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Richie Faulkner returns to the stage as Judas Priest kick off rescheduled 50 Heavy Metal Years tour dates

The guitarist suffered an aortic aneurysm onstage back in September, leading to the postponement of the tour's North American leg

Judas Priest have kicked off a series of rescheduled dates on the North American leg of their 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour , marking the return of guitarist Richie Faulkner, who suffered an aortic aneurysm onstage with the band back in September. The tour was postponed following the incident.

Taking to the stage on Friday night (March 4) at the Peoria Civic Center in Illinois, Faulkner appeared to be back firing on all cylinders, helping the band rattle through a discography-spanning selection of their greatest hits, including You've Got Another Thing Comin' , Turbo Lover and Painkiller , before concluding with fan favorite, Living After Midnight . Check out footage below.

Judas Priest's touring lineup currently consists of frontman Rob Halford, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis, while Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap make up the band's guitar tandem.

Back in January, the band announced their intention to resume the 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour as a four-piece . This meant the departure of Andy Sneap, who produced the band's 2018 effort, Firepower , and had assumed live duties since. At the time, Sneap said he was “incredibly disappointed”, but respected the band's decision .

However following fan backlash, Priest reversed the decision , announcing that Sneap would indeed join them for the remainder of the tour. They also confirmed that longtime guitarist Glenn Tipton – who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2018 – would join them “whenever he's able”.

Richie Faulkner has made a remarkable recovery since suffering an aortic aneurysm onstage at Louder Than Life in September. Just 10 weeks after the incident, he was shredding on Instagram Live , and back in December, he revealed he was back in the studio recording a guest solo for Demon Hunter's forthcoming album.

Faulkner joined Judas Priest in 2011, replacing longtime guitarist K.K. Downing. To date, he has appeared on two of the band's albums: Redeemer of Souls (2014) and Firepower (2018).

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K.K. Downing's relationship with Judas Priest has soured in recent years. In 2018, he released a memoir titled Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest , which delved into the reasons behind his departure. He noted his relationship with Glenn Tipton as a major contributing factor.

“I never found Glenn to be particularly easy to get along with,” Downing wrote (per  The Guardian ). “Very early on, I was fully aware of the limited conditions under which he operated. If you were going to relate to him, you would do so entirely on his terms.”

And in the new issue of Guitar World , Tipton fires back , stating why he feels much of what's been said by Downing is untrue and unfair.

“He's insinuated that he was the driving force of the band,” he says. “It just isn't true. Priest [is] made up of five guys working together. [There's] not just one person driving the band. He's said all these things that, I think, are meant to upset us and get us to say something in response and for a long time we didn't. But I've got a lot to say and enough's enough.”

The North American leg of Judas Priest's 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour will make stops in LA, San Antonio, Philadelphia and more, before wrapping up April 13 in Hamilton, Canada.

The band is then scheduled to head to Russia to begin the European leg of the tour in May, though the status of their Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kyiv shows remains up in the air following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

See below for the band's full setlist from the Peoria Civic Center on March 4.

• One Shot At Glory
• Lightning Strike
• You've Got Another Thing Comin'
• Freewheel Burning
• Turbo Lover
• Hell Patrol
• The Sentinel
• A Touch Of Evil
• Rocka Rolla
• Victim Of Changes
• Desert Plains
• Blood Red Skies
• The Hellion / Electric Eye
• Hell Bent For Leather
• Breaking The Law
• Living After Midnight

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Fifty years of Judas Priest means 50 years of heavy metal. On Tuesday, the Rob Halford-fronted metal band announced that they will be going on a 29-date tour across North America in celebration of their half-century as a group.

“Defending the heavy metal faith for 50 years, the Priest is back,” Halford said in a statement. “Time to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest Machine,” added guitarist Glenn Tipton.

The new tour comes several months after they released  Reflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of Music  featuring some classics and live renditions of songs such as “Running Wild,” “Sinner,” and “Victim of Changes.” The group will also perform songs from their 2018 album, Firepower , on the tour after being off the road due to Covid.

“After the horrific last few years of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free,” said bassist Ian Hill.

The tour — supported by Queensryche — will also help celebrate the group’s induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , after being on the ballot three times in the past.

“Third time’s the charm,” Halford told Rolling Stone about their induction. “We left the launchpad and now we’re headed to the hallowed halls. It’s a great day for Judas Priest and a great day for heavy metal.”

