Journey cancels 2020 tour because of coronavirus pandemic

 Journey is latest act to cancel ir 2020 tour because of coronavirus pandemic.

rock band was supposed to kick off ir new tour on May 15 but anunced Monday that y would longer hit ro. Band members said y decided to cancel tour, inste of postponing it, so that concertgoers would qualify for immediate refunds.

“Having seen what world has endured during last 45 days, and t kwing what rest of this year or 2021 will bring, we knew right thing to do was to make sure our fans’ health was t put in jeopardy and to provide immediate access to refund options given unexpected events caused by this terrible virus," Journey’s Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain and Arnel Pineda said in a joint statement Monday.

five-month trek included 60-plus shows. Pretenders were scheduled to also perform on tour.