This is what he's been up to lately but....no marriage
More recently, Perry appeared at Journey's star ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 21, 2005, after previously stating it was unlikely that he would ever stand with the band again. Perry said on his website that it was a good experience, and that tensions between him and the other band members were reduced, but that his rejoining Journey is not likely.
In contrast to this statement, Perry has also stated "Never say never" when the issue of returning to Journey has been brought up, possibly speculating a return to his former band.[2][3]
Despite his acrimonious break with Journey, Perry was producer on the 2003 Greatest Hits DVD 1978-1997 as well as the 2005 package Journey Live in Houston 1981: Escape Tour, which included both a DVD video of the performance and a music-only CD of the same show. Perry has described the emotional experience of reliving the Escape tour and the entire band's history while editing the film as "a heartache"[1].
In 2005, Perry produced a track on a solo album for former Ambrosia lead vocalist David Pack, titled The Secret of Moving On. Perry also provides background vocals for "A Brand New Start," among the many songs he and Pack co-wrote shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The album, released in September, 2005, includes covers of two of Pack's biggest hits with Ambrosia, "Biggest Part of Me" and "You're the Only Woman." [1]
During the 2005 baseball season, the resurgent Chicago White Sox adopted Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" as their unofficial team anthem. As a result, Perry (an avid San Francisco Giants fan, although he has been seen at Los Angeles Dodgers games recently) was asked to attend the World Series and even travelled with the team to Houston where they swept the Astros in four consecutive games. Perry joined the players on the field and in the locker room as they celebrated their championship.[1]
In Fall 2006, Perry's two solo projects Street Talk and For the Love of Strange Medicine (both featuring previously unreleased material) plus his Greatest Hits CD were remastered and re-released.
In a Q&A posted in December 2006, Perry indicated that Sony has approached him about releasing a collection of his music videos on DVD, and that while he enjoys producing other artists he currently has no solid plans to record a new album.[4]
In early 2007, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt stated that he is writing songs with Steve Perry.
After The Sopranos finale, which used "Don't Stop Believing" to close out, Perry argued that he deserved to find out how the show ended in order to know if his song had been used properly. Steve confirmed this on a phone interview with popular Irish DJ Ray Foley, in which he said he didn't wish the song to play over a slaughter of one or several of the main characters. The shows producers initially would not tell Perry the ending, but relented when it became clear to them that he would not give his approval without first seeing how the song was to be used.
In August 2007, Go Kart records released GuFF's album Symphony of Voices, which featured an unreleased Journey song called "I Can See It in Your Eyes" which was produced by Steve Perry. Perry also used his voice on the track.
Since Journey fired singer Jeff Scott Soto in June of 2007, many fans speculated that Perry would re-join Journey. Perry denied the rumors and speculation later that month when he posted on
Fanasylum.com, saying that he has "no such plans whatsoever to rejoin Journey." On December 5, 2007, the band's official site announced that Filipino singer-songwriter Arnel Pineda is the new lead singer.
On March 30, 2008, former members of Journey's Management Team revealed that Steve Perry had recently played them demos of new material and that his voice was as good as ever. It was further added that at this time there were no plans to "put new material
