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Journey Returns With First New Song In Ten Years 'The Way We Used To Be'

By Taylor Fields

June 24, 2021

Journey has returned with their first new music in ten years via their new single "The Way We Used To Be."

"The Way We Used To Be" follows Journey's 2011 album Eclipse , and the first studio release with the band's new lineup: Randy Jackson on bass and Narada Michael Walden on drums, joining Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Arnel Pineda and Jason Derlatka. The new song begs the question of getting back to how things used to be as the chorus says: "Can we ever get back?/ To the way we were doin’ it/ To the way we were livin’ it/ Back to the way we used to be."

Along with "The Way We Used To Be" is the song's official music video, which features the band animated in cartoon form as they rock out to the new song in front of a stadium full of fans.

"The Way We Used To Be" is only the beginning of what's to come from the band as they are working on more new music, and are heading back out on the road, as a press release explains, "The band are excited to announce new music and their imminent return to touring."

Journey is set to perform during this year's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas in September. Fans can tune in to watch the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival both nights on September 17th and 18th via an exclusive livestream on The CW App and  CWTV.com . The festival will also be broadcast live on  iHeartMedia radio stations  throughout the country across more than 150 markets. The CW Network will also broadcast a two-night television special on Saturday, October 2nd and Sunday, October 3rd from 8-10pm ET/PT.

iHeartMedia Announces 2021 Lineup For Its Legendary ‘iHeartRadio Music Festival’

The Two-Day Main Stage Event Will Feature Performances by Billie Eilish, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Florida Georgia Line, Journey, Khalid, Lil Baby, Maroon 5, Nelly, Sam Hunt, Weezer and More , Hosted by Ryan Seacrest on September 17 and 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

The Daytime Stage at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival Will Feature Performances From DaBaby, Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, Saweetie, All Time Low, 24kGoldn, Russell Dickerson, Yungblud, Gabby Barrett, Tate McRae, Conan Gray, Addison Rae and More on September 18 at AREA15 in Las Vegas

The CW Network Will Broadcast the Two-Day Televised Special on October 2 and 3, and Exclusively Livestream the Mega-Concert via The CW App and CWTV.com

New York, N.Y. – June 16, 2021 – iHeartMedia today announced the lineup for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival, the annual legendary concert event on Friday, Sept. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 18 at Las Vegas’ hottest entertainment venue, T-Mobile Arena, and its Daytime Stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 18 at the new immersive event and entertainment district, AREA15. This year, the epic two-day lineup for the iHeartRadio Music Festival main stage will feature performances by Billie Eilish, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Florida Georgia Line, Journey, Khalid, Lil Baby, Maroon 5, Nelly, Sam Hunt, Weezer and more. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the iHeartRadio Music Festival will once again include one-of-a-kind collaborations and surprise performances.

The Daytime Stage will feature live performances from DaBaby, Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, Saweetie, All Time Low, 24kGoldn, Russell Dickerson, Yungblud, Gabby Barrett, Tate McRae, Conan Gray and Addison Rae , with more to be announced. In addition to live performances from today’s emerging artists, the Daytime Stage will also include fan zones and interactive experiences by iHeartRadio's brand partners.

“This year’s Festival will be historic for many reasons,” said Tom Poleman, Chief Programming Officer for iHeartMedia. “Not only will it be the first time all of these artists are together on the same stage, but also because it’ll be in front of a live audience. We’ve all been waiting for this moment – live music is back, and we’ll be celebrating like never before.”

Each night, the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival will broadcast live for fans via iHeartMedia radio stations throughout the country across more than 150 markets. The CW Network will broadcast a two-night television special on Saturday, Oct. 2 and Sunday, Oct. 3 from 8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET/PT. In addition, The CW will exclusively livestream both nights of the festival via The CW App and CWTV.com .

“Live music has returned to America, and we are celebrating with our most diverse lineup of superstar artists in our 10-year history,” said John Sykes, President of Entertainment Enterprises for iHeartMedia. “We are excited to bring this historical event to fans on iHeartRadio stations across the country, the CW Network and CWTV.com.”

Beginning Wednesday, June 23 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET through Friday, June 25 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET, Capital One cardholders will have access to special pre-sale tickets for the iHeartRadio Music Festival and the Daytime Stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Tickets will be available only at AXS.com . For more details visit iHeartRadio.com/CapitalOne .

Capital One cardholders can also purchase a Capital One Access Pass in addition to their Festival ticket, which includes access to an exclusive cardholder event at the iHeartRadio Music Festival featuring an experience with Khalid and a special guest, as well as complimentary food and beverage, and more. Capital One Access Passes are limited and only available for purchase during the exclusive Capital One Cardholder pre-sale.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 25 at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET via AXS.com .

In addition, throughout a summer-long on-air and online promotion, iHeartMedia station listeners across the country will have the chance to win an exclusive trip to Las Vegas where they will join thousands of other dedicated music fans to experience the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena.

Proud partners of this year's event include: Capital One, The CW, Rohto® Cooling Eye Drops, Sprouts Farmers Market, T-Mobile, Advil, Excedrin and Voltaren, with more to be announced.

The 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival is co-produced by John Sykes and Tom Poleman for iHeartMedia; and Michael Dempsey for Dempsey Productions.

For more details about the iHeartRadio Music Festival visit iHeartRadio.com/festival . For news and information about the Daytime Stage, fans can visit iHeartRadio.com/DayStage or follow #iHeartDayStage on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Artists and/or event are subject to change or cancellation without notice.

About Capital One

At Capital One we’re on a mission for our customers – bringing them great products, rewards, service, and access to unique and unforgettable experiences they are passionate about. Capital One is a diversified bank that offers products and services to individuals, small businesses and commercial clients. We use technology, innovation and interaction to provide consumers with products and services to meet their needs. Learn more at capitalone.com/access .

About The CW

THE CW TELEVISION NETWORK launched in 2006 as America’s fifth broadcast network, with programming targeting younger viewers, a demographic highly sought after by advertisers. The CW, a joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corporation, now broadcasts across the week, offering fourteen-hours of primetime programming, Monday through Sunday, beginning in Fall 2021. The CW’s primetime programming is also available to stream for free, without authentication, on the ad-supported cwtv.com and The CW app, now available on every major OTT platform. Additionally, The CW broadcasts a three-hour Saturday morning kids block. The CW’s digital network CW Seed launched in 2013 and offers original short-form digital content as well as past seasons of fan-favorite television series. For more information about the network and its programming, visit www.cwtvpr.com .

