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Journey then entered the stage to the bright flashes of their LED lights & large projection screens & the instrumental to "Be Good To Yourself" before their current lead vocalist Arnel Pineda hit the stage and began pouring out vocals coming straight from his heart out. The crowd now overstuffing the venue, screaming in happiness of the most anticipated band of the night, Journey! A great addition to their 19 song setlist which included everything from new music to their classic hits, was their guitarist (Neal Schon) guitar solo to the "Star-Spangled Banner". Their 7th song was "Mother, Father" which was sung by their drummer (Deen Castronovo), which was another great addition to their set as Deens vocals are very unique & it allows their lead vocalist Arnel to have a brief break Before getting back out on the stage and wrecking it to one of their newer songs "She's a Mystery", which was a bit heavier from the usual Journey but the crowd enjoyed it, with multiple guitar solos throughout the entire song from each guitarist & Arnel's very awesome unique vocals! Jonathan Cain then gave the crowd an amazing keyboard solo featuring multiple keyboard instrumentals of some of Journeys biggest hits before entering into their song "Open Arms", where the crowd lit up the entire room with their iPhone flashes & lighters. During this part of their set I believe the crowd was singing louder then the band. This show was definitely original from other shows I have been to as it was so awesome to see the entire crowd singing every word to every song & not just 1-2 songs that they may have known! Throughout the night I just couldn't stop watching their lead guitarist Neal Schon as his guitar talent is nothing short of incredible doing solos throughout the entire night along with Ross Valory who gave many of crazy faces throughout the night to fans and photographers. They ended their very amazing set with a lot if fan favorites and classic Journey hits including "Wheel In The Sky", "Faithfully" & "Don't Stop Believing" which during "Don't Stop Believing" a burst of white confetti filled the amphitheater covering the fans in white! They then exited the stage and the fans chanted & demanded ONE MORE SONG, ONE MORE SONG, Where they then reentered the stage to finish the night out with another hit song of theirs "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" which the crowd got even more interactive by swinging and waving their arms in the air as they knew this was their last chance of the night to sing their hearts out with Journey, not one person sitting or standing still the entire venue erupted into the joy of such an amazing show put on by Journey. Arnel then jumped from the stage to greet the front row of audience thanking everyone for coming. As the stage faded from The very bright colorful lights and went dark the crowd roared with applause & filled with amphitheater with screams showing Journey that they didn't let us down and put on a Great show as usual! Before exiting the stage they introduced each band member by saying their name & part in the band along with a solo performance from each member.