In a recent interview on Full Metal Jackie‘s radio show, JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford was asked about what lies ahead for him and his bandmates.
“It’s just this wonderful, wonderful renaissance going around, not only for PRIEST, but for metal in general, for bands that were there from the start,” Halford responded (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “Our good friends SAXON, who we worked with recently in Europe — we were selling out places all over Europe because people not only are the fans of the band, but there are also people that were maybe on the outside looking and going, ‘I’ve gotta check this out. What is this happening now? Why is there such a buzz about these bands?’ And so we’re thriving on that, we’re thriving on that.”
“We’re so grateful and honored and humbled to be in this place all these years later and still have this thing called relevance,” he continued. “We’re a relevant heavy metal band that’s not living on their past glories. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But we’ve always felt that who we are and what we’re about is representative of what we’re doing and saying now. So to have this glorious experience with [PRIEST‘s latest album] Invincible Shield, and it’s not dissipating.
“There’s still tremendous love and interest for that particular album and this band. And so we’re just out there roaring away, giving you all of these moments from PRIEST right from the beginning of our metal lives to where we are right now with Invincible Shield.”
JUDAS PRIEST recently began the second leg of their Invincible Shield tour, featuring special guest SABATON. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicked off on September 13 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, and includes stops in cities such as Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Omaha, Nebraska; Spokane, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Los Angeles, California; and Phoenix, Arizona. The tour concludes with three performances in Texas on October 22, 24, and 26.
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