About T-Mobile Arena

T-Mobile Arena, the 20,000-seat venue located on the Las Vegas Strip between Park MGM and New York-New York, opened April 6, 2016. The arena hosts more than 100 events annually including major headline entertainment, awards shows, UFC, boxing, basketball and other sporting events, family shows and special events. T-Mobile Arena also is the home of the Vegas Golden Knights, a National Hockey League expansion team and the city’s first professional sports team. The venue, named the No. 1 venue on Billboard Magazine ’s 2018 Arena Power List as well as the “Best New Major Concert Venue” by Pollstar Magazine in 2016, features 50 luxury suites, more than two dozen private loge boxes, complete broadcast facilities, and other specially designed exclusive hospitality offerings and fan amenities destined to create a guest experience second to none. Toshiba Plaza, an adjacent two-acre outdoor entertainment space, features performance stages, a variety of video screens and other interactive content and display areas. Industry-leading architect Populous designed T-Mobile Arena to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s standards for LEED® Gold Certification. T-Mobile Arena is a privately funded joint venture between AEG and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM). For more information, visit T-MobileArena.com or follow on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

About AREA15

AREA15, located minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, is the world’s first purpose-built experiential entertainment district offering live events, immersive activations, monumental art installations, extraordinary design elements, unique retail, ground-breaking technology, bars and eateries and much more. With a growing collection of dynamic destinations including Dueling Axes , Emporium Arcade Bar , Lost Spirits Distillery , Oddwood Bar , “ Wink World: Portals Into The Infinite ,” Museum Fiasco , Rocket Fizz , Five Iron Golf , The Beast by Todd English , OZ Experience and anchor experience, Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart , AREA15 is an ever-changing art, retail and entertainment district attracting locals and tourists of all ages.

AREA15 represents a collaborative venture between real estate development firm Fisher Brothers and creative agency Beneville Studios, both of New York.

Sephora Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Progress Report

By George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, Sephora

In June 2020, Sephora made several renewed commitments to bring longstanding values of the brand to life. We pledged to make the Sephora experience more inclusive and equitable, for our team members, clients, and the broader beauty community. To realize these commitments, we created a holistic strategy called the Sephora D&I Heart Journey, which is supported by 11 internal D&I task forces and a detailed action plan described in our Racial Bias in Retail Study . These efforts are intended to address bias across all areas of our organization, including marketing, merchandising, hiring, training, operations, and the in-store experience.

While we recognize there is more work to be done, today, I am pleased to share an update on our progress over the past year:

Product Assortment: As the first major retailer to sign the 15 Percent Pledge last year, Sephora made a long-term commitment to expanding our supply chain and product assortment of Black-owned brands in a holistic and sustainable way, to reflect the diversity in our larger beauty community across the United States.

• In June 2020, Sephora carried eight Black-owned brands. By the end of 2021, we’ll more than double our assortment overall, including achieving the 15% benchmark in prestige hair care.
• As of July, our expanded offering includes adwoa beauty , BREAD BEAUTY SUPPLY , Briogeo , Danessa Myricks Beauty , FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna , FENTY SKIN , FORVR MOOD , Grace Eleyae , KNC Beauty , LYS Beauty , PAT McGRATH LABS , ROSE Ingleton MD , Shani Darden Skin Care , Sunday II Sunday , Topicals , Qhemet Biologics . This fall, we will launch several new Black-owned brands including but not limited to Fashion Fair and Hyper Skin.
• Additionally, last year we adapted the 2021 Sephora Accelerate brand incubator program to focus exclusively on cultivating and launching BIPOC-owned brands at Sephora. This year’s program included 54 Thrones, Eadem, Glory, Hyper Skin, lmania Beauty, Kulfi Beauty, Ries and Topicals; this past March, we celebrated the launch of Topicals on Sephora.com .

Marketing: As part of our action plan presented in the Racial Bias in Retail Study commissioned by Sephora last January, we pledged to establish new guidelines that would help ensure our campaigns, social media, and marketing content included a diverse array of backgrounds, identities, ages, and body types.

• Today, Black-owned brands are featured in 15% of Sephora social and digital content, up from 11% in June 2020. We have also implemented dedicated quarterly campaigns to drive awareness of Black-owned brands.
• To broaden inclusion for Sephora’s LatinX clients, we have doubled the number of Spanish-language YouTube videos produced each month. To improve the accessibility of our content, we have also incorporated closed captioning on all Sephora-produced IGTV content.
• To celebrate important holiday milestones for a wider range of cultures, we built mini campaigns, from Lunar New Year to Eid al-Fitr. We also featured more of our nonprofit partners in our content work to create space for new voices and organizations, like National Cares Mentoring Movement and National Black Justice Coalition.
• Finally, we continue to cultivate one of the industry’s most diverse influencer groups through Sephora Squad, with the largest group yet this year of 73 members. This year, 79% of members self-identify as people of color (compared to 51% in 2020) and the number of BIPOC members has increased by 61% since its inception in 2019. Additionally, 22% of the 2021 Sephora Squad are Spanish Speaking, which has increased from 8 to 16 members since 2019.

Talent & Inclusive Workplaces: Last year, we committed to the Pull Up for Change movement to ensure diversity is reflected across every level of Sephora’s organization.

• Since June 2020, Sephora has increased Black/African American representation in our leadership across our stores, distribution centers, and corporate offices from 6% to 9%. Our Black store director representation has increased from 6 to 11%.
• 64% employees of color (up from 63%, as reported Dec. 2020)
• 16% of Black or African American employees (up from 14% as reported Dec. 2020)
• 83% female identifying (up from 82% as reported in Dec. 2020)
• To ensure we have structures that ensure inclusive and equal opportunities to join and advance at Sephora at all levels going forward, we implemented a refined hiring process and developed a new hiring toolkit to bring awareness of unconscious bias and recruit a diverse pipeline of talent; we launched a Talent Incubator program to develop the next generation of diverse leaders, which comprises mentoring and coaching support for 50 managers across our corporate, distribution centers, and stores. This summer, Sephora hired 43 interns, of which over 50% self-identify as underrepresented talent of color.

Retail Experience: Sephora is committed to making our retail experience more inclusive and welcoming for all clients and employees, both online and in our stores.

• We created 20 new training modules focusing on antiracism, unconscious bias, and cultural allyship, required to be taken by all Sephora retail employees, including a digital series which trains all Sephora employees to recognize and mitigate unconscious biases.

