Watch Journey's Steve Perry perform for the first time in about 20 years

He made a surprise appearance in St. Paul, Minnesota

Published May 27, 2014 1:28PM (EDT)

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Former Journey frontman Steve Perry performed in public for the first time in nearly 20 years on Sunday night, appearing on stage with the Eels in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Perry showed up "unexpectedly" during the band's second encore, singing the Eels's "It’s A Motherfucker" followed by two Journey classics, "“Open Arms” and “Lovin Touchin Squeezin.”


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