Back in 2024

[Gilly Goodness]

Very Journey like visuals. No mention of YES but Marillion, Hackett and Big Big Train make an appealin' lineup. Flower Kings.

Miami, Jamaica, Cayman Islands.

[kkleinschmidt]

Saw this pop up in my email and I'm definitely not surprised Steve & Co are taking a pass. Good to see Adrian Belew on the list though!

[Ash Armstrong]

I believe Gryphon are on board too.

[Homemade Parachute]

Guitarist Neal Schon has accused the Cruise to the Edge prog rock festival at sea of ripping off the artwork for Journey's classic 1981 album, Escape.

Just a few days ago, the lineup for the 2024 edition of the festival cruise was revealed in a promotional flyer that also featured a not-so-subtle nod to the Escape cover. The original artwork features a scarab-like space ship bursting out from a shattered planet and, in the Cruise to the Edge poster, that scarab ship has been replaced by a cruise ship which is flying outward from, yes, a shattered orb resembling a planet.

The imagery caught the ire of Schon, however, and he vented his frustration on Twitter, declaring, "What the fuck do people think? That your [sic] not going to see this? It's a blatant rip off."

https://loudwire.com/neal-schon-crui...lyUof-s0O72o2Q

[Gilly Goodness]

Wow. A clever homage that, yes, is based on Journey's cover but updatin' it with a cruise ship? Hmmm. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Is it stealin' from Brand Journey?

So no band can walk it's 4 members across a pedestrian crossing? No floatin' rocks ala James Cameron? Appropriation V copyright violation?

"M'lord, I refer to the precedent of Dean versus Cameron."

[JMKUSA]

Neal Schon thinks everyone is always trying to steal Journey from him. It is obviously a homage, and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me since the cruise has nothing to do with Journey, but it isn’t some kind of copyright infringement.