We also created Cultural Allyship for BIPOC Shoppers training, leveraging key findings of Sephora’s Racial Bias in Retail Study and Catalyst’s report, Allyship and Curiosity Drive Inclusion for People of Color at Work . This training has been delivered to all store directors in July, and will be cascaded to all beauty advisors.

Thank you for taking the time to read about our work and the efforts underway to ensure that all people feel they belong at Sephora. Although there is more work to be done, I am incredibly proud of how far we’ve come in just one year, and of the efforts of the Sephora D&I team, D&I task forces, leadership, and the broader organization. I am emboldened and energized by our progress, and I look forward to sharing updates in the future, as we continue this important work.

To read the full Sephora Progress Report , please click here .

George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga

George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, Sephora

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Journey’s epic iHeartRadio set a sample of Vegas residency

Journey is playing six shows at the Theater at Virgin Hotels La Vegas and one show at the Colosseum, all in December.

In its decadelong run in Las Vegas, iHeartRadio Music Festival has been known to stage unlikely moments and unbilled collaborations. But achieving what is expected, delivering the high expectations, also hits the mark at iHeart.

So, we had an epic set from Journey , an anthemic performance from Coldplay and a fiery performance from Billie Eilish during Saturday’s second and final night at T-Mobile Arena.

. @coldplay 's performance at the #iHeartFestival2021 was the definition of star power! 🌟 @rohtoeyedrops pic.twitter.com/EYiDbUDWK5 — iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) September 19, 2021

Journey closed the night with a rousing recitation of the classics, “Separate Ways,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Lights,” “Wheel in the Sky” and the inexhaustible showstopper, “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Guitarist Neal Schon unleashed his soaring, melodic solos and vocalist Arnel Pineda has reinforced his indispensable position as the band’s vocalist. Jonathan Cain, Deen Castronovo , Marco Mendoza and Jason Derlatka further powered the Journey lineup at T-Mobile.

Best ending ever for #iHeartFestival2021 ! WHAT. A. NIGHT. with @journeyofficial ! 🤯🎸 pic.twitter.com/L8CjfYihpA — iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) September 19, 2021

Randy Jackson (same Jackson from “American Idol”) has been announced as the band’s returning bassist, though he wasn’t in the iHeart show. Schon said that Jackson continues to rehab from spinal surgery, adds that he hopes Jackson will be ready for the stage in Las Vegas.

Schon was clearly buoyed by his return to Las Vegas, a place the band has frequented since re-forming with Pineda in 2007, and also in years prior.

“Arnel sang everything in its original key,” Schon said. “That is impressive, when you consider our catalogue.”

A day after the show, the 67-year-old said he was revitalized by the show.

“I’m finally getting my chops back,” Schon, a founding member of Journey, said before the show. “I actually just played and played during COVID. I bought a lot of guitars (laughs). I’m feeling very good about my playing right now.”

The set was Journey’s toe in the water for its upcoming six-show series Dec. 1-11 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, and also a single performance Dec. 18 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

The band has played a series of concerts on the East Coast and in July was the longest-established band to play Lollapalooza in Chicago. Journey also has a new album out, yet to be titled, due (hopefully) by the time the Vegas shows open. The first single, “The Way We Used To Be,” is out. Of the new album, Schon says, “It’s smokin’.”

The album’s title hasn’t been announced. An EP might be in the offing, but not before the end of the year. Schon says the band is prepping for a tour in February. He’s also looking across the horizon to a possible co-headlining tour with Carlos Santana, his original band mate from the Santana days in the Bay Area.

“I would love that, because we both have new albums coming out,” Schon said, referring to Santana’s “Blessings and Miracles,” due for release Oct. 15. “Carlos and I are the same way. We are always pushing the cause and looking forward.”

Coldplay commits

What else can you say about the dependably forceful rock band? To use a tennis or basketball term, frontman Chris Martin leaves it all on the court. At once contorting and bellowing, Martin was sweaty enough that the confetti stuck to his face by the end of Saturday night’s set.

Coldplay came forth with “A Sky Full of Stars” and “Viva La Vida,” the latter’s violin intro throwing the crowd into a bounce-fest. Martin actually had to restart “A Sky Full of Stars” as he struggled to pull his jacket back on.

Last week, Coldplay unveiled their upcoming collab with BTS , “My Universe,” a selection from Coldplay’s upcoming album, “Music of the Spheres.” The song is performed in both English and Korean and is out Thursday.

Buoyant Eilish

On the topic of leaping music fans, Eilish was strong from the jump (as it were) with an opening set featuring “Bury a Friend,” “Bad Guy,” “Oxytocin” and “Everything I Wanted.” Her brother, Finneas , was back for a second night at T-Mobile, playing guitar after following his impressive set Friday.

She advised, “Forget everything that’s (lousy) in your life and just have fun and dance and jump around, OK!?”

Prior to introducing “Happier Than Ever,” Eilish plugged her next Vegas performance, Sunday night in downtown Las Vegas. “See you tomorrow night at Life is Beautiful, if you’re going!” Saturday’s show was Eilish’s first arena performance since her “Where We Do Go” tour shut down in March 2020.

Rodrigo in the Daytime

The rapid-rising Olivia Rodrigo made her festival debut at Daytime Stage at The Grounds at Area15. Some of Rodrigo’s fans actually cried during her breakthrough single, “Driver’s License.” The whole scene seemed a breakthrough for the 18-year-old singer/songwriter/actress. From behind the piano, she called out, “I don’t know if you guys know this but this is a really special day for me, because this is my first show.” Expect more, a lot more, from her.

Filling this bill

The Kid LAROI, Sam Hunt and Khalid further filled out Saturday’s iHeart performances (LAROI, who has partnered with Justin Bieber on “Stay,” also performed at the Daytime Stage). Hunt performed “Hard to Forget,” “House Party” and “23.” He has the distinction of being the headliner who closed the Route 91 Harvest festival at Las Vegas Village on Sept. 30, 2017, the night before the Oct. 1 mass shooting.

The CW will broadcast a two-night iHeart festival highlight package from 8-10 p.m. Oct. 2-3.

What Works In Vegas

Chicago sold out all three of its shows at The Venetian Theatre running from Wednesday through Saturday. Styx , too, has sold its three upcoming shows at The Venetian from Friday through Sunday.

