Journey’s Neal Schon has caused confusion by declaring that Jonathan Cain is leaving the band, with Cain insisting he only said he will retire in the future.
Journey’s Neal Schon has caused confusion by declaring that Jonathan Cain is leaving the band.
After Schon, 71, announced the departure with a message on X, he later clarified that Cain, 75, will be touring with the band “all through” 2026 and 2027 and Cain insisted that he only “expressed plans to retire at a later time”.
Schon wrote on X: “Jonathan Cain announced his farewell to Journey tonight. I’m nowhere near done! Journey has so much more life ahead! I’m sure we will have a great tour!”
When replying to a fan, he wrote: “He wants to do his ministry.”
However, he later added: “Jon is playing. He’s saying at the end of 26-27 he will move on. We will have a great couple of years.”
And a spokesperson for Cain issued a statement, saying: “Jonathan Cain remains an active member of Journey, and any reports suggesting otherwise are inaccurate. He is fully dedicated to touring with the band over the next couple of years and has only expressed plans to retire at a later time.”
Reports of his departure came after Cain appeared to tease his exit from the band during an appearance on the Strang Report podcast, where he was promoting his tribute song to Charlie Kirk.
He said: “Then of course, we go on the Journey tour in 2026. On our farewell Journey tour. So I’ll be saying goodbye to that. And I’ll probably move into ministry and worship; I feel a calling there.”
Cain’s wife, Paula White-Cain, is a prominent pastor and televangelist.