“It’s a validation, more than anything else, of the importance and the relevance of Judas Priest. For 50 years we’ve been doing this. To have this opportunity as we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary is just a beautiful thing. It couldn’t have happened at a better time,” he added. “It’s definitely a validation of Priest and the importance of heavy metal music. I’ve been championing the need for more heavy metal in the Hall of Fame.”

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JUDAS PRIEST Announces Fall 2022 U.S. Tour With QUEENSRŸCHE

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

Additionally in 2022, Priest band members Rob Halford , Glenn Tipton , Ian Hill and Scott Travis will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . 

“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 last few years 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” .

FALL 2022 U.S Tour dates: 

October 13 in Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale October 15th in Albany, NY @ MVP Arena October 16 in Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall Fenway October 18 in Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans October 19 in Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza October 21 in Kalamazoo, MI at Wings Event Center October 22 in Detroit, MI at Masonic Temple Theatre October 24 in Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center October 25 in Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theatre October 27 in Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center Theater October 29 in Moline, IL @ TaxSlayer Center Moline October 30 in Mankato, MN @ Mayo Clinic Event Center November 1 in Sioux City, IA @ Tyson Events Center November 2 in Rapid City, SD @ The Monument  November 7 in Ontario, CA @ Toyota Center November 8 in Tucson, AZ @ TCC Arena November 10 in Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center November 12 in Park City (Wichita), KS @Hartman Arena November 13 in St. Charles, MO @ The Family Arena November 15 in Corbin, KY @ The Corbin Arena November 17 in Southaven, MS @ Landers Center  November 18 in Baton Rouge, LA @ Raising Canes River Center November 20 in Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center November 22 & 23 in San Antonio, TX @ Tech Port Center & Arena November 25 in Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum November 26 in Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street November 28 in Edinburg, TX @ Burt Ogden Arena November 29 in Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall

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Time to don the leather and studs: Judas Priest will celebrate their 50th anniversary once more with a new US tour

Metal legends Judas Priest have announced another set of North American dates on their ongoing 50 Heavy Metal Years tour. The new run of dates will begin in Wallingford, CT on October 13, and climax on November 29 in Houston, TX. Support comes from Queensryche . 

The anniversary tour was originally scheduled for 2020 – althoughJudas Priest formed in 1969 – but was postponed like every other tour. The band then cancelled 25 dates of their 2021 tour after guitarist Richie Faulkner suffered a ruptured aorta during a performance at the Louder Than Life festival in Kentucky.

The tour finally got up to speed earlier this year, but not before touring guitarist Andy Sneap had been dropped from the band line-up before being swiftly reinstated after fan uproar. 

“Defending the heavy metal faith for fifty years," says Rob Halford, clearly excited at the prospect of another tour. "The Priest is back!”   Meanwhile, guitarist Glenn Tipton advises that it's “Time to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest Machine - celebrating our 50 Heavy Metal Years!", while bassist Ian Hill says, “After the horrific last few years of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free - the USA!"

Judas Priest are currently on tour in mainland Europe, and will next tour The UK in 2023 as support to Ozzy Osbourne on his much-delayed No More Tours 2 tour .   

Tickets to the North American shows will be available from Ticketmaster . Full dates below.

Judas Priest 50 Heavy Metal Years US Tour 2022

Oct 13: Wallingford Toyota Oakdale, CT Oct 15: Albany MVP Arena, NY Oct 16: Boston Music Hall Fenway, MA Oct 18: Uniondale Nassau Veterans, NY Oct 19: Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, PA Oct 21: Kalamazoo Wings Event Center, MI Oct 22: Detroit Masonic Temple Theatre, MI Oct 24: Cincinnati The Andrew J Brady Music Center, OH Oct 25: Waukegan Genesee Theatre, IL Oct 27: Green Bay Resch Center Theater, WI Oct 29: Moline TaxSlayer Center Moline, IL Oct 30: Mankato Mayo Clinic Event Center, MN Nov 01: Sioux City Tyson Events Center, IA Nov 02: Rapid City The Monument, SD Nov 07: Ontario Toyota Center, CA Nov 08: Tucson TCC Arena, AZ Nov 10: Loveland Budweiser Events Center, CO Nov 12: Park City (Wichita) Hartman Arena, KS Nov 13: St. Charles The Family Arena, MO Nov 15: Corbin The Corbin Arena, KY Nov 17: Southaven Landers Center, MS   Nov 18: Baton Rouge Raising Canes River Center, LA Nov 20: Oklahoma City Paycom Center, OK Nov 22: San Antonio Tech Port Center & Arena, TX Nov 23: San Antonio Tech Port Center & Arena, TX Nov 25: Dallas The Factory: Deep Ellum, TX Nov 26: Corpus Christi Concrete Street, TX Nov 28: Edinburg Burt Ogden Arena, TX Nov 29: Houston 713 Music Hall, TX