Count on it

Maroon 5 is set to perform a pair of New Year’s Eve shows at the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Dec. 30-31. The band led by Adam Levine has previously, and traditionally, played Mandalay Bay Events Center, now Michelob Ultra Arena. Details forthcoming.

Delilah Lipa

Vegas vocalist Christina Amato headlined Delilah at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday night. Dua Lipa happened to be in the nightspot, coming after her boffo performance at the iHeart Festival. Lipa took a few seconds of video Amato’s performance of Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now,” which the superstar had performed earlier at T-Mobile Arena.

Lipa posted the clip on her Instagram story, then flipped the camera around to give the singers a “Whoo-hoo!” Amato re-posted that video with her own recorded message, “OK, you guys, excuse this right now. I’m having an internal freak-out right now … ” Then showed the Lipa clip.

Saturday night, Amato was back gigging, at El Cortez’s Fiesta Room from midnight-3 a.m. Typical weekend in VegasVille.

The Gr8 Sk8s

Half of the brother-sister skating tandem in “Absinthe,” Emily England , has been in holed up in London throughout the pandemic. The great circus performer has been unable to return to Las Vegas and reunite with her brother, Billy England , in the popular act dubbed “Skates of Hell.”

In the routine, Emily is dressed as a nun and Billy as a priest. They proceed to strip to skivvies and spin at high velocity.

You might recall the Englands reached the semifinals of season 12 of “America’s Got Talent” in 2017. That was the year incoming “America’s Got Talent Live” at Luxor host and comic Preacher Lawson won the championship (the “AGT Live” show opens on the Strip on Nov. 12).

But as COVID hit, England trekked to England (we say musically) to wait it out. She underwent knee surgery and developed a magic act. As an illusionist, she has appeared in four West End productions and has been featured at the U.K.’s prestigious Magic Circle.

On Friday, sort of out of nowhere, England reported her visa application to return to the U.S. has been approved. She should be back in Las Vegas on Monday. The Englands’ act should be back in “Absinthe” in an unspecified timeline. But already, this is the sister’s best reappearing act yet.

Cool Hang Alert

Gilley’s at Treasure Island percolates — percolates, I tell you! — with the Garage Boys at 8 p.m. Monday; “Bluegrass & BBQ” with Storytellers at 5 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, followed by Scotty Alexander at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; “Home Grown Sunday” with Vegas lounge great Ronnie Rose at 5 p.m. Sunday, followed by American Thunder at 9 p.m. Hit gilleyslasvegas.com for additional intel.

The Review-Journal is owned by the family of Dr. Miriam Adelson, the majority shareholder of Las Vegas Sands Corp, which operates The Venetian.

John Katsilometes’ column runs daily in the A section. His “PodKats!” podcast can be found at reviewjournal.com/podcasts . Contact him at [email protected]. Follow @johnnykats on Twitter, @JohnnyKats1 on Instagram.

Norm Clarke, the pioneer of the RJ’s 3-A celeb column, appears at Hard Rock Cafe on Monday night to talk of his cancer fight.

Dead & Company jammed for several hours, reviving familiar Grateful Dead imagery in a specatcular stage show.

David Copperfield is denying a published report of sexual misconduct involving more than a dozen women, including some who were teenagers at the time of the alleged behavior.

I met Paul McCartney at The Mirage. Maybe “met” is stretching it. But we did swap greetings in June 2006, as he moved through a party on the pool deck.

The Mirage’s expiration date officially has come into view. The resort is closing to be remade as Hard Rock Las Vegas.

“Mavericks” is an open-ended engagement, the latest version of a show that played Fremont East in 2022.

Mark Davis was in a gala and Rolling Stones mood after an active weekend in Las Vegas.

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger got a healthy sampling of the Las Vegas restaurant scene while in town for a concert at Allegiant Stadium.

The man who sang, “Time is on my side,” proved it is, and “What a drag it is, getting old,” proved it doesn’t need to be.

Blake Shelton told Friday’s Power of Love crowd, “This is maybe the last time I’m ever going to perform country music.”

Updated: July 2023

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At Sephora, fearlessly trailblazing and innovating the beauty industry are part of the values we incorporate into our work every day. In June of 2020, we announced several continued commitments to create an inclusive in-store and workplace experience where everyone feels beautiful and that they belong. 

Since that announcement, through our 11 DE&I initiatives, we’ve made progress in tackling bias across all aspects of our organization − including marketing, merchandising, hiring, training, operations and the in-store experience. Now, we are pleased to share our latest progress report, the 2023 Annual DE&I Heart Journey Report, for a deeper look into our DE&I initiatives and their impact across the organization.

There is still work to be done, but as we look back on what we’ve accomplished so far, I am proud of the strides the team here at Sephora have achieved and excited to continue working towards a more inclusive future. 

George-Axelle Broussillon Matschinga Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Sephora

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Def Leppard and Journey Announce Co-Headlining 2024 Tour with Support from Cheap Trick, Heart and Steve Miller Band

The rock legends are teaming up for a summer 2024 North American tour

Ross Halfin

Fans are in for a rock of ages next summer. 

On Thursday, rock legends Def Leppard and Journey announced they’re hitting the road on a co-headlining stadium tour. The ‘80s favorites, who previously teamed up on a 2018 joint tour, will be setting out across North America in summer 2024 — and they’re making it a show classic rock fans will remember by bringing along fellow icons Cheap Trick , Heart and Steve Miller Band on select dates.

The 23-city tour begins on July 6 in St. Louis, Missouri and continues through Sept. 8 when they wrap up in Denver, Colorado. Along the way, the two Rock and Hall of Fame inductees will bring their show to stadiums in major cities like Chicago, Nashville, Boston, Toronto, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and more. 

Courtesy Journey

Cheap Trick will help kick off and close out the tour, while Steve Miller Band will play the majority of shows and Heart will join them on three dates. 

The tour comes after the “Pour Some Sugar on Me” band played another nostalgic tour throughout 2023 with fellow heavy metal group Mötley Crüe . 

While the band featuring frontman Joe Elliott , drummer Rick Allen, guitarist Vivian Campbell, guitarist Phil Collen and bassist Rick Savage and is set to play their fan-favorite hits, their recent run of shows follows the 2022 release of their 12th studio album Diamond Star Halos . 

