Judas Priest’s Firepower 2018 Tour Coming To Armory 4/2

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Clear your calendars- Monday, April 2nd will be a show that you truly can’t afford to miss. Judas Priest is coming to town and, I mean, do I really have to explain to you how big of a deal this is?

One of heavy metal’s most legendary acts will be hitting the road in 2018 in support of their new studio album, ‘Firepower.’ The ‘Judas Priest: Firepower 2018 Tour’ kicked off on March 13th in Pennsylvania, and will wrap up on May 1st in Texas. The new album (which was produced by Andy Sneap and Tom Allom) came out just a couple of weeks ago and has been buzzing ever since then. To call it the best Judas Priest album would be a stretch but it’s definitely impressive and will take you back to the days of ripped jeans and hanging out in parking lots. This tour will feature the line-up of singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. 

There are few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their 40 year career – originally formed during the early ’70s in Birmingham, England, Judas Priest is responsible for some of the genre’s most influential and landmark albums (1980’s ‘British Steel,’ 1982’s ‘Screaming for Vengeance,’ 1990’s ‘Painkiller,’ etc.) and for decades have been one of the greatest live bands in the entire heavy metal genre including an iconic performance at Live Aid in 1985 – they also brought metal to the masses by their appearance on American Idol in 2011 – plus Judas Priest were one of the first metal bands to exclusively wear leather and studs –  a look that began during this era and was eventually embraced by metal fans throughout the world! And in 2017, the band was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

English rockers Saxon will be one of the two opening acts. As one of the leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal, they had eight UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. The band also had numerous singles in the UK Singles Chart and chart success all over Europe and Japan, as well as success in the US. During the 1980s Saxon established themselves as one of Europe’s biggest metal acts. The band tours regularly and have sold more than 23 million albums worldwide. They are considered one of the classic metal acts and have influenced many bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Mötley Crüe, Pantera, Dream Theater and Sodom.

‘Newcomers’ Black Star Riders will be kicking off the night. Black Star Riders began when members of the most recent line-up of Thin Lizzy decided to record new material, but chose not to release it under the Thin Lizzy name. While Thin Lizzy will continue on an occasional basis, Black Star Riders is a full-time band, described as “the next step in the evolution of the Thin Lizzy story”.[3] The band’s first album, All Hell Breaks Loose, was released on May 21, 2013, and the follow-up album, The Killer Instinct was released on February 20, 2015.The band’s third album, Heavy Fire, was released on February 3, 2017, and reached #6 in the UK album charts.

Tickets are available here and, before you freak out over the high price, yes this show is definitely worth the money.

Remaining Dates:

3/22 Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
3/25 Ottawa, ON @ The Arena at TD Place
3/27 London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
3/28 Oshawa, ON @ Tribute Communities Centre
3/30 Orillia, ON @ Casino Rama
3/31 Detroit, MI @ Detroit Masonic Temple
4/02 Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
4/03 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
4/05 Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center
4/08 Bloomington, IL @ Grossinger Motors Arena
4/10 Casper, WY @ Casper Events Center
4/11 Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center
4/15 Kent, WA @ ShoWare Center
4/17 Portland, OR@ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
4/19 San Francisco @ The Warfield
4/22 Los Angeles, CA @ Microsoft Theater
4/24 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
4/26 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
4/28 Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
4/29 Sugarland, TX @ Smart Financial Centre
05/01 San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coli
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