Journey have revealed they refused to let the X Factor winner record their hit single ‘Don’t Stop Believin’.

Despite eventual winner Joe McElderry covering the song numerous times on the show, Journey guitarist Neal Schon revealed they didn’t like Simon Cowell’s new arrangement of the song.

Schon told The Sun: “We knew about Joe’s song because Simon had contacted our management as he wanted to re-do the song with a different kind of arrangement,” he said. “We listened to it and we declined. We said there was nothing wrong with the original version. If it’s not busted, let’s not fix it.”

He added: “My buddy Randy Jackson, who was on American Idol in the US with Simon, was stressing the fact that we should really let him do the new version because it would probably go to number one. But we stuck to our decision and now the song is doing as well as it is.”

However, the band stressed there were no hard feelings toward Joe.

“I wish Joe all the best,” keyboard player Jonathan Cain said. “Maybe he will play with us when we come to Britain.”

Source: Digital Spy

Joe McElderry will be the opening act for the NTA’s next week! According to Digital Spy, the X Factor winner will be performing Journey’s hit ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ at the National Television Awards next Wednesday.

Simon Cowell picked the song for Joe after deciding he shouldn’t sing The Climb, the song he won the show with.

DS also reports sources have suggested Cowell would like Joe to release the song as his second single later this year.

So have any of you Joe fans got tickets for the X Factor tour? If so, which date are you going to and who are you most looking forward to seeing along with Joe?

21st March in London for us! Also, if you’re going make sure you check out our exclusive tour competition over at the forums.

Joe tweeted again today!! Here’s what he had to say today:

Moree lemsip for mee!! X about 13 hours ago from UberTwitter

Watchin posiedon! Brilliant film x about 12 hours ago from UberTwitter

Is watching glee !!! X about 3 hours ago from UberTwitter

So glad he’s watching Glee! It’s amazing!

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Just a quick chart update for this week. Joe has fallen to #15 in this weeks Official UK Top 40! In its fourth week in the chart, the song was #2 last week.

It saw new entries from Alexandra Burke, The Saturdays and Iyaz.

What’s becoming almost a daily routine, Joe tweeted some more today! He confessed to what most of us have found ourselves having, a Twitter addiction!

Just woke up! Time for some cereal! X about 14 hours ago from UberTwitter

Will and grace is on tv its hilarious!! about 14 hours ago from UberTwitter

Twitter is becoming more and more addictive I can’t get off it!! about 13 hours ago from UberTwitter

Excited for the next couple of months ahead. X factor tour !!!! about 11 hours ago from UberTwitter

Watching hocus pocus!!! Haha cheesy but hilarious x about 1 hour ago from UberTwitter

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Joe McElderry has revealed he is eager to work with Ryan Tedder on his debut album, reports Digital Spy.

Tedder has written and produced hit records for artists such as Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks.

“I would love Simon [Cowell] to put me with Ryan Tedder for my album’s ballads because he is an amazing songwriter,” McElderry told the Daily Star.

“There are meetings about it now. The plan is for my album to come out after the tour. It’s going to be similar to what they’ve done for the past couple of years so it gives you time to do it,” he said.

Sounds pretty good to me!

Joe has popped up in this months Top of the Pops magazine which is on sale right now. In the interview, Joe talks about girls, music and working with Cheryl Cole.

If you can’t wait to read it, you can check out scans from the magazine over at the forum here, courtesy of forum member Jade1412.

Photo Credit: Joe-Music

Joe appears in this weeks New Magazine for those who weren’t aware! His interview was most likely conducted in the days after he won the X Factor. Accompanying the interview is also a brand new photo!

Check out the scans over here, courtesy of forum member Aliceee.