JUDAS PRIEST: 'The U.S. Shows Were Fabulous And The Audience Reaction Was Fantastic'

August 24, 2009

Legendary British heavy metallers JUDAS PRIEST have issued the following update:

"Just finished our U.S. tour. We're all going to take a short rest now before we head off to Japan!!

"The U.S. shows were fabulous and the audience reaction was fantastic!!

"A big thank-you to everyone who came to the shows; we had a great time. Our only sorrow was that WHITESNAKE were not able to finish the last few shows with us due to David's [Coverdale] very bad throat infection. He's getting better now so hopefully we'll all be working together again sometime in the not-too-distant future!

"See you next time 'round!!"

JUDAS PRIEST's August 17, 2009 performance at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida was filmed for a DVD that will be included in a forthcoming expanded 30th-anniversary edition of their 1980 classic, "British Steel".

As they have done at all of their U.S. summer dates this year, PRIEST performed the "British Steel" album in its entirety at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena.

JUDAS PRIEST kicked off its "British Steel" 30th-anniversary tour on June 29 at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana. Halford recently told Noisecreep, "It's like suddenly, thirty years have come upon us and we're about to celebrate. The album's technical anniversary is April of next year, but want to start the party early."

Halford added, "In today's economy, all artists have to think of something to do differently. We decided that this would be a great opportunity to do something that PRIEST has never done before, which is to play an album in its entirety. The band and the name 'JUDAS PRIEST' have both been around since 1969, so it is our fortieth anniversary, too. We seem to be in a constant celebration mode!"

Quality fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's August 10, 2009 performance at Sandia Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico can be viewed below (courtesy of "rezbot").

(Thanks: NJthrasher)

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