Tag: Epitaph
0 Judas Priest Announce More North American Dates
Judas Priest – Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Ian Hill, Scott Travis, and new guitarist Richie Faulkner (DIRTY DEEDS, VOODOO SIX, LAUREN HARRIS) – have confirmed more dates for the North American leg of the band’s Epitaph tour.
Confirmed dates now include:
October
12 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
14 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Ampitheater
15 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
16 – Dallas, TX – Allen Event Center
18 – Tuscon, AZ – Ava Ampitheater
19 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Ampitheater
21 – Phoenix, AZ – AZ State Fair
22 – San Bernadino, CA – SAn Mauel Ampitheater
23 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock
25 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Ampitheater
26 – Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
27 – Concord, CA – Sleep Trail Pavillion
29 – Seattle, WA – WaMy Theater
30 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
November
1 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center
2 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
4 – Salt Lake City, UT – Maverik Center
5 – Denver, CO – 1st Bank Center
8 – Cincinnati, OH – US Bank Arena
9 – Springfield, IL – Prairie Capital Convention Center
10 – St. Louis, MO – The Family Arena
12 – Chicago, IL – The Venue At Horeshoe Casino
13 – Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
15 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
16 – Rochester, NY – The Armory
18 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
22 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
23 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
24 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
26 – Reading, PA – Sovereign Center
30 – Tampa, FL – 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
2 Judas Priest Plan ‘Full-On Metal Extravaganza’ for Farewell Tour
From Rolling Stone.com:
British metal stalwarts Judas Priest have an eventful few months ahead: The band recently announced a farewell tour and have welcomed a new guitarist, Richie Faulkner, to replace the recently retired KK Downing.
“It’s not exactly the end of the band, it’s just the fact that we won’t really be doing any more world tours,” guitarist Glenn Tipton tells Rolling Stone. “It takes a big chunk out of your life. We’ve been doing it for 40 years now or close to it, and we all love that moment on stage, but it’s difficult to be away from home and all the traveling involved. Now, if somebody came along and said, ‘Would you do a small string of dates,’ we wouldn’t automatically say no to that. But in general, this is probably the last chance you’ll get to see Priest live.”
On this tour – dubbed the Epitaph Tour – Priest will be working in new guitarist Faulkner, who sees his playing style as similar to his predecessor’s. “My take on KK’s playing was he improvised quite a lot live,” says Faulkner. “It was kind of a basic framework around the solo that was on the record, and then he would go off a bit on that. So my style is kind of the same as that – I normally take what’s in the solo and just play around with it a bit. But it keeps the essence of the solo there.”
Priest singer Rob Halford also revealed that the group has also been working on all-new material. “We do have some completed tracks that we’ve been talking about in the last few days, as to how we can feed those out to our fans,” he says. “We wanted to make at least one more great metal album that really represents all the wonderful things we’ve tried to do. If things go as planned, we want to get this out by the summer of next year.”
But the first order of business will be the upcoming tour, which as of now kicks off October 12th in San Antonio and wraps up November 18th in East Rutherford, New Jersey (though more dates should be announced soon), with support acts Thin Lizzy and Black Label Society. “We’re doing a track off every album,” says Tipton, rattling off songs the band is planning on performing – from tracks like “Never Satisfied” (which Tipton says the band has never played before) to classics like “Hell Bent for Leather” and “Electric Eye.”
And the band plans to go out in what can only be termed a blaze of glory. “We’re pulling out all the stops,” says Halford. “We’ve built a brand new stage set, we’ve got all the effects that people love us for – the lasers, the fire, the bombs, the smoke, new costumes, and the bike. It’s just a full-on metal extravaganza.”
Confirmed Judas Priest U.S. Tour Dates (more dates to be announced):
October:
12 – San Antonio, TX
14 – Corpus Christi, TX
15 – Houston, TX
16 – Dallas, TX
18 – Tucson, AZ
19 – San Diego, CA
21 – Phoenix, AZ
22 – San Bernardino, CA
23 – Las Vegas, NV
25 – Los Angeles, CA
26 – Oakland, CA
29 – Seattle, WA
30 – Vancouver, BC
November:
1 – Edmonton, AB
2 – Calgary, AB
4 – Salt Lake City, UT
5 – Denver, CO
12 – Chicago, IL
13 – Detroit, MI
18 – East Rutherford, NJ
4 JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCE FAREWELL TOUR!!
After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking their very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, JUDAS PRIEST – one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, have announced this will be their final world tour!!
However, the mighty PRIEST will certainly be going out strong as they rock the planet starting in 2011 on the massive EPITAPH tour – hitting all the major cities throughout the world they will be playing the songs that helped make the name JUDAS PRIEST synonymous with heavy metal!
With all guns blazing and amps cranked to eleven, the band will be giving all their fans one last chance to witness the ultimate metal experience that is JUDAS PRIEST!
JUDAS PRIEST will be starting their world tour in Europe – we have just confirmed the following festivals for 2011 –
9th June Sweden Rock Festival, Sweden
11th June Sauna Festival, Finland
17th June Copenhell Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
19th June Hellfest, Nantes, France
22nd June Gods of Metal Festival, Milan, Italy
25th June Graspop Festival, Belgium
23rd July HIgh Voltage Festival, London, UK
5th August Wacken Festival, Germany
Stay tuned as we announce more dates – information will be forthcoming soon – so start getting prepared to rock one final time with the incomparable JUDAS PRIEST!!