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Judas Priest announces fall 2022 U.S. tour

Judas Priest will continue to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a fall 2022 U.S. tour. The “50 Heavy Metal Years Tour” will feature Queensryche as the opening act and is being fueled by the highest charting album of Priest’s career, “Firepower,” which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 in 2018. 

Additionally this year, Priest band members Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill and Scott Travis will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

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

“Time to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest machine, celebrating our ’50 Heavy Metal Years!!’” Tipton said.

“After the horrific last few years of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free than the land of the free, the USA!” Hill said.

Tour dates:

October 13 in Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale October 15 in Albany, NY @ MVP Arena October 16 in Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall Fenway October 18 in Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans October 19 in Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza October 21 in Kalamazoo, MI at Wings Event Center October 22 in Detroit, MI at Masonic Temple Theatre October 24 in Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center October 25 in Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theatre October 27 in Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center Theater October 29 in Moline, IL @ TaxSlayer Center Moline October 30 in Mankato, MN @ Mayo Clinic Event Center November 1 in Sioux City, IA @ Tyson Events Center November 2 in Rapid City, SD @ The Monument  November 7 in Ontario, CA @ Toyota Center November 8 in Tucson, AZ @ TCC Arena November 10 in Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center November 12 in Park City (Wichita), KS @Hartman Arena November 13 in St. Charles, MO @ The Family Arena November 15 in Corbin, KY @ The Corbin Arena November 17 in Southaven, MS @ Landers Center  November 18 in Baton Rouge, LA @ Raising Canes River Center November 20 in Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center November 22 & 23 in San Antonio, TX @ Tech Port Center & Arena November 25 in Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum November 26 in Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street November 28 in Edinburg, TX @ Burt Ogden Arena November 29 in Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall 

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Judas Priest continues to celebrate their 50th anniversary on the road and announced new 2022 tour dates for North America with Queenrÿsche as their opening act. The dates in United States and Canada will happen next October and November, right after the Metal band finish their European tour.

The band’s current line-up has Rob Halford (Vocals), Ian Hill (Bass), Scott Travis (Drum), Richie Faulkner (Guitar), Andy Sneap (Touring guitarist) and Glenn Tipton (Recording guitar member – Occasionaly plays live with the band due to Parkinson’s disease). Some months ago the band had announced that they would tour with only Richie Faulkner on guitar but the fans didn’t like the idea since Judas Priest’s sound is known for the two guitars and the band changed their minds.

Judas Priest announces 2022 tour dates with Queensrÿche:

• 13 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale
• 15 – Albany, NY – MVP Arena
• 16 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall Fenway
• 18 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans
• 19 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
• 21 – Kalamazoo, MI – Wings Event Center
• 22 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre
• 24 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
• 25 – Waukegan, IL – Genesee Theatre
• 27 – Green Bay, WI – Resch Center Theater
• 29 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center Moline
• 30 – Mankato, MN – Mayo Clinic Event Center
• 1 – Sioux City, IA – Tyson Events Center
• 2 – Rapid City, SD – The Monument
• 7 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Center
• 8 – Tucson, AZ – TCC Arena
• 10 – Loveland, CO – Budweiser Events Center
• 12 – Wichita,KS -Hartman Arena
• 13 – St. Charles, MO – The Family Arena
• 15 – Corbin, KY – The Corbin Arena
• 17 – Southaven, MS – Landers Center
• 18 – Baton Rouge, LA – Raising Canes River Center
• 20 – Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center
• 22 – San Antonio, TX – Tech Port Center & Arena
• 23 – San Antonio, TX – Tech Port Center & Arena
• 25 – Dallas, TX – The Factory – Deep Ellum
• 26 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street
• 28 – Edinburg, TX – Burt Ogden Arena
• 29 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall

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Judas Priest Announce Rescheduled ’50 Heavy Metal Years’ 2022 Tour Dates With Queensryche

Judas Priest have announced a rescheduled North American leg of their ongoing '50 Heavy Metal Years' tour with makeup dates set for 2022 with support coming from prog metal icons Queensryche .

