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Journey Reviews

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Average customer review: 2.5 star rating (2.5 Stars)

Number of reviews: 69

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2.0 star rating JMarie from Detroit, Michigan

SOUND WAS SO WRONG

My all time favorite 80’s band. I was so excited to share with my daughter. Toto rocked it. Sadly, the sound/microphone/acoustics whatever for Journey was just awful. The music was extremely loud and couldn’t hear the vocals. Hard to enjoy all the great songs. I thought it was the arena but based on the other reviews from around the country it maybe their sound crew. Very disappointing.

2.0 star rating Mark S Meyers from Honolulu, Hawaii

NO ENCORE

Concert ok - audience was attracted to the good songs, but the others were not well received. It was obvious. Also, WTF -NO ENCORE So, concert ok, no encore = 2 stars

2.0 star rating James Arnold from Greensboro, North Carolina

TOTO WAS 4 STARS; JOURNEY WAS 1 STAR

I was pleasantly surprised at the Toto performance. Song set was great. Band performed great. They really engaged the audience. The guitar solos were amazing and the singers were strong as ever. Journey...on the other hand was a complete disappointment. Lead singer was off key and you couldn't understand his words. I'd compare it to mediocre karaoke. I bought the tickets for Journey...but Toto was the only thing that made it worth a few dollars. I could not recommend people buying tickets for this Journey tour.

2.0 star rating Mike Conley from Los Angeles, California

TOTO BLEW JOURNEY OFF THE STAGE !

I’m a life long Journey fan; but, sorry, Lukather & the boys embarrassed Journey. Vocally, instrumentally, sound quality…every facet. Also, the way Toto engaged with the audience and each other, they seemed happy to be there and performing. Love Neil Schon but it might really be time to look in the mirror & reflect.

2.0 star rating Mark from Wichita, KS

TOTO VERY GOOD. JOURNEY NOT SO MUCH

I was very surprised in Toto very good performance. They played the four songs that I knew from years ago with both vocal and musical excellence. Journey on the other end of the spectrum, was a sounding disapointment. Steve Perry's replacement, seemed to have a lot of reverb and a background mix that was a mess. Toto should be the main act and Journey should be an opening "cover band" act.

2.0 star rating Jana Johnson from Spokane, Washington

GREAT IF YOU WANT TO HEAR KARAOKE SINGING

Last nights Journey performance was a real bummer. Toto saved it and was amazing! I took my 16-year-old son to see Journey, who I have followed for their 50 year career. The singer, Arnel Pineda's performance and choppy out-of-tune singing was like a bad karaoki performance. Journey's reputation as a sophisticated, revoluationay rock band has made them a favorite with an untouchable sound loved worldwide through many generations, but they are damaged by Arnel. The magic really happened when Deen Castronova sang and the room filled with a hushed awe then burst into applause. We were begging for him to finish singing the rest of the concert. Arnel came back on, my son turned to me and said, "hey, let's go, this is really awful" and I agreed, Inever thought I'd walk out on Journey. The performance of all the other Journey members was impeccable. We won't go again if Arnel is the singer - so sad! Toto should have been the main band for this tour.

2.0 star rating Doyle from Central Florida from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

JOURNEY , TOTO SUNRISE, FL, AMERANT BANK ARENA

Thought sound was off and too loud for both bands. Ear plugs actually helped hear singers. Way too much BASS on both bands. But our main problem was a couple next to us in section 7 row 28 was they talked over the 110 db of the concert the whole time. Please come up for air and listen to a few songs you might like what you hear beside your yelling (talking). Have a nice day and THANKS for ruining our concert.

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