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Journey has replaced drummer Deen Castronovo with Steve Murphy for the rest of its Final Frontier tour, which ends with a homecoming show in San Francisco. Rolling Stone reported that Castronovo left the stage midway through two recent gigs due to an undisclosed medical ailment, and the band said he is stepping away to focus on personal health matters. Murphy, a Native New Yorker who has worked with Alan Parsons Project, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christopher Cross and Jack Bruce, joined the tour in Cleveland on November 12 and will play through November. Castronovo rejoined Journey in 2021 after an earlier stint from 1998 to 2015, and had been singing lead on "Lights" during this tour. He suffered a medical emergency at an October 8 show in Tulsa and was taken to a hospital, and he left the stage again at a Boston show on November 10, when the band cut several songs. Rolling Stone also reported that the band had said this would be its last tour, but members have since changed their minds, with founder Neal Schon writing to fans that the tour now feels more like "The Long Goodbye."