JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist GLENN TIPTON 'Confident' Band Should Win A GRAMMY

February 5, 2009

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton has spoken to Reuters/Billboard about the fact that some 35 years into its career, the veteran metal band has yet to win a Grammy.

PRIEST will compete this weekend in the "Hard Rock" category for "Visions" and "Metal" category for "Nostradamus", a pair of tunes from its 16th studio album, "Nostradamus".

"Hopefully we might get one this time 'round," Tipton says. "We're confident we should win, but you never know."

JUDAS PRIEST's Sony BMG label puts sales of "Nostradamus" at 500,000 units worldwide; that includes 100,000 logged by Nielsen SoundScan in the United States.

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