Judas Priest Plan Celebratory British Steel Tour For Next Year
Judas Priest are strongly rumoured to be arranging a special 30th anniversary British Steel tour for 2010, when they will play their 1980 album in sequence, in its entirety.
To refresh your memory, the British Steel album – arguably the highlight of Priest’s recording career – includes the tracks Rapid Fire, Metal Gods, Breaking The Law, Grinder, United, You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise, Living After Midnight, The Rage and Steeler.
British Steel got to No.4 in the UK and No.34 in the US, and spawned two Top 20 UK singles: Living After Midnight and Breaking The Law.
If the British Steel plans are true, it would mean that Priest’s ambitions to stage an elaborate show around their recent Nostradamus twin-CD concept album have been abandoned.
Meanwhile, following their Priest Feast tour alongside Megadeth and Testament, the British heavy metal legends have announced a summer tour of the US with Whitesnake.
Dates are as follows:
Jul. 01 – The Family Arena – St. Charles, MO
Jul. 02 – Summerfest, Harley Davidson Stage – Milwaukee, WI
Jul. 03 – Taste Of Minnesota at Harriet Island – St. Paul, MN
Jul. 09 – Molson Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
Jul. 11 – PNC Banks Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
Jul. 12 – Nikon At Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY
Jul. 17 – Moondance Jam 18 – Walker, MN
Jul. 18 – Rockfest/Chippewa Valley Music – Cadott, WI
Aug. 02 – Gibson Amphitheatre – Universal City, CA
More dates will be announced soon.
In related news, former Judas Priest and Iced Earth frontman Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens has announced that his upcoming solo album will be titled Play My Game. The album is set for release in May.
Fuck Nostradamus! British Steel in its entirety would be awesome!
Do you think they will get Dodgy Dave out of jail to play drums to mark the occasion?;-)
yeah! that’s great news really! I hope I can attend and I can’t wait to listen to *The Rage* live! and BTW, Nostradamus who?
IT WAS 3 TOP 30 HITS WITH UNITED MAKING TOP OF THE POPS WHEN IT HIT THE CHARTS
Yeah, two Top 20 hits like the man said: Living After Midnight and Breaking The Law both got to No.12. United reached No.26.
If they did this i would probs go to as many of the UK shows as i could afford!!
Also i hope they dont cancel plans to do a nostradarmus show as i think it would be epic!! But i would def prefer all of british steel and then some classics (as long as screaming for vengance was played this time
lol)
ITS TIMES LIKE THESE I WISH I WASNT MOVING 2 CANADA : [[[[
Rob halfords been saying as much on the recent tour,be a short gig though-if i remember right british steel is only just over 30 mins long?
Wow judas priest are wicked, and the nostradamus album was poor, just hope the brittish steel tour happends and comes to cardiff. get it together halford and make a shit hot metal album again like painkiller. priest rule. \,,/ \,,/
Hope they play Glasgow – just not on a Monday night!!!!!
I hardly ever play Nostradamus – I still play British Steel. Enough said!
yes yes yesssssssssss
and I hope they will do the same with point of entry,screaming for vengeance and unleashed in the east!!!
Agree with Giuseppe, “The Rage” is one of my favourite song’s ever!, a much underated classic!
fellas what about “grinder” easly the best song on british steel
hope the band returns to oz as stong metal following down under!!!
no “breaking the law” is the greatest song but i still love “painkiller”
a british steel tour would be arwsome from the metal gods