San Bernardino California
August 1, 2009
(*Third of 3 Journey Concerts in 4 Days)
I've been to a lot of Journey Concerts in my lifetime, but this one probably ranks up there as the best so far. As stated in the previous blog (The Night Ranger Concert) Malou drove up this time to cap off our 3 out of 4 nights of JOURNEY in Concert during their Southern California Tour stop. This concert was full of surprises, and of course, full of things we never thought we'd ever see...it was a night to remember.
It was hot and humid in San Bernardino California, as the temperature climbed around the mid-90's. It was nice to see Adrianna again at the concert and even cooler to meet up with Sandi and her husband for the second time. Whenever he's around, I love to talk sports with the guy because he can relate to all the sports we talk about. As we waited around the Will-Call section, to our surprise was the Host of CBS' Television Show, "SURVIVOR". Jeff Probst is a very cool guy in real life...He's also a huge JOURNEY Fan. He was very easy to talk to and loved talking to everyone around him...an actor with a lot of class. I thought it was pretty cool that we were seated in the same section as Jeff Probst ...it front of the stage...Center Orchestra Section- Row 4- Front of the Stage.
Journey started off with a Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) with Deen Castronovo now doing his customary yell,"KICK IT IN THE ASS!!!" It was nice to hear other Journey songs on the playlist that night...Songs like "Keep on Running, When You Love a Woman, and Edge of the Blade" come to mind that night. The band totally rocked and there wasn't a person sitting down throughout the whole concert...it was almost church-like to see everyone in the crowd, dancing and singing to all of the songs Journey did that night.
Midway through the concert, Arnel Pineda changed his clothes...gone was the white shirt he was sporting and in came this brownish colorful dress shirt. (so the pictures you see here on this blog are from the same concert...just a little *side-note for everyone to know). Arnel took the stage like a man possessed...he owned the stage and got everyone in the crowd with him. There is a huge Difference from the Arnel we saw last year to the current one we see now. Arnel is now in charge and his stage presence shows it...he is the Master Showman and he feeds off of the other bandmates...Neal Schon included. They are now so much insynce that you would think that Arnel was with the band for over 10 years or so...
I think one of the biggest surprises came during the ENCORE...During the Song "Be Good To Yourself" Arnel jumped off of the stage and into the crowd. I think everyone's jaw dropped after that because I don't ever recall seeing that done at any Journey Concert...EVER. Of Course there was a lot of security around Arnel as he made his jump, but I think a lot of us up front were blown away from his actions....Arnel was just a few feet away from me...how much cooler can that be...that little stunt will be so hard to top off in my lifetime. 
In closing...our little group of friends from both The Arnel Sites and the Journey Web-page had a really good time together. Though it was hot and humid at the Amphitheater, we shook it off and made the best of it. Great Music... Great Friends... It just doesn't get better than this...
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