The celebratory trek was originally set for 2020, but was postponed due to the global pandemic and, shortly after Priest returned to the road earlier this year, guitarist Richie Faulkner suffered a torn aorta onstage at the Louder Than Life festival in Kentucky. He somehow managed to shred all of the solos in "Painkiller" flawlessly and was taken directly to a nearby hospital after the show's conclusion and underwent emergency open heart surgery that lasted more than 10 hours.

Judas Priest, at that time, announced that all North American tour dates had been postponed and now the rest of the originally scheduled shows will move forward next year on a run that stretches from March 7 through April 11.

See all the dates below and, for tickets, visit Judas Priest's website .

Thankfully, Faulkner is recovering well and, in his most recent update , which came seven weeks to the day after the onstage incident, he informed fans he has been playing guitar every day while working toward getting back to full health.

"I'm walking well and moving freely, I'm pretty active and I'm starting cardiac therapy very soon. I'm playing guitar everyday and with the love and support of my family, the continued support from you guys and the inspiration that i get from the guitar, I'll be back onstage in no time! My surgeons are very pleased with my progress and have all reserved front row tickets for the next Priest show," he wrote, in part.

Rescheduled: Judas Priest 2022 North American Tour Dates With Queensryche

Mar. 07 — West Valley City, Utah @ Maverik Center Mar. 09 — Everett, Wash. @ Angel Of The Winds Arena Mar. 10 — Portland, Ore. @ Moda Center Mar. 12 — Oakland, Calif. @ Fox Theater Mar. 13 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Mar. 18 — Irving, Texas @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Mar. 20 — Cedar Park, Texas @ H-E-B Center at Cedar Park Mar. 21 — San Antonio, Texas @ Freeman Coliseum Mar. 23 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium Mar. 25 — Alpharetta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Mar. 27 — Charleston, W.V. @ Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center Mar. 29 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Met Philadelphia Mar. 30 — Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center Mar. 31 — National Harbor, Md. @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor Apr. 04 — Lowell, Mass. @ Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Apr. 07 — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada @ Scotiabank Centre Apr. 11 — Laval, Quebec, Canada @ Place Bell

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Judas Priest Announce Fall 2022 U.S. Tour with Queensryche

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Metal greats Judas Priest and Queensryche will embark on a lengthy U.S. tour this fall

Judas Priest will continue their “50 Heavy Metal Years” tour this fall with a fresh round of 2022 U.S. dates with support from Queensrÿche. The metal greats will set off on the tour starting Oct. 13 in Wallingford, Connecticut, and remain on the road through a Nov. 29 show in Houston. Tickets for the newly announced gigs go on sale to the general public Friday (June 24) via Ticketmaster .

“Defending the heavy metal faith for fifty years, the Priest is back!” vocalist Rob Halford said in a statement. Bass player Ian Hill, “After the horrific last few years of restrictions we’ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free — the USA!”

Judas Priest is keeping plenty busy this year. The group recently closed out a string of tour dates that marked the return of guitarist Richie Faulkner, who had suffered a ruptured aorta while performing on stage during Louder than Life Festival in 2021. In addition, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2022 when they receive the Musical Excellence Award. Former Priest guitarist K.K. Downing will reportedly be at the ceremony, despite his split with the group in 2011.

View the full roster Judas Priest’s upcoming U.S. tour dates below.

Judas Priest Fall 2022 US Tour Dates with Queensrÿche:

10/13 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale 10/15 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena 10/16 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall Fenway 10/18 – Uniondale, NY at Nassau Veterans 10/19 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 10/21 – Kalamazoo, MI at Wings Event Center 10/22 – Detroit, MI at Masonic Temple Theatre 10/24 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Andrew J Brady Music Center 10/25 – Waukegan, IL @ Genesee Theatre 10/27 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center Theater 10/29 – Moline, IL @ TaxSlayer Center Moline 10/30 – Mankato, MN @ Mayo Clinic Event Center 11/01 – Sioux City, IA @ Tyson Events Center 11/02 – Rapid City, SD @ The Monument 11/07 – Ontario, CA @ Toyota Center 11/08 – Tucson, AZ @ TCC Arena 11/10 – Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center 11/12 – Park City (Wichita), KS @Hartman Arena 11/13 – St. Charles, MO @ The Family Arena 11/15 – Corbin, KY @ The Corbin Arena 11/17 – Southaven, MS @ Landers Center 11/18 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Raising Canes River Center 11/20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center 11/22 – San Antonio, TX @ Tech Port Center & Arena 11/23 – San Antonio, TX @ Tech Port Center & Arena 11/25 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum 11/26 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street 11/28 – Edinburg, TX @ Burt Ogden Arena 11/29 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall

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Judas Priest Unveil Rescheduled 2022 North American Tour Dates

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Judas Priest have rescheduled their 2022 “50 Heavy Metal Years” North American tour. Queensrÿche have replaced Sabaton as the support act for the new dates.