As for the “Don’t Stop Believin’” group, they’ll join up with Def Leppard after playing their Freedom Tour , which celebrates their 50th anniversary as a band and the recent release of 2022’s Freedom . The six-piece made up of keyboardist Jonathan Cain, drummer Deen Castronovo, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, bassist Todd Jensen, guitarist Neal Schon, vocalist Arnel Pineda first kicked off the Freedom Tour back in 2022 and they'll play its last leg across North America in 2024 from February to late April.

The Def Leppard frontman, 64, shared a statement in a press release about the upcoming tour. “DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will be reuniting and hitting the road together for the Summer Stadium Tour with Steve Miller, Cheap Trick & Heart on select shows, which makes for an amazing night of music !”

The “Love Bites” singer continued, “Having just completed a sensational 18 month run promoting our Diamond Star Halos album, we shall hit the boards running with a brand-new stage show and set of songs that will celebrate specific parts of our history.  We may even have a surprise or two up our sleeves … so, wanna join us !??! … See you in the summer !”

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Journey also shared a joint statement about the 2024 shows. “We are thrilled to be back on the road in 2024 with so many good friends as part of this tour. No matter which city you come to this will be an amazing night of music!” the rockers said. 

Two presales kick off the ticket sales to Def Leppard and Journey’s summer 2024 tour. An official fan presale begins on Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. ET, which fans can sign up for at www.defleppardjourney2024.com now. A presale for Citi cardmembers will then follow on Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. local time. On Dec. 15, the general on sale will launch at 10 a.m. local time. 

Various VIP packages will be available on select dates. 

See the full list of tour dates below. 

Jul. 6 – St Louis, MO – Busch Stadium*

Jul.10 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium*

Jul. 13 – Atlanta, GA – Truist Park^

Jul. 15 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field^

Jul. 18 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park^

Jul. 20 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium^

Jul. 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park^

Jul. 25 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium^

Jul. 27 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park^

Jul. 30 – Cleveland, OH – Progressive Field~

Aug. 2 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre~

Aug. 5 – Boston, MA – Fenway Park~

Aug. 7 – Flushing, NY – Citi Field^

Aug. 12 – Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field^

Aug. 14 – Houston, TX – Minute Maid Park^

Aug. 16 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodom^

Aug. 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Field^

Aug. 23 – Phoenix, AZ – Chase Field^

Aug. 25 – Los Angeles, CA – SoFi Stadium^

Aug. 28 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park^

Aug. 30 – San Diego, CA – Petco Park^

Sep. 4 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park*

Sep. 8 – Denver, CO – Coors Field*

*with support from Cheap Trick

^with support from Steve Miller Band

~with support from Heart

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Journey and Def Leppard 2024 Co-Headlining Tour: How to Buy Tickets and Upcoming Dates

by Branson Knowles December 12, 2023, 6:04 pm

Two of the most famous rock bands in history, Journey and Def Leppard, have announced a co-headlining tour for 2024 with some of the best opening and supporting acts a fan could ask for. They’re playing shows across America, starting in St. Louis in July before wrapping up their historic run of dates in Denver in September.

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While Journey and Def Leppard are more than enough to get fans to come out, they’re bringing some impressive talent with them to further incentivize fans to buy a ticket. The two Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be joined by Steve Miller Band, Heart, and Cheap Trick for their 2024 tour.

If you’re looking to see Journey and Def Leppard live, tickets are available now through StubHub where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program. StubHub is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Journey and Def Leppard are two of the most decorated rock bands in music, so their duo tour should be one for the ages. These two are more than used to selling out their shows, so buy tickets now while they’re still available.

While their setlist hasn’t been confirmed, fans can hope to hear all of their favorite hits including “Pour Some Sugar on Me”, “Hysteria”, and of course “Don’t Stop Believin’”. Their openers have some classics amongst them as well, making for an exceptional concert experience.

Tickets are on sale now for Journey and Def Leppard’s latest tour. If you want to see the impressive pair take the stage on the same night, you can find official tickets directly through StubHub or by clicking here . Act fast, two of the most impressive acts in live music history won’t have their tickets available for long.

Journey and Def Leppard 2024 Tour Dates

July 06, 2024 – St Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium w/ Cheap Trick

July 10, 2024 – Orlando, FL @ Camping World Stadium w/ Cheap Trick

July 13, 2024 – Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park w/ Steve Miller Band

July 15, 2024 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field w/ Steve Miller Band

July 18, 2024 – Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park w/ Steve Miller Band

July 20, 2024 – Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium w/ Steve Miller Band

July 23, 2024 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park w/ Steve Miller Band

July 25, 2024 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium w/ Steve Miller Band

July 27, 2024 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park w/ Steve Miller Band

July 30, 2024 – Cleveland, OH @ Progressive Field w/ Heart

Aug 02, 2024 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre w/ Heart

Aug 05, 2024 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park w/ Heart

Aug 07, 2024 – Flushing, NY @ Citi Field w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 12, 2024 – Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 14, 2024 – Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 16, 2024 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 19, 2024 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 23, 2024 – Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 25, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 28, 2024 – San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park w/ Steve Miller Band

Aug 30, 2024 – San Diego, CA @ Petco Park w/ Steve Miller Band

Sep 04, 2024 – Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park w/ Cheap Trick

Sep 08, 2024 – Denver, CO @ Coors Field w/ Cheap Trick

When do tickets for the Journey and Def Leppard Concert Tour go on sale?

Tickets for the latest tour by Journey and Def Leppard are on sale now. Some of their shows are already selling quickly, so if you want to see the bands live we recommend getting your tickets now.

Where can I purchase official tickets to the Journey and Def Leppard 2024 Tour?

You can buy official tickets for Journey and Def Leppard’s co-headlining tour directly through StubHub .

Are there any presale codes or early access opportunities for the Journey and Def Leppard 2024 Tour?

There aren’t any presale codes or early access opportunities for the Journey and Def Leppard tour as tickets for all shows are already on sale now.

How much do Journey and Def Leppard tickets cost? Are there different pricing tiers?

Tickets come in different pricing tiers depending on how close you sit to the stage, what concert venue you choose to attend, and what comes with the price of a ticket. Check StubHub for specifics on pricing no matter where you choose to attend.

Is there a limit to how many tickets I can buy?

Yes, StubHub currently has a limit of 16 tickets per transaction. If you want to buy more tickets than that, you may be able to do so in a separate transaction. StubHub changes the limit of the tickets being sold based on the venue’s availability.

What’s the difference between VIP tickets and regular tickets?

