December 24, 2024

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BABYMETAL and Rob Halford Teaming Up to Perform Judas Priest Classics

 


The summer’s most anticipated metal mash up performance – featuring pop metal icons BABYMETAL and Judas Priest’s legendary vocalist Rob Halford – took place last night at the third annual Journey’s Alternative Press Music Awards, Fueled by Monster Energy. The performance, which featured BABYMETAL’s SU-METAL and Halford’s dueling vocals on Judas Priest classics “Painkiller” and “Breaking The Law”, saw the meeting of the “Fox God” and the “Metal God”.
Check out the exclusive stream of last night’s official footage via RollingStone.com now, where you can also check out exclusive quotes from BABYMETAL and Rob Halford. Watch here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-rob-halford-cover-judas-priest-with-babymetal-w429794
This year, the Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards, Fueled by Monster Energy Drink took place in Columbus, Ohio – celebrating its third iteration with a night of special guests and electrifying music that transcended generations of music fans. The third annual APMAs took place last night (July 18, 2016) at the Schottenstein Center, located on the campus of Ohio State University. As in both years past, #APMAS trended worldwide on Twitter and Facebook.
Fans may view encore presentations of the show via Amazon for a limited window of 48 hours post-event. Go to www.amazon.com/apmas to watch the entire show before 7pm ET, July 20.

Source: Alternative Press
Image credit: Tyler Church