Judas Priest were forced to postpone the remainder of their fall tour when guitarist Richie Faulkner nearly died after suffering a major heart emergency during the band’s set at the Louder Than Life fest in September. Faulkner’s aorta ruptured onstage during the band’s last song, and he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent a 10-hour life-saving surgery.

Faulkner is now headed toward recovery and Judas Priest appear ready to return to the road in 2022. The updated itinerary kicks off March 4th in Peoria, Illinois, and concludes on April 13th in Laval, Quebec, with tickets available via Ticketmaster .

Speaking with Heavy Consequence , frontman Rob Halford said that he was “still shook up” about Faulkner’s on-stage brush with death. “The good news is he’s healing, and his therapy will be picking up the guitar and getting back into these new songs for Priest and getting ready for the next batch of road work,” Halford told us.

Halford also revealed that he had his own battle with prostate cancer during the pandemic, making the band’s return to the stage even more remarkable. Thankfully, the cancer is in remission.

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Judas Priest were set to support Ozzy Osbourne’s European/UK tour in early 2022, but those dates have been postponed until 2023.

See the updated itinerary for Judas Priest’s 2022 “50 Heavy Metal Years” North American tour below, and pick up tickets here .

Judas Priest 2022 “50 Heavy Metal Years” North America Tour Dates: 03/04 – Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center 03/07 – West Valley City, UT @ Maverik Center 03/09 – Everett, WA @ Angel Of The Winds Arena 03/10 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 03/12 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater Oakland 03/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood 03/18 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 03/20 – Cedar Park, TX @ H–E–B Center at Cedar Park 03/21 – San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum 03/23 – Nashville, TN @ Nashville Municipal Auditorium 03/25 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre 03/27 – Charleston, WV @ Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center 03/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia 03/30 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center 03/31 – National Harbor, MD @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor 04/04 – Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell 04/07 – Halifax, NS, Canada @ Scotiabank Centre 04/10 – Québec, QC @ Centre Videotron 04/11 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell 04/13 – Hamilton, ON @ FirstOntario Centre

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Judas Priest to Perform as Four-Piece, Dropping Andy Sneap from Their Touring Lineup

Sneap will stay on in a producer role but says it is "incredibly disappointing" to no longer be in the live band

Judas Priest will play their upcoming tour as a four-piece after dropping guitarist and producer Andy Sneap from their live lineup.

The legendary metal act’s rescheduled 2022 North American tour kicks off March 4th in Peoria, Illinois, with tickets available via Ticketmaster . Initially, a statement from the band suggested that the split was amicable, with Sneap leaving to concentrate on production — including work on Judas Priest’s next album.

Judas Priest stated, “Hello maniacs! We are chomping at the British Steel bit to return to world touring… celebrating 50 years of Judas Priest as an an even more powerful, relentless four piece heavy metal band – with Glenn [Tipton] coming out on stage with us here and there as before. Big thanks to Andy for all you’ve done and continuing to be in the production team for our new album… See you all soon headbangers!”

Sneap then issued a statement (via Blabbermouth ) clarifying that the decision was not necessarily mutual:

“Rob [Halford] called me last Monday and said they wanted to move on as a four-piece, which I find incredibly disappointing after this amount of time but I respect his decision as they obviously have a vision how they want this to play out. This always was a temporary situation, and like I’ve said before, I’ll always help the band any way I can, and that applies going forward also. I’ve been a huge fan of the band since the early ’80s and it was mind-blowing to play onstage with the guys and quite frankly terrifying in the beginning at such short notice. We are moving forward with the new album next month and look forward to making a killer follow-up to Firepower. ”

Sneap produced Firepower and initially joined Judas Priest to fill in for guitarist Glenn Tipton, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2018 and now only performs with the band onstage on rare occasions. In Tipton’s stead, Sneap — who cut his teeth as a founding member of British thrash band Sabbat — performed admirably alongside fellow axeman Richie Faulkner.

