JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCE 2019 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

The “Firepower” tour will start in spring 2019 and will help celebrate the bans 50thanniversary and that 18thstudio album.

The band promised this in a statement, “new first-time performances born out of Firepower, as well as fresh classic cuts across the decades from the Priest world metalsphere. Our visual stage set and light show will be scorching a unique, hot, fresh vibe — mixing in headline festivals, as well as the in-your-face venue close ups. We can’t wait to reunite and reignite our maniacs … THE PRIEST IS BACK!”

Dates start off in Hollywood, Florida on May 3rdand wrap up on June 29 in Vegas. Guitarist /producer Andy Sneap will again fill in for Glenn Tipton who’s dealing with Parkinson’s disease though Tipton has been making cameos during the encores.

Firepower” was the bands highest charting album in the U.S. Peaking at #5 on Billboard. It charted at t#5 in the U.K. As well making it their second highest peak after “British Steel” which peaked at #4. 2014’s “Redeemer of Souls” peaked at #6 in the U.S. And #12 in the U.K. – by John Beaudin

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Judas Priest ‘Firepower’ 2019 North American Tour Dates

5/3 – Hollywood, FL, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

5/6 – Nashville, TN, Nashville Municipal Auditorium

5/8 – Atlanta, GA, Fox Theatre

5/9 – Biloxi, MS, Beau Rivage Resort & Casino

5/12 – Washington, DC, The Anthem

5/14-15 – Huntington, NY, The Paramount

5/16 – Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena

5/18-19 – Albany, NY, Palace Theatre

5/22-23 — Milwaukee, WI, Riverside Theater

5/25 – Rosemont, IL, Rosemont Theatre

5/28-29 – Austin, TX, ACL Live at the Moody Theater

5/31 – Dallas, TX, The Bomb Factory

6/1 – Little Rock, AR, First Security Amphitheater

6/3 – St. Louis, MO, Stifel Theatre

6/5 – Colorado Springs, CO, Broadmoor World Arena

6/8 – Saskatoon, SK, SaskTel Centre

6/10 – Lethbridge, AB, ENMAX Centre

6/11 – Edmonton, AB, Rogers Place

6/13 – Dawson Creek, BC, Encana Events Centre

6/14 – Prince George, BC, CN Centre

6/16 – Kelowna, BC, Prospera Place

6/17 – Abbotsford, BC, Abbotsford Centre

6/19 – Airway Heights, WA, Northern Quest Resort and Casino

6/21 – Kent, WA, Accesso Showare Center

6/22 – Portland, OR, Moda Theatre of the Clouds

6/24-25 – San Francisco, CA, Warfield Theatre

6/27 – Los Angeles, CA, Microsoft Theater

6/29 – Las Vegas, NV, The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel

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John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 35 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as a news man so he would have the skills to write about the artists that inspired him since he bought his first album, “Madman Across The Water” by Elton John as a teen. In the 80’s Beaudin was the host of the syndicated radio show “The Cross Canada Report” which had two version (Rock and A/C). Beaudin was also asked to be a judge at the Juno Awards (Canada’s answer to the Grammys) Twice. He has anchored every position in radio including morning and afternoon drive and was a Program and Music Director for The Breeze and California 103 in Calgary. He currently hosts the popular Lovesongs at QM-FM in Vancouver and on iHeartRadio.

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