Former Journey frontman Steve Perry surprised the audience at rock band Eels' May 25th show in Saint Paul, Minnesota, joining the band to perform the Journey classics "Open Arms" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'". It was Perry's first time on stage in 20 years. Fan-filmed footage from the show can be seen below:

As the news of Perry's performance began to circulate, current Journey frontman Arnel Pineda posted two messages on Twitter (here and here) celebrating Perry's return to the spotlight:

"He should come back. His voice is still there. Missed that voice."
"He can take over, too. It's his righteous (rightful) place anyway. Wanna see them happy together."

Perry has not performed with Journey since 1991, or performed solo concerts since 1995. He has struggled with his health in recent years undergoing hip-replacement surgery in 1998 and two melanoma-removal surgeries in 2013.

Steve Perry made a rare appearance at Guitar Center's Drum-off back in January. In a video report from Artisan News (below), he was asked about his former band and if he has worked again with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.

This sparked speculation of a reunion between Perry and his former band, but MelodicRock.com webmaster Andrew McNeice says the stories are "totally inaccurate".

Says McNeice: "I can 100% confirm there has been no business/reunion communication between the camps and while everyone is on good terms, with no issues, there are no plans for any kind of reunion or attempts to work together in the foreseeable future. As Journey management stated to me today: "No reunion plans... all is well in the Journey camp... big tour in the US this summer - Journey, Steve Miller and Tower Of Power."

I can add that Steve's recently quoted responses to media about his situation: “I haven't worked with Neal. We're trying. It's tough. I'm doing my best in that area and I can only do so much,” is basically a polite answer to the question he is always going to be asked. And watching him say it on video gives it better context than the quote in text"