JOURNEY was honored with the Legend Of Live award, a lifetime achievement award, at the eighth annual Billboard Touring Awards, held Thursday night (November 10) at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

According to Billboard.biz, Live Nation president of North American Concerts Bob Roux saluted JOURNEY as the ultimate road warriors. And JOURNEY‘s Neal Schon and Ross Valory paid tribute to the whole reason the concert industry exists — the fans.

“This last year was by far the best,” said JOURNEY co-founder Schon, the only member of JOURNEY who has been in the band for its entire 38-year existence. “It’s all about the fans, all about the music. We’ve always been about the performance, writing good songs. Arnel Pineda brought us back into the forefront, really regenerated us. There’s really no end to it. We have worked our asses off this year.”

The Billboard Touring Awards, hosted by former MTV VJ Matt Pinfield, were created to celebrate and stress the importance of the too-often overlooked movers and shakers in the increasingly-important world of touring, promotion and performance.

Source: Blabbermouth.net