Steve Perry confirms that he is signed with a brand new label and he is now hinting at a return to live performance levels. He hasn’t mounted a solo tour in 30 years – and final carried out a full-length live performance with Journey in 1987.

“It’s something that I’m absolutely missing terribly,” Perry tells Rolling Stone. “I can’t even tell you how much, but there’s been a big soulful reclaiming of this original feeling that I had about singing that I needed to get back to. I didn’t want to go out and just turn the wheel or turn the crank.”

Perry returned to solo work after a few many years away with 2018’s Traces, however a hoped-for tour failed to materialize. Instead, he launched a stripped-down model of the album that used preparations he’d initially labored out for reveals that by no means occurred.

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Asked why, Perry says “it’s a long story. Uncle Steve is up in age, and everybody at this age has some aches and pains and things like that. But it’s a really good question that I’ve been asking myself too.”

At least some credit score for this alteration of coronary heart concerning the street goes to Trev Lukather, with whom Perry labored on the Effect’s latest remake of Journey’s “It Could Have Been You.” “Trev’s been busting my balls about it for a long time, to be honest with you,” Perry admits.

Perry’s most up-to-date solo mission was a holiday-themed album, 2021’s The Season. He did not reveal which imprint he is signed with however mentioned he’ll have the liberty to observe his muse. “These new label people are so supportive,” Perry provides. “They said, ‘We don’t care what you do; we just want to do it with you.'”

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