DESCRIPTION:
In February 2017, Journey went to Japan for a special show at Tokyo’s Budokan that featured a complete performance of 1981’s Escape and 1983’s Frontiers at the request of legendary Japanese concert promoter Mr. Udo in honor of his 50th anniversary in the business. “There’s a few songs I don’t even recall playing, like [the Frontiers track] ‘Troubled Child,” Journey guitarist Neal Schon told Rolling Stone at the time. “Digging back into that stuff has been a lot of fun.”
A camera crew was there to capture the entire night and it’s coming out as a CD/DVD package on March 29th under the title Live In Japan 2017: Escape + Frontiers. The two albums feature many of Journey’s most enduring songs, including ‘Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Faithfully,” “Separate Ways” and “Open Arms,” but the show also allowed them to play tunes like “Lay It Down” and “Back Talk” that hadn’t been attempted in decades. In May of that same year, they repeated the show during a four-night stand at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
SETLIST:
01. Don't Stop Believin' Intro (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
02. Don't Stop Believin' (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
03. Stone In Love (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
4. Who's Crying Now (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
05. Keep On Runnin' (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
06. Still They Ride (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
07. Escape (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
08. Lay It Down (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
09. Dead Or Alive (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
10. Neal Schon Guitar Solo (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
11. Mother, Father (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
12. Jonathan Cain Piano Solo (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
13. Open Arms (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
14. Separate Ways Intro (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
15. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
16. Send Her My Love (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
17. Chain Reaction (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
18. After The Fall (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
19. Faithfully (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
20. Edge Of The Blade (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
21. Steve Smith Drum Solo (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
22. Back Talk (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
23. Frontiers (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
24. Rubicon (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
25. Medley: La Raza Del Sol / Third Stone From The Sun (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)
26. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Live At Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan / 2017)