{"id":114742,"date":"2024-11-12T14:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=114742"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:13:38","slug":"judas-priest-to-celebrate-painkillers-35th-anniversary-on-2025-european-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=114742","title":{"rendered":"JUDAS PRIEST – To Celebrate Painkiller\u2019s 35th Anniversary On 2025 European Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JUDAS PRIEST\u00a0have announced a European tour for summer 2025, where they will celebrate the 35th anniversary of fan-favorite album\u00a0Painkiller<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Birmingham metal icons will play mainland Europe in June and July on the Shield Of Pain<\/em> run. On social media, they\u2019ve promised a \u201crare\u201d and \u201cunique\u201d set featuring \u201cbeloved classics\u201d from their 1990 album. The tour will also promote their new record Invincible Shield<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See dates HERE<\/a>. Tickets are now on sale and can be bought\u00a0via the Judas Priest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judas Priest released Painkiller<\/em>, their 12th album, to critical acclaim on September 14, 1990. It introduced speed metal touches to the band\u2019s sound and was widely regarded as a return to form, following the more lacklustre Turbo<\/em> (1986) and Ram It Down<\/em> (1988) records. The lead single and title track went on to become a live mainstay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Painkiller<\/em> was the last Judas Priest album to feature lead singer Rob Halford for 15 years. The frontman left the band following the subsequent tour and was replaced by Tim \u201cRipper\u201d Owens. Owens led Judas Priest through two album cycles before Halford returned in 2003. His first album with them post-comeback, Angel Of Retribution<\/em>, came out in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released in the spring,\u00a0Invincible Shield<\/em>\u00a0broke a chart record for Judas Priest, reaching number two in the UK. The best they\u2019d done previously was when 1980\u2019s\u00a0British Steel<\/em>\u00a0reached number four. The new album also received critical acclaim, with\u00a0Metal Hammer<\/em>\u2019s Rich Hobson saying it\u00a0\u201cmay well be the most defiantly, unrelentingly triumphant record of their career\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Halford said in an interview that Invincible Shield<\/em> will not be the final Judas Priest album<\/a> and that, 50 years on from debut album Rocka Rolla<\/em>, the band still want to make new music. \u201cI think that it\u2019s inevitable there will be something else,\u201d he told Audio Ink Radio<\/em>. \u201cWhen it will happen, I have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halford also recently expressed his love for pop music, championing Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Madonna and others<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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