Farewell Tour For Judas Priest

[spacel0rd]

Tuesday, December 07, 2010




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!!

[Trexx]

J-U-U-U-----DAAAAZ!

We knew them from the beginning. Stand proud, or generation RULES!

An amazing milestone in the ROCKNROLL UNIVERSE indeed.

[Frank]

I had the pleasure of seeing them live twice. In 84 & 86. Great live band. Would love another chance to see em again.

[bluecheer]

I guess I am going to have to buy a ticket for this tour. I have never seen Judas Priest and as much as I claim to be a rock n roll fan, I better go support them on this last tour.

[blackers45]

Just like Kiss and The Who and others who have had farewell tours 3 and 4 times over. This will just fill the seats, then they'll all do something for a year then they'll put out a reunion disc and tour again, mark my words.

[Pete]

All they've said is it the end of world tours. Not splitting up, not the end of shows, not even the end of tours. Just world tours.
An official spoksman has said.

“This is the end of Judas Priest doing major world tours – but not the end of the band, thank Heaven.”

Guitarist KK Downing recently said: “People often ask me what it’s like to be on a tour and I always say the same thing. It’s the hardest thing you will ever do – but you wouldn’t change it for the world.

“Travelling becomes such a major part of your life that you feel like a piece of luggage yourself. But when you get to go to places you’ve never been before like Korea, Turkey,
Romania and Columbia, you feel like the luckiest man alive.

“These day I reflect on the past when we had to load the touring van ourselves – sometimes in the ice and snow, being afraid we’d get frostbite and not be able to play the gig.

“I remember one winter we had a gig at Hull City Hall in England. We were driving in heavy snow when we hit black ice. The car hit the motorway barriers so hard that it was never able to be driven again.
“A passing farmer saved the day by letting us pile into his old Land Rover – and he was kind enough to drive us to the gig.”

[snakesandladders]

A HUGE metal band indeed

[DreamTide]

I´m going to 11th June Sauna Festival, Finland Tampere. My girlfriend lives there

Sauna Festival: Judas Priest,Ozzy Osbourne, Helloween, Saxon etc.