will embark on a six-month tour with
DEF LEPPARD in May. The trek, which is expected to include around 60 dates, will likely be announced at the end of this coming week, possibly on Thursday, January 18, when
Schon and
DEF LEPPARD singer
Joe Elliott are scheduled to promote the tour with media outlets in New York City.
DEF LEPPARD drummer
Rick Allen shot down speculation about a 2018 tour with
JOURNEY in an interview with the
Rock Titan web site conducted a few days ago, saying: "I don't think that tour is gonna happen. It's something that's been talked about, but I'm not sure anything has ever really been finalized. But I hope that, you know, we'll get to hear something in the not-too-distant future."
DEF LEPPARD guitarist
Vivian Campbell hinted at the upcoming tour announcement during a January 10 appearance at the
Consumer Electronics Show (
CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Busy, busy year for
DEF LEPPARD this year,"
Campbell said. "A big announcement coming in about a week or so about that."
DEF LEPPARD and
JOURNEY previously toured together in 2006. The trek was reportedly one of
LEPPARD's most successful U.S. runs since the 1992-1993
"Adrenalize" tour. The
DEF LEPPARD-
JOURNEY package launched in June 2006 and consisted of three legs, taking the two bands up to November of that year.
At the time,
DEF LEPPARD was supporting its covers album called
"Yeah!"
DEF LEPPARD guitarist
Phil Collen has said in past interviews that he would love to tour with
JOURNEY again.
Schon and
JOURNEY keyboardist
Jonathan Cain feuded publicly on social media last summer after
Cain and some of his other bandmates visited the White House in July, where they were photographed with
President Donald Trump. (
Cain's wife,
Paula White, delivered the invocation at
Trump's presidential inauguration.)
"I was not informed by anyone about the White House visit,"
Schon told
Rolling Stone last month. "They have said many times that I wasn't invited. That being said, I wouldn't have wanted to be. We've up to that point never been involved with anything political or anything evangelical or any one religion. Being the founding member... I felt I should have been informed as they went as
JOURNEY, not individually."