HAIL! Featuring TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, ANDREAS KISSER, DAVID ELLEFSON: First Footage Available

January 23, 2009

HAIL! — the new all-star project featuring guitarist Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA),vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ICED EARTH),drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH) and bassist David Ellefson (F5, MEGADETH) — played a special warm-up show for their Chilean tour on Wednesday, January 21 in Santiago. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.

HAIL!'s five-show Chilean tour officially kicked off last night (Thursday, January 22).

Ellefson stated: "Metal music has been our life and even our livelihoods. So this will be a cool opportunity for us to perform some of our favorite songs together for the fans and pay homage to the movement as a whole."

HAIL!'s setlist includes the following songs:

* JUDAS PRIEST - "Grinder"
* BLACK SABBATH - "Neon Knights"
* SEPULTURA - "Territory"
* MOTÖRHEAD - "Ace of Spades"
* PANTERA - "Fucking Hostile"
* ACCEPT - "Balls to the Wall"
* BLACK SABBATH - "Paranoid"
* MEGADETH - "Symphony of Destruction"

Plus more tracks from:

BLACK SABBATH
IRON MAIDEN
JUDAS PRIEST
SEPULTURA
MEGADETH
METALLICA
SAXON
VENOM
PANTERA

The first band photo of HAIL! can be viewed below. (The picture was taken at the studios of Chile's Radio Universo.)

Remaining HAIL! dates are as follows:

Jan. 23 - Valparaiso, Chile - El Huevo
Jan. 24 - Concepcion, Chile - Havana Club
Jan. 25 - Puerto Montt, Chile - Arena Puerto Montt
Jan. 27 - Antofagasta, Chile - Rock & Soccer

"Grinder" (JUDAS PRIEST):

"Fucking Hostile" (PANTERA):

"Ace of Spades" (MOTÖRHEAD) + "Territory" (SEPULTURA):

"Symphony of Destruction" (MEGADETH) – January 22, 2009 show:

"Walk" (PANTERA) – January 22, 2009 show:

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