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JUDAS PRIEST Announce Rescheduled "50 Heavy Metal Years Tour"

By Larry Petro, News Monkey
Monday, June 7, 2021 @ 10:23 AM


Tickets Go On Sale Starting Friday, June 11 at 10am Local Time at http://Ticketmaster.com

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One of heavy metal’s all-time greats, JUDAS PRIEST, will finally get the opportunity to celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a North American tour this fall. The 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour will also feature SABATON as openers and is being fueled by the highest charting album of PRIEST’s career, Firepower, which peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200.

Produced by Live Nation, the North American tour – which will run throughout September (kicking off on September 8th in Reading, PA) and November (concluding on November 5th in Hamilton, Ontario), will feature a variety of special effects, which will undoubtedly enhance the might of PRIEST’s metal.

Tickets for the newly announced dates will go on sale beginning this Friday, June 11th at 10am local time at http://Ticketmaster.com

Tickets for the previously announced tour dates are available now.

“Defending the heavy metal faith for fifty years, the Priest is back!” - Rob Halford

“Time to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest Machine - celebrating our 50 Heavy Metal Years!!” - Glenn Tipton

“After the horrific year of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free - the USA!” - Ian Hill

JUDAS PRIEST originally formed in 1970 in Birmingham, England (an area that many feel birthed heavy metal). The original nucleus of musicians would go on to change the face of heavy metal. Throughout the 70's Priest were responsible for helping trail blaze metal with such classic offerings as Sad Wings of Destiny (1976), Sin After Sin (1977) and Hell Bent for Leather (1978) as well as one of the genre’s top live recordings Unleashed in the East (1979) among others.

It was during the 80's that PRIEST conquered the world, becoming a global arena headliner on the strength of such all-time classics as British Steel (1980) and Screaming for Vengeance (1982), as well as being one of the first metal bands to be embraced by the then-burgeoning MTV, plus performing at some of the decades biggest concerts (1980’s Monsters of Rock, 1983’s US Festival, and 1985’s Live Aid) and being the first to exclusively wear leather and studs – a look that began during this era and would eventually be embraced by metal heads throughout the world. PRIEST’s success continued throughout the 90's and beyond with the addition of drummer Scott Travis, as evidenced by such additional stellar offerings as Painkiller (1990), Angel of Retribution (2005) and A Touch of Evil: Live (2009) the latter of which saw PRIEST win a Grammy Award for a killer rendition of the classic "Dissident Aggressor".

In 2011 new guitarist Richie Faulkner came in to replace the previous guitarist who had left in 2010 - the move seemed to have reinvigorated the band, as evidenced by a show-stealing performance on the American Idol TV program that also served as Faulkner's debut performance with the band (also in 2011 was the release of a new compilation The Chosen Few which included PRIEST classics selected by some of metal's biggest names) and the Epitaph concert DVD in 2013.

PRIEST’s next studio effort would arrive in 2014 in the form of Redeemer of Souls which was supported by another strong tour. In 2017 (and again in 2019) JUDAS PRIEST received a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and got ready to unleash their latest studio album Firepower (produced by Andy Sneap and Tom Allom) which received global success and critical acclaim. In 2020, a fully official and authorized photographic book, Judas Priest: 50 Heavy Metal Years, was issued.

Few rock or metal acts remain as much of a must-see live attraction as JUDAS PRIEST. Having been forced off the road for over a year, PRIEST will soon make a most-welcomed return to metalheads coast to coast, with the 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour.

CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:

  • 9/8 - Reading PA - Santander Arena*
  • 9/9/ - Virginia Beach VA - Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater*+
  • 9/11 - Orlando FL - Central Florida Fairgrounds^#
  • 9/13 - Charlotte NC - PNC Music Pavilion
  • 9/14 - Raleigh NC - Red Hat Amphitheater*
  • 9/16 - Grand Rapids MI - Van Andel Arena*
  • 9/17 - Youngstown OH - Covelli Centre^
  • 9/19 - Detroit MI - Fox Theatre*
  • 9/20 - Rosemont IL - Rosemont Theatre*
  • 9/22 - Milwaukee WI - Miller High Life Theatre^
  • 9/23 - Minneapolis MN - The Armory*
  • 9/25 - Maryland Heights MO - Saint Louis Music Park
  • 9/26 - Louisville KY - Louder Than Life Festival^#
  • 9/29 - Denver CO - The Mission Ballroom^
  • 9/30 - West Valley City UT - Maverik Center*
  • 10/2 - Everett WA - Angel Of The Winds Arena*
  • 10/3 - Portland OR - Moda Center*
  • 10/5 - Oakland CA - Fox Theater^
  • 10/6 - Los Angeles CA - Microsoft Theater^
  • 10/8 - Las Vegas NV - Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood
  • 10/9 - Phoenix AZ - Arizona Federal Theatre
  • 10/12 - San Antonio TX - Freeman Coliseum^
  • 10/13 - Cedar Park TX - HEB Center Cedar Park^
  • 10/15 - Irving TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
  • 10/16 - Oklahoma City OK - The Zoo Amphitheatre^
  • 10/19 - Independence MO - Cable Dahmer Arena*
  • 10/21 - Nashville TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium*
  • 10/22 - Alpharetta GA - Ameris Bank Amphitheatre*
  • 10/24 - Charleston WV - Charleston Civic Center Coliseum*
  • 10/25 - Philadelphia PA - The Met*
  • 10/27 - Newark NJ - Prudential Center*
  • 10/28 - Oxon Hill MD - The Theater at MGM National Harbor
  • 10/30 - Mashantucket CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino - Grand Theater^
  • 10/31 - Lowell MA - Tsongas Center At UMass Lowell*
  • 11/2 - Halifax NS - Scotiabank Centre*
  • 11/4 - Laval , QC - Place Bell*
  • 11/5 - Hamilton ONT - First Ontario Centre*
* new show
^ not a Live Nation event
# festival date
+ SABATON not support on this date; support is TBD


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