VIP tickets usually come with a wide range of added benefits, sometimes including an exclusive entrance into the stadium/arena, a line-free merchandise shopping experience, free food or drinks, and front-row seating. 

Regular tickets usually just cover the cost of admission and guarantee your seat.

Are there any meet-and-greet or backstage pass opportunities for the Journey and Def Leppard 2024 tour?

It doesn’t look like Journey or Def Leppard are offering any meet-and-greet or backstage pass opportunities for their latest run of shows. Check with your local venue for confirmation.

What are the Def Leppard and Journey 2024 tour dates and locations?

While we’ve listed all of the current dates for the Def Leppard and Journey 2024 tour, they may always add more later. If you don’t already see a city or venue near you, check back to see if the legendary bands have added any more dates.

Is there an age restriction for the Def Leppard and Journey 2024 concert run?

There shouldn’t be any age restrictions or requirements for the Journey and Def Leppard tour but check with your local concert venue through StubHub for confirmation. 

Can I get a refund or exchange my ticket if I can’t attend?

Ticket refunds and exchanges are subject to the venue’s policy. Please contact the venue directly for more information.

Can I bring a camera or recording device to the Def Leppard and Journey concert dates?

You can bring personal recording equipment like the camera on your phone but you won’t be allowed to bring professional camera equipment or a camera bag.

Will merchandise be available for purchase at the concert?

Yes, Journey and Def Leppard merchandise should be available for purchase at the concert venue. 

Are there opening acts or special guests for the Def Leppard and Journey tour?

Def Leppard and Journey are bringing some great guests for their 2024 tour, including Steve Miller Band, Heart, and Cheap Trick.

Each concert date has a different opener, so check above for confirmation.

What happens if the concert is postponed or canceled?

If the concert is postponed, your tickets will be valid for the new date. If the concert is canceled, you will be eligible for a refund. Please note that this information is subject to change.

How can I avoid scams or counterfeit tickets?

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When Did Everything Become a ‘Journey’?

Changing our hair, getting divorced, taking spa vacations — they’re not just things we do; they’re “journeys.” The quest for better health is the greatest journey of all.

By Lisa Miller

Drew Barrymore has been talking with Gayle King about her perimenopause “journey ,” and the soccer phenom Carli Lloyd has just divulged her fertility “journey .” By sharing her breast cancer story, Olivia Munn has said she hopes she will “help others find comfort, inspiration, and support on their own journey.” A recent interview with Anne Hathaway has been posted on Instagram with a headline highlighting her “ sobriety journey ,” and Kelly Clarkson has opened up about what Women’s Health calls her “ weight loss journey .” On TikTok, a zillion influencer-guides lead pilgrims on journeys through such ephemeral realms as faith, healing, grief, friendship, mastectomy, and therapy — often selling courses, supplements or eating plans as if they were talismans to help safeguard their path.

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“Journey” has decisively taken its place in American speech. The word holds an upbeat utility these days, signaling struggle without darkness or detail, and expressing — in the broadest possible way — an individual’s experience of travails over time.

It’s often related to physical or mental health, but it can really be about anything: “Putting on your socks can be a journey of self-discovery,” said Beth Patton, who lives in Central Indiana and has relapsing polychondritis, an inflammatory disorder. In the chronic disease community, she said, “journey” is a debated word. “It’s a way to romanticize ordinary or unpleasant experiences, like, ‘Oh, this is something special and magical.’” Not everyone appreciates this, she said.

According to the linguistics professor Jesse Egbert at Northern Arizona University, the use of “journey” (the noun) has nearly doubled in American English since 1990, with the most frequent instances occurring online. Mining a new database of conversational American English he and colleagues are building, Egbert could show exactly how colloquial “journey” has become: One woman in Pennsylvania described her “journey to become a morning person,” while another, in Massachusetts, said she was “on a journey of trying to like fish.”

Egbert was able to further demonstrate how the word itself has undergone a transformative journey — what linguists call “semantic drift.” It wasn’t so long ago that Americans mostly used “journey” to mean a literal trip, whereas now it’s more popular as a metaphor. Egbert demonstrated this by searching the more than one billion words in a database called COCA for the nouns people put before “journey” to clarify what sort they’re on. Between 1990 and 2005, the most common modifier was “return,” followed by words like “ocean,” “train,” “mile,” “night,” “overland,” and “bus.”

But between 2006 and 2019, usage shifted. “Return” remains the most common noun modifier to journey, but now it’s followed closely by “faith,” “cancer,” and “life.” Among the top 25 nouns used to modify “journey” today are: “soul,” “adoption,” and “hair.”

In almost every language, “journey” has become a way to talk abstractly about outcomes, for good reason: According to what linguists call the “primary metaphor theory,” humans learn as babies crawling toward their toys that “‘purpose’ and ‘destination’ coincide,” said Elena Semino, a linguist at Lancaster University who specializes in metaphor. As we become able to accomplish our goals while sitting still (standardized tests! working from home!), ambition and travel diverge. Yet we continue to envision achievement as a matter of forward progress. This is why we say, “‘I know what I want, but I don’t know how to get there,’” Semino explained. “Or ‘I’m at a crossroads.’”

So it’s not surprising, perhaps, that as Americans started seeing good health as a desirable goal, achievable through their own actions and choices — and marketers encouraged these pursuits and commodified them — the words “journey” and “health” became inextricably linked. In 1898, C.W. Post wrote a pamphlet he called “The Road to Wellville,” which he attached to each box of his new product, Grape-Nuts. In 1926, the Postum Cereal Company republished the pamphlet as a small book , now with the subtitle, “A Personally Conducted Journey to the Land of Good Health by the Route of Right Living.”

The language (and business) of self-help so completely saturates culture, “it gets kind of hard to trace where a word started and where it came from,” said Jessica Lamb-Shapiro, author of “Promise Land: My Journey Through America’s Self-Help Culture.” Americans like to put an optimistic, brave spin on suffering, and “journey” seeped in because, Lamb-Shapiro speculated, it’s bland enough to “tackle really difficult things,” yet positive enough to “make them palatable and tolerable.”

“Journey” had fully entered medical speak by the 2010s. Many cancer patients recoiled from the “battle” language traditionally used by doctors, as well as by friends and relatives. In “Illness as Metaphor,” Susan Sontag had noted back in 1978 that “every physician and every attentive patient is familiar with, if perhaps inured to, this military terminology.” But now, opposition to the notion of disease as an enemy combatant reached a crescendo. To reflexively call an experience of cancer a battle created “winners” and “losers,” where death or long suffering represented a failure — of will, strength, determination, diet, behavior, or outlook — on the part of the patient.

