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LIVE REVIEW: Journey Final Frontier Tour 2026

On March 22nd, 2026 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY Iconic rock band Journey is saying goodbye to their fans with a thunderous, full-throttle Final Frontier Tour spanning cities across North America that will last all the way up to mid-summer. After more than five decades of electrifying performances, chart-topping hits, and timeless anthems, band is entertaining fans for…

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On March 22nd, 2026 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY

Iconic rock band Journey is saying goodbye to their fans with a thunderous, full-throttle Final Frontier Tour spanning cities across North America that will last all the way up to mid-summer. After more than five decades of electrifying performances, chart-topping hits, and timeless anthems, band is entertaining fans for the one last time. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are touring with an all new stage production across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, that no fan should miss.

Tour poster for Journey's Final Frontier Tour 2026, featuring the band name, tour dates, and locations against a cosmic background.

Written by Estill Robinson

Journey’s “Final Frontier” tour, made a stop at Kentucky’s Rupp Arena, in Lexington, on Sunday, March 22nd. There was not an opening band, so attendees were treated to a full 2 ½ hour show. Arnel Pineda’s vocals were high energy and pumped up the fans with nostalgia from a much-loved band. Many fans were especially excited for Neal Schon’s mythic guitar playing. Viewed as a farewell tour, the band played many classic hits mixed in with deeper cuts. Some of the favorites from the setlist included: “Only the Young”, “When You Love a Woman”, “Faithfully”, “Wheel in the Sky”, “Any Way You Want It”, and the band’s anthem, “Don’t Stop Believin’. This farewell tour could have relied upon the hard core fans love of the music and their feelings of nostalgia, but the band provided a high intensity stage show with audience engagement and pyrotechnics.

The complete setlist for the night looks as this: Be Good to Yourself, Stone in Love, Only the Young, Just the Same Way (Jonathan Cain & Deen Castronovo on lead vocals), Girl Can’t Help It (Jason Derlatka on lead vocals), Lights (Deen Castronovo on lead vocals), When You Love a Woman, Escape, Chain Reaction, Dead or Alive, Who’s Crying Now, Wheel in the Sky (With extended jam/pyro), Faithfully, Feeling That Way (Jonathan Cain & Deen Castronovo on lead vocals), Anytime (Jonathan Cain & Deen Castronovo on lead vocals), Where Were You (Tour debut; Deen Castronovo on lead vocals), Ask the Lonely, I’ll Be Alright Without You (Jason Derlatka on lead vocals), Open Arms, Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ (With extended blues jam), La Do Da (10 minute jam with teases of “How Many More Times”, “Break On Through”, & “Be-Bop-a-Lula”), Separate Ways (Worlds Apart), Any Way You Want It and Don’t Stop Believin’.

Photography by Estill Robinson

Journey links

https://journeymusic.com

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Get your tickets here: https://journeymusic.com/pages/tour

2026 TOUR DATES 

Mar 25 – N. Little Rock, AR – Simmons Bank Arena

Mar 26 – Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center

Mar 28 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center

Mar 29 – Bossier City, LA – Brookshire Grocery Arena

Mar 31 – Austin, TX – Moody Center

Apr 03 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center

Apr 04 – Wichita, KS – INTRUST Bank Arena

Apr 06 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Apr 08 – Des Moines, IA – CASEY’S CENTER 

Apr 09 – Lincoln, NE – Pinnacle Bank Arena 

Apr 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center

Apr 14 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena

Apr 15 – Spokane, WA – Spokane Arena

Apr 17 – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum

Apr 19 – Eugene, OR – MATTHEW KNIGHT ARENA

Apr 21 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center

Apr 22 – Bakersfield, CA – Dignity Health Arena

Apr 24 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center at Fresno State

May 15 – Tampa, FL – Benchmark International Arena

May 16 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena

May 18 – Columbia, SC – Colonial Life Arena

May 20 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center

May 21 – Greensboro, NC – First Horizon Coliseum 

May 23 – Atlantic City, NJ – Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall 

May 27 – State College, PA – Bryce Jordan Center

May 28 – Charlottesville, VA – John Paul Jones Arena

May 30 – Knoxville, TN – Food City Center

May 31 – Savannah, GA – Enmarket Arena

Jun 03 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum 

Jun 04 – Roanoke, VA – Berglund Center Coliseum

Jun 06 – Worcester, MA – DCU Center

Jun 07 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena

Jun 10 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center

Jun 11 – Allentown, PA – PPL Center

Jun 13 – Cincinnati, OH – Heritage Bank Center

Jun 14 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena

Jun 17 – Evansville, IN – Ford Center

Jun 18 – Fort Wayne, IN – Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 

Jun 20 – Champaign, IL – State Farm Center

Jun 21 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center

Jun 24 – Moline, IL – Vibrant Arena at the MARK

Jun 25 – Springfield, MO – Great Southern Bank Arena

Jun 27 – Tupelo, MS – Cadence Bank Arena

Jun 28 – Lafayette, LA – CAJUNDOME

Jul 01 – Corpus Christi, TX – Hilliard Center

Jul 02 – Laredo, TX – Sames Auto Arena

ABOUT JOURNEY (from management): Since the group’s formation in 1973, JOURNEY has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million albums globally. Their “Greatest Hits” album is certified 15 times-platinum, making JOURNEY one of the few bands to ever have been diamond-certified, and their song “Don’t Stop Believin’” has been streamed over one billion times alone. JOURNEY was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, and 2co-headlining tour with DEF LEPPARD was the band’s most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious Billboard “Legends Of Live” touring award. March 2019 saw the release of “Escape & Frontiers Live In Japan”, a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the band’s first-ever performances of the albums “Escape” and “Frontiers” in their entirety. JOURNEY has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame. Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey” about the band’s resurgence upon adding Arnel Pineda as lead singer after JOURNEY Founder, Neal Schon discovered the Philippines native on YouTube.

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