Journey Reveal Lineup Changes, Randy Jackson’s Return - Rolling Stone

Band also adds drummer Narada Michael Walden after alleged coup attempt after Journey’s now-former bassist and drummer.

Journey's Neal Schon announced a pair of lineup changes, including the return of bassist Randy Jackson.

Journey’s Neal Schon announced a pair of lineup changes — including the return of bassist and American Idol judge Randy Jackson — Saturday following an alleged coup attempt by the band’s now-former bassist and drummer.

“Ok Friends word is out! @randyjackson RJ the Big Dawg is our new Bass player again,” Schon wrote on social media, adding that Grammy-winning drummer Narada Michael Walden had also joined the latest Journey incarnation.

“Journey is an ever-changing unstoppable force,” Schon added on Twitter?

In March, Journey fired their longtime bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith after the two allegedly attempted to orchestrate a “malicious and very ill-conceived” coup attempt to wrestle control of the Rock Hall-inducted group’s copyright away from Schon and Jonathan Cain; Valory and Smith later countersued their former band mates

“The Journey name is controlled by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain,” a lawyer for Cain and Schon told Rolling Stone at the time