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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Perform Special Acoustic Show At His Ohio Restaurant

Powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will play a special acoustic show at Ripper Owens Tap House in Akron, Ohio on Sunday, October 14 at 6:00 p.m. For more information, go to this location. Video footage of Owens performing acousti...

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JUDAS PRIESTESS To Headline Myrtle Beach Hard Rock Café PINKtober Benefit

JUDAS PRIESTESS — New York City's sensational all-girl tribute to metal masters JUDAS PRIEST — returns to Myrtle Beach to headline the Hard Rock Café on Friday, October 5 at 9 p.m. As part of the Fall Bike Week activities taking place in town, the Hard Rock Café is designating the JUDAS PRIESTESS si...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer's 'Screaming For Vengeance' Track-By-Track Commentary

JUDAS PRIEST's "Screaming For Vengeance - Special 30th Anniversary Edition" sold 3,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 98 on The Billboard 200 chart. A vital part of rock history, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have spent four decades writin...

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Members Of JUDAS PRIEST, DEEP PURPLE, DEF LEPPARD, DREAM THEATER Featured On THE WHO Tribute

Cleopatra Records has set an October 2 release date for "Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who". As THE WHO approaches a nearly 50-year career, artists in genres from classic to progressive rock, and from punk to country, collaborate on a stunning celebration of the band’s remarkable catalogue...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Says Writing Music With New Guitarist FAULKNER Has Been 'Exciting'

Josh Hart of Guitar World recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Guitar World: When you were writing "You've Got Another Thing Comin'", was there ever an inkling that this would be a song you would be playing 30 years la...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING's Fairway To Heaven

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing tells Birmingham Post that he bought his home at Astbury Hall in Shropshire, England in 1985 when he swapped his modest semi-detached home in Bloxwich for the 19th century mansion. "I went and did what they all damn well do when suddenly you come...

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JUDAS PRIEST Has 'A Tremendous Amount Of Material' Written For Next Album

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to Billboard.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to their 2008 concept album "Nostradamus". According to Halford, "a tremendous amount of material" has already been accumulated for the new CD, with the band curr...

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JUDAS PRIEST's 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' Featured In New HONDA Commercial

Honda has chosen JUDAS PRIEST's classic 1982 track "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" for its new campaign dubbed the "Honda Summer Clearance Event." You can check out the 30-second commercial below. Back in 2010, Honda used another PRIEST song, "The Hellion", in a commercial for its redesigned 2011...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of 'Screaming For Vengeance'

It's been exactly 30 years since British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST unleashed "Screaming For Vengeance" — the album that solidified their position as world's greatest heavy metal band! To celebrate the event, former PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing's official web site, Steel Mill, has p...

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JUDAS PRIEST: New Video Interview With RICHIE FAULKNER

On May 24, Arrow High Voltage! conducted an interview with guitarist Richie Faulkner of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST when the band played at Rodahal in Kerkrade, The Netherlands with SAXON. You can now watch the chat below. Faulkner posted on his Facebook page that the final show of the...

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The Complete Albums Collection

"Think 'heavy metal' and few bands come to mind as quickly as JUDAS PRIEST," reads a sentence from Greg Prato's liner notes from the 17-disc box (literally) set titled "The Complete Albums Collection". And who could argue that point with any semblance of a logical foundation? One could say the same...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Antwerp Fan-Filmed Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's May 23 performance at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Rapid Fire 02. Metal Gods 03. Heading Out To The Highway 04. Judas Rising 05. Starbreaker 06. Victim Of Changes 07. Never Satisfied 08. Diamonds...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Thanks Fans For Their Support (Video)

A new video message from former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing can be seen below. In April 2011, Downing revealed that he would be leaving JUDAS PRIEST prior to the band's "Epitaph" world tour. In October, Downing spoke to Valley Radio Online about what happened, although he declined...

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JUDAS PRIEST: New Audio Interview With GLENN TIPTON

Italy's Musica Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can now listen to the chat at this location. "The Chosen Few", the recently released compilation album from JUDAS PRIEST, sold 1,300 copies in the United States in its fi...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist: 'We Always Miss' K.K. DOWNING

Marko Syrjala of Metal-Rules.com conducted an interview with bassist Ian Hill of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST when the band played in Helsinki, Finland on April 22. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: This is the very first JUDAS PRIEST tour ever without K.K...