Judas Priest Unveil Rescheduled 2022 North American Tour Dates

The news is especially surprising for a couple of reasons: One being that Priest are known for their twin-guitar attack, with Tipton and former member K.K. Downing providing an iconic one-two punch for decades prior to Faulkner replacing Downing. The other being that Faulkner recently underwent emergency life-saving heart surgery after his aorta ruptured onstage during the band’s gig at the Louder Than Life festival in September. Priest must feel fully confident in his recovery to make him the lone guitarist in their touring lineup.

Faulkner’s health ordeal forced the band to postpone the remainder of their fall US tour only a few shows in to the outing, with the spring jaunt serving as the new itinerary. Pick up tickets here .

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Judas Priest Resume 50th Anniversary Tour – Videos, Set List

Judas Priest returned to action on their 50 Heavy Metal Years tour last night, after guitarist Richie Faulkner ’s health alert forced them off the road last September.

He suffered an aortic aneurysm while on stage at Louder than Life, leading to emergency surgery which was soon declared a complete success. “From what I’ve been told by my surgeon, people with this don’t usually make it to the hospital alive,” he said at the time. Referring to the “mechanical components” fitted in his chest, he declared: “I’m literally made of metal now.”

As the video clips below show, he was in fine form at the Peoria Civic Center Theatre in Peoria, IL. So too was producer and life guitarist Andy Sneap, who’d been briefly dropped from the lineup until a fan backlash persuaded the band to reinstate him . The 18-song set list below was broadly the same as the one they’d been presenting at earlier shows – hardly a surprise given it was designed to celebrate the band’s five decades of musical output.

Frontman Rob Halford recently confirmed that work was continuing on their next album, saying : “We've tried our best not to replicate anything that we've done. From Rocka Rolla all the way through to Firepower , each record has had a distinctive character. And it’s tough because fans go, ‘We want another Painkiller ; we want another British Steel .’ ‘Dude, we've already done that!’ He added: “[T]his has got probably some more progressive elements that we've never really delved into before. And that's exciting… it gives us and our fans another opportunity to see a different side of Priest. But it's still metal. There's just more of it. There are more notes than there were before!”

Watch Judas Priest Perform ‘One Shot at Glory,’ ‘Lighting Strike,’ ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,’ ‘Freewheel Burning,’ ‘Turbo Lover' and ‘Hell Patrol’

Watch Judas Priest Perform 'Electric Eye,' 'Hell Bent for Leather,' 'Breaking the Law' and 'Living After Midnight'

Judas Priest Set List at Peoria Civic Center Theatre, Peoria, IL, USA

1. “One Shot at Glory” 2. “Lightning Strike” 3. “You've Got Another Thing Comin’” 4. “Freewheel Burning” 5. “Turbo Lover” 6. “Hell Patrol” 7. “The Sentinel” 8. “A Touch of Evil” 9. “Rocka Rolla” 10. “Victim of Changes” 11. “Desert Plains” 12. “Blood Red Skies” 13. “Invader” 14. “Painkiller”

Encore: 15. “Electric Eye” 16. “Hell Bent for Leather” 17. “Breaking the Law” 18. “Living After Midnight”

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Review & setlist: Judas Priest was silly at MGM Music Hall Thursday, but gloriously so

Judas Priest, with Sabaton, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Thursday, April 25

A cynic might argue that Judas Priest has proved its point by now. The foundational heavy metal band, never particularly respected by the rock and roll establishment, can play  American Idol  without losing its credibility. Its prodigal frontman can come out at a time and in a corner of the music world not known for its queer allyship without losing its fanbase. It can get inducted ( kinda ) into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame without losing its rebel-outsider status. It can celebrate its 50th anniversary in the business and still roar.

It’s that last one that feels like the reason Judas Priest hasn’t packed it in. If it were simply about demanding acceptance, then the onetime pariahs and cultural boogeymen would have no worlds left to conquer. But their motivation seems to be both larger than that and more personal, and Thursday at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, they spread the metal gospel to those who needed to hear it, from longtime fans who were there during the band’s late-’70s/early-’80s heyday to at least one 10-year-old already amped on the visceral thrill of metal.

