Journey bring in outside party to help resolve Jonathan Cain-Neal Schon dispute
nme.comJourney’s Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon have called in a third party in an attempt to resolve their ongoing personal and legal dispute.At the end of July, the band’s keyboardist Cain filed a lawsuit against guitarist Schon while the band was on a co-headline tour in the US with Def Leppard, along with guests The Steve Miller Band and Cheap Trick.The suit was filed on grounds of frustrations over Schon’s “expenses related to the tour” including “budgeting and spending” of the band’s credit card over personal expenses.Since then, the band have cancelled their UK and Ireland 50th anniversary arena tour, which was due to run in October and November.Now, in a new Facebook post, Schon has offered his side of the story, and has revealed that the band have opted to bring in “someone impartial” to help smooth over their differences. “Anyone who follows Journey will know that Jon Cain and I don’t always see eye-to-eye on everything Or, sometimes, on pretty much anything,” he wrote.“Recently, Jon Cain made a number of claims and slanderous accusations about me and my wife – and I can’t stress enough how much it upset me and how wrong they are.
I am determined to take the high road and push all this aside for the moment to focus on our fans, the tour and all who give so much to make things happen.”“That’s why I’m so glad that Jon now agrees with me that the current dynamic can’t continue and it’s also why I’m pleased that we’re going to bring in someone impartial to help us resolve our disputes, bring clarity to what we’re doing and allow us, as a band, to get back to what we should all focus on – making music and performing for our fans.”Schon, who is the band’s lead guitarist and sole original member, owns 50 per cent of the band.
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