Judas Priest has announced a 50th-anniversary tour that will see the heavy metal pioneers traverse across the United States with Sabaton this fall.
Coming amid an already busy year for Priest, which will see them overseas in the months preceding and following the 24-date U.S. run, the tour kicks off on September 9th at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD. From there, the band will play up and down the eastern United States with shows in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Florida before eventually heading westward, beginning with a pair of shows in Michigan. After showing the midwest some love with concerts in Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and more, Judas Priest will play through the South as they gradually head for the West Coast, only to double back and close the tour at Zappos Theatre at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, NV on October 17th.
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“Judas Priest are primed and ready to deliver the goods with our 50 Heavy Metal Years anniversary celebration stage show spectacular!” The band said in a statement. “Performing a blistering cross section of songs from our lives in metal – we can’t wait to raise horns with you again at this once in a metal lifetime event!”
Tickets for Judas Priest’s 50th-anniversary tour go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 28th at noon EST, with a fan club pre-sale beginning on Wednesday, February 26th at 10 a.m. EST. Scroll down for a full list of tour dates.