Many patients “detest” the military metaphor, Robert Miller conceded in Oncology Times in 2010. Knowing this, Miller, then a breast cancer oncologist affiliated with Johns Hopkins, said he struggled to find the right words in composing a condolence note to a patient’s spouse. “I welcome suggestions,” he wrote.

“Journey” seemed less judgmental, more neutral. In Britain, the National Health Service had started to almost exclusively use “journey” language in reference to cancer (treatments were “pathways”). Semino, the metaphor expert whose father had died of cancer at a time when patients’ diagnoses were hidden from them, wanted to examine how patients talked about it — and whether that language caused them harm. In a research paper Semino published with colleagues in 2015, she looked at how patients talked about their cancer on forums online and found that they still used “battle” as often as they did “journey,” and that “journey” could be disempowering, as well.

For some people, talking about cancer as a “journey” gave them a sense of control and camaraderie — buddies traveling the same path — but others used the term to convey their exhaustion. Having cancer “is like trying to drive a coach and horses uphill with no back wheels on the coach,” one man wrote. Patients used “journey” to describe just how passive they felt or how reluctant to bear the burden of their disease. Separately, patients have told Semino how much they hate the word “journey,” saying it trivializes their experience, that it’s clichéd.

But it was too late: The metaphor already was everywhere. In 2014, Anna Wintour was asked which word she would like to banish from the fashion lexicon and she said, “journey.” The following year, Yolanda Foster, the mother of Gigi and Bella Hadid, told People magazine that while she was on her Lyme disease journey, two of her children were afflicted, too. Medical journals and government publications began describing insomnia , the effort to achieve health-care reform , diabetes , and the development of RSV vaccines as a journey. The term “healing journey,” in use since at least the mid-2010s, blew up around 2021. The phrase in news media referenced the experience of cancer , celebrity weight loss , trafficking of Indigenous children , Sean Combs’s creative process , spa vacations , amputation , and better sex .

On the Reddit channel Chronic Illness, one poster eloquently fumed that persistent sickness is not a journey. “It’s endless, pointless and repetitive. There’s no new ground to gain here.” The cultural insistence on illness as a journey, from which a traveler can learn useful, or even life-changing lessons, becomes something to “disassociate from, survive, endure.” It “causes social isolation.”

Although she concedes its downsides, Stephanie Swanson likes to think of herself as on a journey. Swanson, who is 37 and lives in Kansas City, was an engineer by training, with three young children, a career and a sideline as an aerialist, when she got long Covid in the summer of 2022. The things that had made her successful — her physical stamina, her ability to solve problems — evaporated. “I’ve had to give up my career, my hobbies, my physical abilities,” she said. “I’ve gained 30 pounds on my tiny dancer body. I’m doing the best I can with what I have.”

Swanson makes a distinction between “journey” and “trip”: The latter is circumscribed by a start, an end, and hotel and restaurant reservations along the way. She sees “journey” as a way to capture the arc of a whole life.

When she was running operations at a medical center at the University of Kansas, she always imagined slowing down to enjoy her kids more or to read a book, but “I felt like my head was going to explode.” Now Swanson has become a person who must rent a wheelchair for her upcoming trip to New York City, and she likes how “journey” accommodates all the challenging, unexpected circumstances she confronts. “To me, the word ‘journey’ resonates with choosing to be on a path of acceptance but not standing still,” she said. “I’m not giving up, but recognizing that this is the path I’m on.”

Ramani Durvasula uses “journey” advisedly. A clinical psychologist in Los Angeles who treats women in emotionally abusive relationships, she recognizes how “journey” has been “eye-rollingly cheapened” and has started to experiment with alternatives. She’s tried “process.” She’s tried “healing trajectory.” But she falls back on journey, because it, more than any other word, expresses the step-by-step, sometimes circular or backward nature of enduring something hard. “Arguably, a journey doesn’t have a destination,” she said. “Have you ever taken a hike in a loop? And you end up exactly where you parked your car?”

But Durvasula does object to the easy-breezy healing so many journey hashtags promote, what she calls the “post-sobriety, post-weight-loss, now-I’m-in-love-again-after-my-toxic-relationship” reels. Too many TikToks show the crying in the car then the cute party dress, skipping over the middle, when people feel ugly, angry, self-loathing, and hopeless. “I want to see the hell,” she said. “I want to see the nightmare.”

When in 2020 a Swedish linguist named Charlotte Hommerberg studied how advanced cancer patients describe their experience, she found they used “battle” and “journey,” like everyone else. But most also used a third metaphor that conveyed not progress, fight or hope. They said cancer was like “imprisonment,” a feeling of being stuck — like a “free bird in a cage,” one person wrote. Powerless and going nowhere.

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Tri-Valley shows heart in tough district final loss

PICKERINGTON — A bad first inning didn't deter Tri-Valley on Saturday afternoon.

The 10th-seeded Scotties erased a 2-0 deficit and had the go-ahead run thrown out at the plate in the fourth inning.

However, it wasn't enough as third seed Hilliard Darby plated a run in the bottom of the fifth and held on for a 3-2 victory in the Division I district final at Pickerington Central.

Tri-Valley finished the season 22-7, while the Jaguars face top seed Watkins Memorial in a regional semifinal at 2 p.m. Wednesday.

"We were well-prepared and ready to go, but that first inning didn't go like we expected," Tri-Valley coach Brian Sterling said. "The girls fought back, and we were going to be aggressive. We didn't want to leave here wondering what if."

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Tri-Valley showed heart

Mickey Moody's two-run single with two outs in the first gave the Jaguars the early edge, but Tri-Valley ace Paiton Murphy dug in to give her team a chance.

She struck out nine, scattered five hits and walked none in the complete-game loss. All three Bradley runs were unearned.

"They know how to win, and they do that by putting the ball in play," Sterling said about Bradley. "We tried to change up speeds, but they floated one to right field and went ahead early."

The Scotties were limited to one single through three innings before the offense found traction in the fourth.

Cydnee Wolford led off with a single but was retired on a fielder's choice. Ally Peterson then singled to center to put runners at first and second, and Reffitt followed with a two-out RBI single to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Larsyn Holdsworth then smacked a double to the gap in left field where Peterson scored, but Reffitt was thrown out on a close play at the plate.

