{"id":31973,"date":"2021-07-01T02:59:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31973"},"modified":"2021-06-21T04:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T11:09:57","slug":"judas-priest-reschedule-50th-anniversary-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/concerts\/judas-priest-reschedule-50th-anniversary-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Judas Priest Reschedule 50th-Anniversary Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Judas Priest - Lightning Strike (Official Video)\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CUzcxJNZKC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/judas-priest-tickets\">Judas Priest<\/a> have announced the rescheduled dates for their 50th-anniversary tour, which they\u2019ve christened 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The North American tour kicks off September 8th in Reading, Pennsylvania, and concludes November 5th in Hamilton, Ontario. Judas Priest will be joined by Sabaton as openers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDefending the heavy metal faith for 50 years, the Priest is back!\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lead vocalist Rob Halford said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lead guitarist Glenn Tipton added: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTime to don the leather and studs and roll out the Priest Machine \u2014 celebrating our 50 Heavy Metal Years!!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bassist Ian Hill also said: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAfter the horrific year of restrictions we\u2019ve all had to endure, what better place to break free, than the land of the free \u2014 the USA!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judas Priest released their last album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Firepower<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in 2018, although a new album is currently in the works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got a bunch of great new ideas for tracks, lots of really strong demos,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Rob Halford told Brazilian radio station Kazagast\u00e3o. \u200b<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s gonna be a very potent record, \u200b\u2019cause we know we have to follow Firepower. But I\u2019ve gotta tell you, Firepower turned the metal up for all of us in the band; it really gave us a tremendous boost this far on. And so, as a result of that, we carried all the energy from Firepower, we carried all the energy from the shows, and we took that with us when we went into the writing sessions last March \u2013 not this March, but last March \u2013 and you can sense it in the writing. So we already have some extremely potent, strong material.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Halford also released his memoir <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Confess <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">last September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more Judas Priest ticketing info, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/judas-priest-tickets\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Judas Priest 2021 Tour Dates<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Show date and time: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">September 8,\u00a0<\/span>2021 \u2013 <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">November 5<\/span>, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Show location:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Santander Arena,\u00a0Reading, PA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u2013 First Ontario Centre, Hamilton, ONT\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judas Priest have announced the rescheduled dates for their 50th-anniversary tour, which they\u2019ve christened 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour. 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