The return concert of rock band Journey, scheduled on March 21 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, has been canceled. A statement from Journey front man Arnel Pineda, which was posted on smtickets.com and confirmed by MOA Arena marketing head Nicole Mariz C. Deato, explained the reasons for the show’s cancelation.
LOS ANGELES—Racist vitriol, women flinging their underwear at Arnel Pineda, private massage moments, his emotional homecoming show with Journey in Manila and more—Ramona Diaz saw and heard it all as she filmed the band on and off for three years for her documentary, “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey.” Set to open in the United [...]
How befitting indeed that the name of the band of which Arnel Pineda has been the lead singer since late 2007 and with whom he formally made his debut on stage with them in 2008, is called Journey—that is, if we take into consideration everything Arnel Pineda had gone through in his life and all the challenges he had faced before he got that phone call which would forever change his life. The unfolding of events in his life and how he was catapulted to international fame after many years of hardwork is the stuff movies are made of and these circumstances do not just happen to everyone.
Arnel Pineda sounded relaxed, even happy, while talking to the Inquirer by phone from his home in Quezon City last Saturday. The Filipino frontman of American rock band Journey is enjoying the last few weeks of his holiday break before he flies to the United States on Jan. 30 to prepare for another grueling concert [...]
Docu on Arnel Pineda wins in Palm Springs Ramona Diaz’s documentary on Arnel Pineda, “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey,” won the audience award at the 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival held in California from Jan. 3 to 14. The docu chronicles Pineda’s rise from YouTube sensation to frontman of US rock band Journey. [...]
Arnel Pineda quietly flew back home recently, celebrating his 45th birthday on Sept. 5—the same day his second child, Thea, was baptized.
Arnel Pineda’s story is one for the history books. Having lived a mostly hand-to-mouth existence after his mother died when he was only 13 years old, Arnel’s life made a dramatic turn about five years ago when he was plucked from obscurity to become the lead singer of the quintessential American rock band Journey. Thanks [...]
There was no trace of his injury when Arnel Pineda performed recently at Rockville, his club on Timog Avenue.
It is that time of the year again, when filmmakers and film-lovers from around the globe converge in New York City to attend the much-awaited Tribeca Film Festival.
Ramona Diaz’s documentary on Arnel Pineda and Journey was praised as “terrific” and “compelling” by the critic of a popular US entertainment website. “It’s a heck of a story,” gushed TheWrap.com’s Leah Rozen about Arnel’s real-life tale, from a hardscrabble existence to the frontman of a world-famous band, as chronicled by Ramona in her film.
“It’s such a raw film. They were able to show my emotions.” Arnel Pineda was talking to The FilAm about his biopic, “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey,” directed by Ramona Diaz. The movie, which screens April 19 at the Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles his rise from a hard-luck pizza joint singer to front man for one of America’s legendary rock bands.