"(Alivia's) a good athlete and great base runner," he said. "They had to make two perfect throws, and we came up short on that one."

The Jaguars went ahead in the bottom of the fifth. Andrea Day led off with a double, and a Tri-Valley error on Loghan Cromer's bunt put runners at second and third with no outs. Murphy allowed an RBI sac fly to Taylor Hopkins, but a strikeout and groundout ended the threat.

"We wanted to challenge them, and they hit a sac fly," STerling said. "We always tell our girls to take advantage of any opportunity and live for the next play.

"We knew this would be a challenge and liked the way we were coming into this game," he added. "Hats off to Bradley for doing what they needed to do, but I'm proud of our girls and what they did, too."

The Scotties had a chance to tie in the sixth. Murphy led off with a walk, and Kylan Brock drew a one-out walk, but a strikeout and groundout ended the frame, then Tri-Valley went in order in the seventh.

Holdsworth had two of the Scotties' five hits, and Caity Journey, Peterson and Reffitt also added hits, while Jillian Meszaros gave up six hits with two strikeouts in five innings and Moody pitched two scoreless innings for the save for the Jaguars.

Brock, Journey leave mark on the program

Tri-Valley was looking to bring home a district title, and Sterling was grateful his squad had a chance.

While the Scotties came up short, their fight was indicative of the senior leadership from Brock and Journey. He praised what the two have meant to the program.

"I can't say enough good things about those two," Sterling said about Brock and Journey. "It wasn't just the way they perform and how they perform, it was them doing everything we asked. They pulled the underclassmen up with them and led by example."

The Scotties have plenty of talent scheduled to return, including Murphy, Reffitt, Peterson, Holdsworth and Wolford. Sterling hopes this experience aids their growth into next year.

"We talk about playing for banners and trophies that will be in the trophy case," he noted. "We talked about those past teams, and their toughness, mentally and physically, and used that as a guiding block. We wanted them to be proud to make it this far and understand what it would mean to put that trophy in there. We came up short of that today, but I'm still proud of them and the legacy they left."

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From endangered to empowered: The Topeka shiner’s journey

In the heart of America's midwest, a quiet revolution in conservation is taking root. As the United States celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the prairies and waterways of America's heartland have been quietly weaving an uplifting tale of partnership, resilience and ecological triumph. Kraig McPeek, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Illinois-Iowa Field Supervisor, shared his optimism about the effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act., "As we celebrate half a century of the Endangered Species Act, the story of the oxbow restoration and the Topeka shiner is a reminder of what we can accomplish together."   

We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are part of a remarkable partnership creating ripples of change throughout the midwest. This coalition of state agencies, agricultural associations, and passionate farmers has come together with one purpose: to restore and safeguard Iowa's precious oxbow habitats and, in doing so, protect the stability of oxbow ecosystems. Our Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program acts as the very glue binding the coalition together. 

Oxbows, U-shaped remnants of river meanders, are vital for ecosystem health, acting as biodiversity hotspots and playing key roles in water filtration and flood control serving as important habitat. Central to these habitats is the endangered Topeka shiner, a small, native freshwater fish. Its presence or absence reflects the overall health of the ecosystem. 

An oxbow is formed when a winding curve of a river becomes isolated due to erosion of river banks and the creation of a new river channel during high water flow. Sediment builds up in oxbows. Oxbows dry out. They disappear altogether when plants cover them. The degradation of these special places, as seen in places like West Buttrick Creek in Iowa’s Raccoon River watershed, not only diminishes water quality but also threatens the survival of the Topeka shiner and other aquatic species. Restoring oxbows is crucial not just for this species, but for maintaining the health of freshwater systems.

With the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act in 2023, the revival story of the Topeka shiner highlights the critical role of partnerships, innovation, and the sustained dedication of local communities. 

Landowner partnership: The cornerstone of conservation

Without the commitment of landowners, the restoration of oxbow wetlands would remain a distant dream. Kathy Law and her husband, Dave Law, are Iowa farmers who participated in oxbow restoration on their land, stressed the significance of these partnerships, emphasizing, "Landowner involvement is paramount. Their commitment to preserving natural habitats has been the linchpin of this endeavor." 

The narrative gets richer when we consider the multi-faceted benefits that farmers reap from oxbow restoration. For farmers, the benefits of participating in oxbow restoration extend beyond ecological preservation. Brandon Iddings of the Iowa Soybean Association noted, "Not only have these wetland restorations become a haven for endangered species, but they've also proved beneficial for crop yields."

In the heart of Iowa, where family farms dot the landscape and generations have tilled the same land, Kathy speaks with reverence about the soil underfoot. "Our land is not merely an income source," she begins, echoing the sentiments of countless Iowa farmers. "It's our heritage. For many, these lands have been passed down through generations. It's not just about profit, it's our lifestyle, our very way of life." 

Kathy's commitment to the land is evident. But she also highlights a mutual relationship between conservation efforts and farming benefits. "When we participated in the oxbow restorations, the soil they removed was of such high quality that it was spread over one of our fields," she recalls. "This seemingly small act resulted in our corn yielding over 20 bushels more per acre. The only reason for this boost we can pinpoint is the improved quality of our soil from that deposited dirt." 

For Kathy and many like her, conservation isn't just about protecting nature—it's about enhancing productivity and ensuring their land's legacy continues. "There are tangible economic benefits alongside the invaluable environmental advantages," Kathy emphasizes. "It's not just about doing the right thing for nature, but also ensuring our land remains prosperous for generations to come." 

Joe emphasized the ease for farmers: "Through collaborations, farmers can participate in these restoration efforts without the burden of added costs." 

What’s Next: Hope for the Topeka shiner 

The restoration of oxbow habitats has been crucial for the Topeka shiner, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service playing a significant role in bringing all the characters of this story together. When asked about their experiences working with partners on Topeka shiner conservation, staff shared different perspectives along the same narrative – the future for this little fish depends on collaborative conservation much like a community coming together to save the Topeka shiner. 

This sentiment is echoed by Kathy, who sees the increasing participation of landowners in oxbow restoration as a sign of growing grassroots conservation efforts. The success story of the Topeka shiner and oxbow restoration, showcasing community and organizational collaboration, offers hope and a model for future endeavors.

 "Every plot of land rejuvenated, every oxbow restored, brings us closer to a future where our natural habitats thrive," Brandon of the Iowa Soybean Association concluded. 

We encourage more landowners to join this cause, providing resources and support for tailored restoration projects.

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