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No, your eyes did not deceive you \u2013 the one and only Judas Priest just debuted their new guitarist, Richie Faulkner, tonight on ‘American Idol’! Ripping through a medley that included kick ass renditions of two ‘British Steel’ classics (“Living After Midnight” and “Breakin’ the Law”) with major Priest fan \u2013 and this season ‘American Idol’ hopeful \u2013 James Durbin joining in on vocals. <\/p>\n
This is the second time that Durbin has professed his admiration for Priest on the show, as he wowed judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Steven Tyler a while back with a rendition of “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.” Although Durbin was recently voted off the show, he undoubtedly has a bright rocking future ahead, as evidenced by his multi-octave vocal range.<\/p>\n
Judas Priest recently announced plans to launch their farewell Epitaph Tour, which will take them around the world, including a just-announced U.S. tour of arenas from October through December, which will also feature opening acts Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Wednesday to the Rolling Stone website, Priest singer Rob Halford had the following to say about what fans can expect on the group’s forthcoming trek. “We’re pulling out all the stops. We’ve built a brand new stage set, we’ve got all the effects that people love us for \u2013 the lasers, the fire, the bombs, the smoke, new costumes, and the bike. It’s just a full-on metal extravaganza.”<\/p>\n
Few heavy metal bands have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest has during their nearly 40 year career. Responsible for not only issuing some of metal’s all-time classic albums (‘British Steel,’ ‘Screaming for Vengeance,’ and ‘Painkiller’) and anthems (the aforementioned “Breaking the Law” and “Living After Midnight,” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”), the group has been one of the leading arena rock acts for decades, and single-handedly introduced the “leather look” to heavy metal.<\/p>\n
And now Judas Priest are set to blast their way round the world one final time.<\/p>\n
Confirmed Judas Priest U.S. Tour Dates (more dates to be announced shortly):<\/p>\n
October:<\/p>\n
12 \u2013 San Antonio, TX: AT&T Center
14 \u2013 Corpus Christi, TX: Concrete Street Amphitheater
15 \u2013 Houston, TX: The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
16 \u2013 Dallas, TX: Allen Event Center
18 \u2013 Tucson, AZ: Ava Amphitheater
19 \u2013 San Diego, CA: Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
21 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ: AZ State Fair
22 \u2013 San Bernardino, CA: San Manuel Amphitheater
23 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV: Hard Rock
25 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA: Gibson Amphitheatre
26 \u2013 Oakland, CA: Oracle Arena
29 \u2013 Seattle, WA: WaMu Theater
30 \u2013 Vancouver, BC: Rogers Arena<\/p>\n
November:<\/p>\n
1 \u2013 Edmonton, AB: Shaw Conference Center
2 \u2013 Calgary, AB: Scotiabank Saddledome
4 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT: Maverik Center
5 \u2013 Denver, CO: 1STBANK Center
12 \u2013 Chicago, IL: The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
13 \u2013 Detroit, MI: Joe Louis Arena
18 \u2013 East Rutherford, NJ: Izod Center<\/p>\n
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT www.judaspriest.com<\/p>\n
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