Arnel Pineda and Journey’s Full Show in Chile FESTIVAL VIÑA DEL MAR 2008

This will longer post than usual as we’re going to include the full set of Arnel Pineda and Journey’s February 21 performance in Chile’s FESTIVAL VIÑA DEL MAR which were uploaded on youtube.com courtesy of Hitcoke.

The 15,000 Chilean crowds can’t be wrong and were at awe and screaming with ecstasy at his energetic performance. Arnel’s first live performance with the band was awesome, simply spectacular, and got 2 encores plus 3 special awards EXCELLENCE in STAGE performance to boot!!!
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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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