When Judas Priest last played Boston in October 2022 , it was an overdue make-good after several health scares within the band and, oh yeah, two years of the COVID pandemic had scuttled a planned golden-anniversary jaunt. This time, there was a new album (this year’s  Invincible Shield ) to tour, and once a mission-statement banner fell to reveal all five musicians packed tightly on the drum riser before fanning out across the stage, “Panic Attack” charged forward to serve as a strong opening, fleet and slashing like Priest in their prime.

Even so, it was one of only three songs from  Invincible Shield  the band played, and a set so light on new material is generally less about selling the new album than about appeasing fans and burnishing their legacy. That was evident when they followed the opener with vintage cuts: the grudge-keeping snarl of “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,” the sheer velocity of “Rapid Fire” and “Breaking The Law,” where singer Rob Halford left the title chant to the crowd. “Love Bites” rode on an implacable pound kicked off by two repeated whacks of the floor tom that sounded like beating on sheets of tin, and the breakneck, shuddering “Invincible Shield” was like barreling down a highway in an 18-wheeler going 80.

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Judas Priest also saluted some of its forebears and peers, whether directly or indirectly. In addition to the customary blaring of “War Pigs” to announce their imminent arrival, the bludgeoning “Victim Of Changes” tipped its hat to Black Sabbath, albeit with rather more histrionic vocals from Halford. His operatic sweep was abandoned in favor of Bon Scott’s grunting squeal in “Devil’s Child,” which from the title to the chord riff to the forward-pushing drum thump was pure AC/DC. Meanwhile, with its heavy minor-key chug and Halford’s low, throaty croak, a cover of Fleetwood Mac Mark I’s “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)” sounded like nothing so much as Judas Priest.

So did Judas Priest itself, no guarantee after half a century and with two guitarists whose tenures don’t predate the 2010s. But Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap aced the assignment, from the wheedling solos to the locked-in twin rhythms of songs like “Turbo Lover” and “Electric Eye.” They became a two-headed dragon towards the end of “Sinner,” feeding off of one another and locking in with both their leads and the chugging chords.

If all of it could be seen as gloriously silly, then “glorious” was still occasionally in the mix, especially towards the end when Halford rode his motorcycle on stage for the headlong “Hell Bent For Leather” and whacked Sneap faux-dramatically on the shoulder with a riding crop several times during the song. And if closer “Living After Midnight” is ultimately nothing more than an anthemic party song, it still hit like a ton of British steel.

Openers Sabaton offered galloping old-school metal bolstered by singer Joakim Brodén’s power grumble, while adding rousing warmongering voluntaries and imagery (a drum riser mocked up as a tank here, a smoke-spewing chemical-weapons fumigator there) that might have raised some eyebrows if Brodén wasn’t lighthearted enough about it to also exploit it for the occasional fart joke.

Setlist for Judas Priest at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, April 25, 2024

• Panic Attack
• You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’
• Breaking The Law
• Lightning Strike
• Devil’s Child
• Saints In Hell
• Crown Of Horns
• Turbo Lover
• Invincible Shield
• Victim Of Changes
• The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)
• Electric Eye
• Hell Bent For Leather
• Living After Midnight

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Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Kicks Off U.S. Leg Of 2024 'Invincible Shield' Tour In Wallingford, Connecticut

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the U.S. leg of their "Invincible Shield" world tour last night (Thursday, April 18) at Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut.

PRIEST 's 18-song setlist included three songs from the band's latest album, "Invincible Shield" : the title track, "Panic Attack" and "Crown Of Horns" .

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Panic Attack 02. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 03. Rapid Fire 04. Breaking The Law 05. Lightning Strike 06. Love Bites 07. Devil's Child 08. Saints In Hell 09. Crown Of Horns 10. You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise 11. Turbo Lover 12. Invincible Shield 13. Victim Of Changes 14. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (FLEETWOOD MAC cover) 15. Painkiller

