MelodicRock.com

JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo has
stepped down from his role in SOUL SIRKUS. Due to mutual agreement,
Deen has decided to step down as drummer for SOUL SIRKUS as the
workload between both SOUL SIRKUS and JOURNEY left him little to no
personal/family time.

Joining the ranks of SOUL SIRKUS (featuring Neal Schon, Jeff Scott
Soto and Marco Mendoza) is Virgil Donati. An official press release
is due this week, but news has leaked via an update on Virgil's
website.

The new lineup of the band will begin touring to support their
debut, "World Play", in the spring of 2005 before JOURNEY embark on
their summer tour.

Regarded as the best drummer in Australia, Virgil Donati started his
career with Aussie AOR favourites SOUTHERN SONS before moving to the
U.S. and working as an in-demand session drummer.



regards,


Russ Blomstedt
http://blomstedt.ssr.be
v1.2a r+d>s TW 1/0/pw+r+d tG 92* 0 Meddle 4 150 72.7 <1dec4>