Reuters - May 26, 2009
Judas Priest has chosen 10 songs not previously released in live album form for its next concert set -- A Touch of Evil: Live, which is due out July 14, in the midst of the band's U.S. summer tour...
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Could it be third-time lucky for Judas Priest? Some 35 years into its career, the veteran metal band will vie for a pair of Grammys at the music industry's top honors in Los Angeles on Sunday. It...
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Everybody, Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford says, is eager to grab the full metal opera. Halford is talking about Nostradamus (Epic), the veteran U.K. metal act's 16th studio album -- and its first...
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Former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland was found guilty on Friday (January 23) of attempting to rape a learning-disabled teenager, according to BBC News. Holland was also convicted of five counts of...
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(2/21/02, 4 p.m. ET) - The final four titles in the Judas Priest reissue campaign--Turbo (1986), Priest...Live (1987), Ram It Down (1988), and Painkiller (1990)--come out March 5. Like the preceding...
More »USRN - Oct 12, 2001
(10/12/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- Judas Priest and Anthrax have rescheduled their tour for January and February of next year. The tour will kick off January 18 in Los Angeles and end February 17 in Washington,...
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(9/18/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Judas Priest has canceled all of its tour dates for the rest of the year due to the attacks on Washington D.C. and New York City last Tuesday (September 11). The band now plans...
More »USRN - Sep 6, 2001
(9/6/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- In the new movie Rock Star, a young man fronting a cover band is tapped to join his heroes and replace their lead singer. The story should sound familiar, since it s patterned after...
More »USRN - Jul 29, 2001
(7/29/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Judas Priest returns Tuesday (July 31) with Demolition, the band s first album since 1997 s Jugulator. It s the second collection to feature Tim Ripper Owens, the American singer...
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(7/19/00, 10 a.m. ET) - Former Judas Priest lead vocalist Rob Halford might be busy launching his new band, Halford, but that doesn t mean the metal master doesn t consider the possibility of hooking...
More »USRN - Jul 14, 2000
(7/13/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Today (July 13) marks the 15th anniversary of Live Aid, the international event that featured many of the biggest stars in rock-music history performing in two different stadiums...
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(6/30/00, 1 p.m. ET) - Considering the musical tastes of Third Eye Blind singer Stephan Jenkins, it s ironic that he s been cast in the upcoming movie Metal God. Jenkins portrays a musician trying out...
More »USRN - Jun 23, 2000
(6/23/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has kept a relatively low profile since the failure of his last venture, Two, but he will return this summer with a new band, a new album...
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(5/13/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Some 13 years ago, kamikaze filmmakers Jeff Krulik and John Heyn bravely ventured into the parking lot of Washington, D.C. s Capital Centre--where British metal gods Judas Priest...
More »USRN - Oct 14, 1997
(10/14/97) - Judas Priest have returned to the metal scene after a seven-year hiatus and the departure of their image-making frontman, Rob Halford. The band has a new disc, Jugulator, out on CMC International...
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