16. The Hellion / Electric Eye 17. Hell Bent for Leather 18. Living After Midnight

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In a recent appearance on The Break Down With Nath & Johnny podcast , JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill was asked who in the band has the final say when it comes to picking a setlist for the PRIEST live shows. He responded: "Well, it is probably Rob [ Halford , PRIEST singer], really. But then again, we've got a whole spectrum now. You've got the younger element with Richie [ Faulkner , PRIEST guitarist]. He's the same age as my eldest son. And then comes Scott [ Travis , PRIEST drummer] and you've got Glenn [ Tipton , PRIEST guitarist], of course. He can't do it anymore [due to his battle with Parkinson's disease]. [But] he's still sharp as a pin between his ears. Then Andy [ Sneap , PRIEST touring guitarist] and Rob and myself. So you've got a full spectrum there of ages. So everybody has their own favorites and their own types of JUDAS PRIEST song. We all sort of [go], 'Yeah, like that. No, don't like that one.' And then we'll go. If someone's adamant that they really don't wanna do something, well, you don't wanna do something, and vice versa — if someone really wants to do a particular track, you do it. Like I say, you've got the ring-fence tracks there that you've gotta do — the 'Breaking The Law' s and the 'Living After Midnight' s and things like that, that you have to do. It's what brings people to the shows, basically. And then you've got your other sort of classic PRIEST songs, which is a little bit easier because you can swap and change those between — do a month maybe using one song, change it to another one of a similar kind. And then try to get some new stuff in there — three, maybe four maximum is about as much as you can get at any one time. I'm sure there'll be more than that, that we'll go through. And just swap and change as we go."

Asked if there are any songs that he can think of straight off the top of his head, in the PRIEST back catalog that he really loves to play live but never has, Ian said: "Ah, there's one that we have played live that we haven't played for a while and that's 'Dissident Aggressor' . I still say that's probably my all-time favorite song. It's just so raw — it's just pure rock, really. It's one of those songs that, even in the studio, I can remember it being — it's two guitars, bass, drums and vocals. And I think there might be one extra guitar on there through the lead break. Other than that, it's totally raw. It's exactly as it would be on stage. And I love that song, apart from it being a great song. And there's always other things. We've never really done 'Before The Dawn' — from the other point of view, the other end of the spectrum, if there's a quiet part in [the show]. These days people tend to prefer the more upbeat stuff rather than the quieter pieces. But that would be cool to do as well. It's only about two and a half, three minutes long anyway, so it wouldn't take much time. But there's loads in there — there's loads of them. 'Sinner' we haven't done, so it'd be great to do that again. We haven't done that for a while. But we'll see."

In a separate interview with Metal Pilgrim , Halford spoke about the setlist for the European leg of PRIEST 's tour with SAXON and URIAH HEEP . He said: "We've had this conversation before as far as trying to put the setlist together. And after 19 studio albums, it's, like, 'Oh my God. Where do we go?' If we didn't play 'Breaking The Law' , there'd be a riot. If we didn't play 'Painkiller' , there'd be a riot. There are certain songs that you are indebted to your fans to play, because they're part of the fabric of who you are as a band. Without naming names, there are certain bands where you know you wanna hear that song when you go to a show. So there's a portion of the setlist that already writes itself. Having said that, yeah, we are gonna go quite deep, and we found some songs from previous albums that we're gonna work with and we're gonna bring out. So there'll probably be at least two or three deep cuts on this setlist."

Rob continued: "At any given moment, we've got 60 to 70 songs we can play — at any given moment. And then we're gonna add more into the mix. It's fun to see the texts and the e-mails flying through: 'Well, I'll give you this one if you give me that one.' 'Cause you've gotta find a balance. When a band plays on stage, every single bandmember has to agree on the set list. There's no place for, 'Oh, dude, I've gotta play this one.' There's no place for that. You've all gotta be believing in that particular song as you go through the show. And it's gonna be fantastic. And this is gonna be a really eventful tour as we're about to kick off in Europe, with our friends SAXON and URIAH HEEP ."

Hill is the sole remaining original member of PRIEST , which formed in 1969. Halford joined the group in 1973 and Tipton signed on in 1974. Rob left PRIEST in the early 1990s to form his own band, then came back to PRIEST in 2003. Original guitarist K.K. Downing parted ways with the band in 2011, and was replaced by Faulkner .

"Invincible Shield" entered the U.K. chart at No. 2, just behind Ariana Grande 's "Eternal Sunshine" .

Prior to "Invincible Shield" 's arrival, PRIEST 's highest U.K. chart achievement was with 1980's "British Steel" , which reached No. 4.

PRIEST 's 2018 album "Firepower" entered the chart at No. 5.

"Invincible Shield" is JUDAS PRIEST 's fifth Top 10 album, after the aforementioned "British Steel" and "Firepower" , as well as 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" (No. 6) and the 1979 live album "Unleashed In The East" (No. 10).

"Invincible Shield" landed at No. 1 in Germany, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, as well as No. 5 in France, No. 8 in Italy and No. 16 in Australia.

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