{"id":60429,"date":"2025-04-29T14:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/60429\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:29:14","slug":"rarely-seen-80s-rock-legend-unrecognizable-as-hes-spotted-on-day-out-in-la-44-years-after-smash-hit-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/60429\/","title":{"rendered":"Rarely seen 80s rock legend unrecognizable as he’s spotted on day out in LA – 44 years after smash hit song"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN EIGHTIES music legend looked unrecognisable as he stepped out in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter, 76, was the lead singer and frontman of an American group, best known for its 1981 hit Don’t Stop Believin’.<\/p>\n

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An Eighties rock star looked unrecognisable as he ran errands in LACredit: BackGrid\"Steve<\/a><\/p>\n

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The lead singer tucked a shopping bag under his arms as he took a stroll in an all-black oufitCredit: BackGrid\"Photo<\/a><\/p>\n

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Steve Perry, second left, was part of rock band JourneyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Yet Steve Perry left fans doing a double take as he took a stroll in a baggy black logo top and shorts, paired with dark trainers.<\/p>\n

The Journey hitmaker was seen running errands with a paper bag tucked under his left arm.<\/p>\n

The California-born singer, who had two stints in the band known for hits Open Arms and Separate Ways, pulled on a pair of sunglasses as he made his way down the street.<\/p>\n

He appeared to be eager to go incognito, gazing down at the ground with a calm expression on his face as he walked with his new partner.<\/p>\n

Steve quit Journey for the second time back in 1998, due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n

At the time, he old SiriusXM station Trunk Nation<\/a>: “The reason I left is because I was just truly burned out. <\/p>\n

“My love for music was getting really, really questionable within my heart, and I kind of had to stop. <\/p>\n

“There was no easy way to stop, leaving the mothership that I had so loved and worked so hard with the guys to build. <\/p>\n

“It was tough. I didn’t tell nobody \u2014 I just kept working, and then all of a sudden, it just kind of hit the wall, and I said, ‘I can’t do this anymore.”<\/p>\n

He also spoke out in 2017 when the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame and simply said: “I am truly grateful that Journey is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”<\/p>\n

Seventies rock legends forced to cancel concert during hit song – months after ditching UK tour last minute<\/p>\n

The band currently consists of singer Arnel Pineda, guitarist Neal Schon, drummer Deen Castronovo, keyboardist and guitarist Jonathan Cain, bassist Todd Jensen and\u00a0Jason\u00a0Derlatka.<\/p>\n

TRICKY JOURNEY<\/p>\n

Steve’s former band faced a sticky situation in March after they were forced to cancel a gig <\/a>while performing one of their greatest hits.<\/p>\n

Journey were performing at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when an ‘electrical incident’ occurred.<\/p>\n

The band were performing one of their biggest hits – Don’t Stop Believin’ – as the fifth song in their set.<\/p>\n

But suddenly, power on the stage went off, and initially the crowd continued to sing the lyrics of the 1981 smash hit.<\/p>\n

However, crew then took to the stage with fire extinguishers and soon after, a statement was released to the fans to reveal the rest of the concert had unfortunately been cancelled.<\/p>\n

The cancellation came months after Journey\u00a0cancelled their 2024 UK tour at the last minute.<\/a><\/p>\n

But back in August, with members embroiled in a legal battle, the band gave no explanation as they put the decision down to “circumstances beyond their control”.<\/p>\n

“Due to circumstances beyond the band’s control, Journey’s UK and\u00a0Ireland\u00a0tour is unfortunately cancelled.<\/p>\n

“Refunds will be made from your point of purchase.”<\/p>\n

The 50th anniversary tour, which had already travelled across the U.S., was set to begin in\u00a0Cardiff<\/a>\u00a0in October and travel to cities including\u00a0Glasgow<\/a>,\u00a0Manchester<\/a>,\u00a0Birmingham<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Steve served two stints in the band but left for good in 1988Credit: BackGrid\"Group<\/a><\/p>\n

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The band is best known for hits Don’t Stop Believin’ Open Arms and Separate WaysCredit: Getty – Contributor\"Journey<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fans were left annoyed as the band cancelled its recent tourCredit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN EIGHTIES music legend looked unrecognisable as he stepped out in Los Angeles. The singer-songwriter, 76, was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[557,4080,77,2534,2535,2533,16,15,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-60429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-festivals-and-music-tours","12":"tag-rock-music","13":"tag-section-showbizmusic","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114421731504093307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}