HALFORD: Multi-Camera Footage Of 'Diamonds And Rust' From Madison Square Garden

December 17, 2010

Multi-camera fan-filmed video footage of HALFORD — the band fronted by JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford — performing a cover of the JOAN BAEZ song "Diamonds And Rust" on December 1, 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City (as the support act for OZZY OSBOURNE) can be viewed below.

HALFORD's setlist was as follows:

01. Resurrection
02. Made In Hell
03. Locked And Loaded
04. Made Of Metal
05. Nailed To The Gun (FIGHT cover)
06. Fire And Ice
07. Thunder And Lightning
08. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (FLEETWOOD MAC/JUDAS PRIEST cover)
09. Diamonds And Rust (JOAN BAEZ cover)
10. Jawbreaker (JUDAS PRIEST cover)
11. Like There's No Tomorrow
12. Cyberworld

Halford has spoken out on JUDAS PRIEST's upcoming farewell tour, which will take place in 2011 and 2012. Asked why the band was saying goodbye to touring, Halford told Sign On San Diego, "It really is for a lot of reasons. I suppose retirement or slowing down, if you want to call it that, I don't know. I think you have to face mortality, that's for sure. Some bands keep going and going, some bands ease off a bit, and some bands stop altogether. It happens to all bands, eventually, and now this is something we're facing in JUDAS PRIEST. So, what we want to do is leave on what we feel are respectable terms, musically."

HALFORD's latest album, "Halford IV - Made Of Metal", sold around 3,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 160 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 5 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

HALFORD's previous CD, "Halford III - Winter Songs", opened with 1,400 units to debut at No. 26 on the Top New Artist Albums chart.

"Halford IV - Made Of Metal" was released on September 27 in Europe and September 28 in North America. Produced by Roy Z. and recorded during 2009 and 2010, the CD features 14 new songs penned exclusively by Rob Halford.

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