Arnel Pineda, Journey’s new lead singer!

Arnel Pineda, a former Pinoy singer in Hong Kong, and vocalist of Manila based The ZOO, was chosen by a San Francisco based rock band Journey, who popularized the hits of the 80’s like “Faithfully” “Don’t Stop Believing’ and “Open Arms and “Any Way You Want It”.

He’s been rocking Hong Kong music scene for a decade, and had regular shows in Cavern, before he went back for good
to Manila last year to form a new band called “The ZOO”. They had one CD record on their name.

His awesome Journey cover songs which were posted in Youtube.com seven months ago, caught everyone’s attention, most especially the band itself. Arnel had this great, powerful vocals and excellent tone, and have the closest voice to Steve Perry. Later, Journey invited Arnel Pineda to audition as their next vocalist. Deal was done and we’ll just have to wait for formal announcement sooner.
Here’s one of his best Journey cover song live performance.
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