Emporium, Pennsylvania. Emporium is a borough and the county seat of Cameron County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located 100 miles (160 km) west-northwest of Williamsport.
Journey singer honors predecessor. Journey features (Left to right): Jonathan Cain, Arnel Pineda, Deen Castronovo, Neal Schon and Ross Valory. Journey features (Left to right): Jonathan Cain, Arnel Pineda, Deen Castronovo, Neal Schon and Ross Valory. No one loves Journey's old lead singer Steve Perry more than Journey's new lead singer does. Journey sold more than 70 million albums under Perry's tenure; he left the group in 1998.
On August 12, Pineda, along with his manager Bert de Leon, flew to Marin County, just north of San Francisco, for a two-day audition. The star-struck Pineda was welcomed warmly but he described the audition as nerve-wracking, tense. On December 5, 2007, Pineda was announced as the new lead singer of Journey.