{
  "id": 20033821,
  "title": "Journey Announces Drummer Deen Castronovo Is Exiting Band, Days After Another Health Scare Forced His Second Mid-Show Departure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/journey-announces-drummer-deen-castronovo-is-exiting-band-days-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-14T19:07:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/journey-drummer-deen-castronovo-exits-band-health-scare-1236947754/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Journey announced Friday that longtime drummer Deen Castronovo is stepping away from the band's farewell tour to focus on personal health matters. The announcement follows recent medical incidents, including a situation last month in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Castronovo was helped offstage and taken to a hospital after performing only two songs. Variety reports that Castronovo has had to drop out of two shows mid-concert within just over a month, the most recent occurring Tuesday night in Boston.\n\nBillboard states that Steve Murphy will take over drumming duties for the remainder of November. Neither the band nor Castronovo has disclosed specific details regarding the illness. Castronovo, 62, originally joined the group in 1998 and returned to the lineup in 2021.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Drummer Deen Castronovo Steps Away from Journey",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/drummer-deen-castronovo-steps-away-from-journey",
        "published": "2026-11-14T00:25:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Billboard",
        "title": "Journey Drummer Deen Castronovo Exits Mid-Tour to Focus on His Health",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/journey-drummer-deen-castronovo-exits-mid-tour-to-focus-on-his-health",
        "published": "2026-11-14T06:59:25.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}