Journey’s Farewell Tour May Not Be the End, Neal Schon Hints

06 November 2026

Journey’s “The Final Frontier” tour, billed as a farewell, may not be the end of the band’s run. Recent comments from guitarist and co-founder Neal Schon suggest that Journey’s final curtain call could actually be more of a long goodbye. After completing 110 shows so far in 2026, Schon wrote in a Rolling Stone piece that what started as “The Final Frontier” now feels more like “The Long Goodbye.”

The band’s current tour, which began on January 21, 2025, is the longest trek in Journey’s history. Each "An Evening With Journey" concert runs about two and a half hours, surpassing the length of the band's previous shows. As for the farewell nature of the tour, Schon sounded introspective. "This has been a beautiful experience. It's brought us closer together, both musically and personally," Schon wrote. "We've spent a lot of time together on this tour, and it's made us appreciate each other even more."

Yet, the band's trajectory remains undetermined. While the tour is officially scheduled to conclude with a homecoming show at San Francisco’s Chase Center on November 28, 2026, the ultimate outcome hangs in the balance. In an interview earlier in the fall, keyboardist Jonathan Cain described the 2026 schedule as “grueling” and indicated that he was reconsidering whether to leave after the farewell tour.

The band has tentatively penciled in a 2027 Stagecoach festival appearance, an event first viewed as evidence that Journey might continue beyond the tour's scheduled conclusion. However, no new tour dates or concert plans have been formally announced, leaving the band's next move wide open.

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Publications have floated several potential next steps. Some industry insiders say that Journey may continue to tour with its current lineup after the farewell show. Others point to what Schon has hinted could be a possible future project called "Journey Beyond," which could be an album or even another tour under a different name.

As of now, the band has not taken any of those options off the table. Journey formed in San Francisco in 1973 and in recent incarnations has included Schon, Cain, frontman Arnel Pineda, drummer Deen Castronovo, and bassist Todd Jensen. The group is still together, performing, still touring and, judging by Schon's recent words, still at the beginning of a "Long Goodbye."

A spokesperson for the band declined to comment on Journey's plans beyond the Nov. 28, 2026, final concert, noting that no official announcement has been made. Whether Journey is truly saying goodbye remains to be seen.