Journey were already on the upswing as they entered the 1980s. But they took off into the stratosphere with Escape, the 1981 album that represented a peak moment in the history of arena rock.

If there’s one key ingredient to recreating Journey’s 1981 Escape album live on stage, it’s athleticism. “A vocalist as iconic as (Steve Perry) is, and the guitar playing by Neal Schon, it ...