Journey drummer Deen Castronovo taken to hospital mid-concert in Tulsa; drum tech finishes show

Mixed · 2Journey drummer Deen Castronovo, 62, was taken to hospital during the band's concert at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday night, after the band had played two songs. 1 2 Left · 1A Journey representative told Variety that Castronovo "wasn't feeling well two songs in and was transported to the hospital to get checked out"; the nature of the medical emergency was not specified and no other details on his condition were made available. 2 Mixed · 2Citing Tulsa World, both outlets report that keyboardist Jonathan Cain first addressed the crowd, saying "We're hoping it's only a delay" and asking people to have their prayers ready for Castronovo. 1 2

Mixed · 2About ten minutes later, guitarist Neal Schon told the audience Castronovo had gone to hospital and that the show would resume with his drum tech, Steve Toomey, whom Schon called "very good". 1 2 Mixed · 2The show restarted eight minutes after that, according to Tulsa World, and the Journey representative described the total pause as about 20 minutes. 1 2 Mixed · 2Singer Arnel Pineda again asked for prayers, and Schon later dedicated the concert to Castronovo, saying "I think he's going to be fine"; Cain reportedly said Toomey "saved the night for us". 1 2

Left · 1Variety reported that Schon was said to have posted on Facebook, "God bless Deen. … We pray," and that Castronovo's own Instagram had no update; his last post before the show read, "You're standing in the line of fire tonight, TULSA". 2 Left · 1Castronovo joined Journey in 1998, was reported to have been let go in 2015 and was rehired in 2021; he previously played with Schon and Cain in Bad English from 1987 to 1991. 2 Mixed · 2Journey is next scheduled to play Saturday in Biloxi, Mississippi, on a farewell tour running to a Nov. 28 show in San Francisco; the Daily Mail said it had asked representatives for Castronovo and Journey for comment. 2 1