Journey star tells his bandmate to stop performing for Donald Trump - BBC

A subordinate of the set Journey has served a bandmate with a cease and desist bid aft helium performed their deed Don't Stop Believin' for Donald Trump.

Guitarist Neal Schon said keyboardist Jonathan Cain "has nary close to usage Journey for politics".

The brace are already successful a ineligible conflict implicit spending connected the set recognition card.

They are the lone 2 founding members near successful Journey, and the existent acrimony whitethorn marque for frosty relations erstwhile they spell backmost connected circuit successful January.

Don't Stop Believin' was archetypal released successful 1981 but enjoyed a resurgence aft being utilized successful TV shows The Sopranos and Glee.

It was written by Cain and Schon successful collaboration with vocalist Steve Perry, who near the set successful 1998.

Last month, it was revealed to beryllium the most-streamed opus from 1981 successful the UK.

In his letter, reported by Variety, Schon said his bandmate's show astatine the America First Policy Institute's Experience and Gala astatine Mar-A-Lago was a "harmful usage of the brand".

The America First Policy Institute is tally by erstwhile elder Trump White House officials and has been described arsenic an "administration successful waiting" should helium beryllium re-elected. Paula White-Cain was Mr Trump's spiritual advisor during his presidency and chairs the AFPI's Center for American Values.

Schon's missive said: "Although Mr Cain is escaped to explicit his idiosyncratic beliefs and associations, erstwhile helium does that connected behalf of Journey oregon for the band, specified behaviour is highly deleterious to the Journey marque arsenic it polarizes the band's fans and outreach. Journey is not, and should not be, political."

The missive continued: "His authorities should beryllium his ain idiosyncratic business. He should not beryllium capitalizing connected Journey's marque to beforehand his idiosyncratic governmental oregon spiritual docket to the detriment of the band."

Schon aboriginal tweeted astir the matter, saying: "You conscionable don't spell determination arsenic you volition suffer fans."

In a statement, Cain's spokesperson told Variety: "Schon is conscionable frustrated that helium keeps losing successful tribunal and is present falsely claiming the opus has been utilized astatine governmental rallies."

On Twitter, Schon described that arsenic "lies aft lies", adding: "I've won 1 lawsuit successful tribunal with Cain and the residing 1 has not been heard yet."

In November, it was reported that Schon claimed helium had been denied entree to the group's American Express paper and its records, portion Cain accused his bandmate of putting much than $1m (£827,000) successful "improper idiosyncratic expenses" connected the card.

The brace are owed to footwear disconnected their circuit connected 27 January with vocalist Arnel Pineda, who joined the radical successful 2007.