It's a lively time to be a fan, with as the pair tour together and frontman , but it's worth remembering that Journey's, uhm, journey has always been eventful. Back in 2012 Schon described recent events in his life as “really out there”, as a bizarre story circulated involving his then-girlfriend (now wife), reality TV star Michaele Salahi, and her ex-husband Tareq. The Salahis separated in 2011 after Michaele ran off with Schon, amid claims from Tareq that his wife had been kidnapped, and that the guitarist had texted him pictures of his genitalia and boasted: “I’m fucking your wife”.
Tareq also filed a $50m lawsuit against Schon, alleging “outrageous and intolerable conduct”, although it was swiftly settled. As if all that wasn’t enough, Schon had also been let down by a former bandmate. , singer for Schon’s 80s supergroup Bad English, had dissed Journey’s music as “super-white” and stated that he would rather shoot himself than re-form Bad English.
Naturally enough, we asked him about it all that year. . Yeah.
In the last year I’ve learned a lot about the media that I never knew. I didn’t ask for it, it just kind of happened. But I’ve gone along with it.
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