I knew shows would be coming back in the Fall, but I wasn't expecting to finally see Priest so soon!

Honestly if it was just Priest I would probably pass as much as I love that band's classic output...but I haven't seen any show since 11/19 and Sabaton is always fun live.

"Lead guitarist Glenn Tipton added: “Time to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest Machine — celebrating our 50 Heavy Metal Years!!”

So Tipton can play live now?

Lmao

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-h ... ming-tour/

No.

UK nationals traveling to the US is still banned and this tour is supposed to start in two weeks...

I'm already fully expecting this to be cancelled. I was supposed to attend the Charlotte date on the 13th and the travel ban lasts until the 21st.

Starting to wonder if we will ever be able to safely attend concerts again

I've been really curious about the fate of this tour as well, since I have tickets to the Austin date in October. I'm hanging on to them unless it gets outright cancelled, since it would be my first time seeing priest. If it gets postponed, I'm fine as long as it eventually goes down.

Looks like they played last night so the tour goes on? Might try to pick up tickets the day of on the 23rd. Will be good to see a show for the first time in over a year and the setlist from yesterday looks fine.

Yeah, I said this in another thread but I'm pretty shocked they were able to pull this off. Must have been some special visa process that classifies them as an "essential" business. I guess it's possible most of the Priest members are US residents, but that's definitely not true of Sabaton.

Six days before I finally get to see them the rest of the tour is called off

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... n-1233368/

That's too bad. Hope he's better soon. I was lucky to see them last week.

I saw the news last night, and it's disappointing for sure. I'm wishing Richie a speedy recovery though - health is and should be a priority for everyone and I totally understand them not wanting to push forward after such an emergency. The good news is that they are postponing the remaining dates and will honor tickets at the future shows. I'm hoping my date gets moved to a better day of the week than a Wednesday this time.

Dude had a fucking aortic rupture while playing Painkiller, didn't stop, then had to have a bunch of prosthetics installed in his chest as a result:
https://loudwire.com/judas-priest-richi ... -ruptures/

That might be the most metal thing that has ever happened.

Its up there, with Blitz stroking out on stage during an Overkill song.

Rescheduled dates, with Queensryche this time:

Mar. 07 – Maverik Center – West Valley City, UT
Mar. 09 – Angel Of The Winds Arena – Everett, WA
Mar. 10 – Moda Center – Portland, OR
Mar. 12 – Fox Theater – Oakland – Oakland, CA
Mar. 13 – Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood – Las Vegas, NV
Mar. 18 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory – Irving, TX
Mar. 20 – H-E-B Center at Cedar Park – Cedar Park, TX
Mar. 21 – Freeman Coliseum – San Antonio, TX
Mar. 23 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium – Nashville, TN
Mar. 25 – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre – Alpharetta, GA
Mar. 27 – Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center – Charleston, WV
Mar. 29 – The Met Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA
Mar. 30 – Prudential Center – Newark, NJ
Mar. 31 – The Theater at MGM National Harbor – National Harbor, MD
Apr. 04 – Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell – Lowell, MA
Apr. 07 – Scotiabank Centre – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Apr. 11 – Place Bell – Laval, Quebec, Canada

They scheduled the Portland date the same night as Dragonforce. Sucks for Dragonforce!