Impostor account of Arnel Pineda
ARNEL PINEDA – The world-renowned Filipino singer and the lead vocalist of the American rock band, Journey, warned of an impostor account asking for money.
The singer took to the image-sharing site, Instagram wherein he revealed about the fraudulent act.
“It has been brought to our attention that there is a person claiming to be me asking for money,” he noted.
According to him, he doesn’t private chat nor gives his phone number to solicit money.
Check out his post:
His post earned reactions from the netizens.
Arnel Pineda rose to fame after becoming the lead singer of the American rock band Journey.
The 54-year-old singer started off as the lead singer of the Filipino group Ijos. He used to sing in a Shakey’s Pizza Parlor on Taft Street in Manila. In 1986, some members of Ijos formed a group called Amo- which entered and won the Rock Wars contest in the Philippines.
In 1990, Pineda and other members of Amo formed another band called Intensity Five and once again entered the Yamaha World Band Explosion. Pineda won the Best Vocalist award and the band came in as the first runner-up.
Later, five of Amo’s original members split and formed another band called New Age.
In 2004, three members of New Age reformed with a female singer sharing lead vocals with Pineda and called themselves Most W@nted.
It was in 2006 when he formed the band, The Zoo.
Then, he auditioned for Journet and was announced as the new lead singer.
Pineda debuted as the lead singer of Journey on February 21, 2008, at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival held at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater in Viña del Mar, Chile.
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