Separate Ways has been making the case for Journey’s catalog for years, and at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA on June 27, they get one of the best rooms on the East Coast to do it in. The venue — a massive barn-style hall perched in the Pocono Mountains — has the kind of sound and sight lines that make big-chorus rock feel even bigger.
Journey’s catalog from the Steve Perry era is one of the most durably popular in classic rock history. “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms,” “Faithfully,” “Any Way You Want It” — these are songs that have survived every era of critical reassessment because they’re simply well-constructed and deeply felt. A tribute act’s job is to honor that without flattening it, and Separate Ways does the work.
The band takes its name from the 1983 track, one of Journey’s most cinematic, and delivers a full evening’s worth of material from the band’s peak commercial run. The vocal demands alone — matching Perry’s range is a generational ask — tell you what kind of commitment this takes.
Penn’s Peak draws from the Pocono region, the Lehigh Valley, and north into the Hudson Valley. It’s worth the drive from anywhere in that corridor. Doors at 8:00 PM, June 27. Tickets on sale via Ticketmaster.