Freedom Tour (Journey tour)

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Freedom Tour
Tour by Journey
Associated albumFreedom
Start dateFebruary 22, 2022
End dateMay 16, 2022 (to date)
No. of shows43
Journey concert chronology

The Freedom Tour[1] is an ongoing concert tour by American rock band Journey. The tour began in Pittsburgh on February 22, 2022 and is set to conclude in Hartford on May 11, 2022.[2][3]

Background[]

On November 15, 2021, Journey announced that they would be embarking on a tour over the spring on a 40-city tour.[4] Billy Idol who was set to be one of the two opening acts on the North American tour, announced on February 2, 2022 that he would be canceling his appearance due to an upcoming surgery, and will be replaced by Toto throughout the tour.[5]

Opening acts[]

Setlist[]

The following setlist was performed at the first show in Pittsburgh, but may not represent the majority of the shows on the tour.[7]

  1. "Only the Young"
  2. "Stone in Love"
  3. "Don't Stop Believin'"
  4. "Faithfully"
  5. "I'll Be Alright Without You"
  6. "Ask the Lonely"
  7. "Who's Crying Now"
  8. "Mother, Father"
  9. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"
  10. "Lights"
  11. "The Way We Used to Be"
  12. "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
  13. "Wheel in the Sky" / "My Hometown"
  14. "Open Arms"
  15. "Girl Can't Help It"
  16. "Send Her My Love"
  17. "Be Good to Yourself"
  18. "When You Love a Woman"
  19. "Anyway You Want It"

Tour dates[]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act(s)
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
North America[4][1]
February 22, 2022 Pittsburgh United States PPG Paints Arena Toto
February 23, 2022 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
February 25, 2022 Belmont Park UBS Arena
February 27, 2022 Newark Prudential Center
February 28, 2022 Boston TD Garden
March 2, 2022 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
March 4, 2022 Hershey Giant Center
March 6, 2022 Manchester SNHU Arena
March 8, 2022 Albany MVP Arena
March 10, 2022 Houston NRG Stadium
(Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo) 		N/A
March 12, 2022 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum Toto
March 14, 2022 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center
March 16, 2022 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
March 17, 2022 Oklahoma City Paycom Center
March 19, 2022 Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena
March 21, 2022 St. Louis Enterprise Center
March 24, 2022 Salt Lake City Vivint Arena
March 27, 2022 Portland Moda Center
March 28, 2022 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
March 31, 2022 San Francisco Chase Center
April 1, 2022 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
April 4, 2022 Anaheim Honda Center
April 5, 2022 Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
April 7, 2022 San Diego Pechanga Arena
April 9, 2022 Glendale Gila River Arena
April 11, 2022 Denver Ball Arena
April 13, 2022 Dallas American Airlines Center
April 15, 2022 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
April 20, 2022 Tampa Amalie Arena
April 21, 2022 Orlando Amway Center
April 24, 2022 Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center
April 25, 2022 Atlanta State Farm Arena
April 27, 2022 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
April 28, 2022 Charlotte Spectrum Center
April 30, 2022 Columbus Schottenstein Center
May 2, 2022 Rosemont Allstate Arena
May 4, 2022 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
May 5, 2022 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse
May 7, 2022 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
May 9, 2022 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
May 11, 2022 Hartford XL Center
May 13, 2022 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena Ann Wilson
May 16, 2022 Quebec City Centre Videotron

Personnel[]

  • Arnel Pineda – lead vocals
  • Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Deen Castronovo – drums, percussion, co-lead and backing vocals
  • Jason Derlatka – keyboards, co-lead and backing vocals

Additional musician

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Journey Music - On Tour". Journey Music. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wise, John (2021-11-15). "Journey, Billy Idol To Kick Off 2022 Tour In Pittsburgh". CBS Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. ^ Polansky, Rob (2021-11-15). "Journey bringing its 'Freedom Tour' to Hartford". WFSB. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. ^ a b "Journey Announces 'Freedom Tour 2022' With Billy Idol And Toto". Blabbermouth.net. November 15, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Rolli, Bryan (February 2, 2022). "Toto to Replace Ailing Billy Idol on All Journey Dates". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Journey Announce North American Freedom Tour 2022 With Special Guests Billy Idol, Toto". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. November 15, 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ^ Wilkening, Matthew (February 23, 2022). "Journey and Toto Kick Off 2022 'Freedom' Tour: Set Lists, Videos". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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