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Black Friday and Record Store Day are two very different holidays. Where Black Friday is about finding the cheapest deals at the most convenient place, Record Store Day is all about shopping locally at independent stores. Now, in an attempt to get more people to support their local record stores, RSD is coming at us […]

[Photo by: Takumi Nakajima, judaspriest.com] A share of the royalty rights to more than 130 Judas Priest tracks are up for sale, following the collapse of KK Downing's luxury golf resort. Read more: Deep Purple and Judas Priest announce co-headlining tour The ex-guitarist and founding member's share of royalty rights on 136 songs—including hits such as “Breaking The […]

Hard rock pioneers Deep Purple and heavy metal legends Judas Priest are hitting road together for a huge concert tour across the country later this summer. Get the complete list of cities and dates down below. Read more: Judas Priest's Rob Halford on equality Starting August 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and hitting 25 cities across […]

[Photo by: Takumi Nakajima, judaspriest.com] Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton joined the band onstage last night in New Jersey for the first time following his retirement from touring due to Parkinson's disease. Watch some video of the emotional performance down below. Read more: Judas Priest's Rob Halford on equality Tipton stepped away from touring with […]

[Photo credit: TAKUMI NAKAJIMA, judaspriest.com] Glenn Tipton shared a heartfelt statement on his struggle with Parkinson's disease and his role in Judas Priest from now on. Judas Priest kicked off their spring tour March 13 in Philadelphia, with Tipton's spot being filled by Hell/Sabbat guitarist Andy Sneap, who also produced the band's most recent record, Firepower. Read more: Judas Priest’s […]

[Photo by: Luis Blanco/Wikimedia Commons] Judas Priest vocalist and “Metal God” Rob Halford opens up about the continuing fight for equality in a new interview with Noisey, saying he won't be happy until he “see[s] equality across the board”—read more below. Read more: New teen film embraces onscreen diversity Promoting Priest's upcoming album Firepower, out […]

[Photo credit: TAKUMI NAKAJIMA, judaspriest.com] Rob Halford opened up about guitarist Glenn Tipton's decision to step away from touring with Judas Priest, due to his ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease. “We’re very happy for Glenn, that he’s been able to make a decision that’s good for him and where he’s at right now,” the frontman told Kerrang. Read […]

[Photo credit: TAKUMI NAKAJIMA, judaspriest.com] Judas Priest announced that guitarist Glenn Tipton won't be joining the band on their upcoming tour, due to his ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease. Read more: Judas Priest are back in the studio working on their new album “Ten years ago Glenn was diagnosed to have the onset of the early stages of Parkinson’s—from […]

[Photo by: TAKUMI NAKAJIMA/judaspriest.com] The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class of 2018 have been announced, including Rage Against The Machine, Judas Priest, LL Cool J, Radiohead and more. Check out the full list of nominees below! The nominees that receive the most votes will be announced in December and inducted next […]

[Photo credit: TAKUMI NAKAJIMA, judaspriest.com] It looks like Judas Priest are back in the studio recording new music, according to a post on the band's Facebook page. “The band are back into the studio working on the new album – they have a great team on board with long time JP producer Tom Allom, Andy Sneap […]

[Photo credit: Comedy Central] Comedy and music all in one package? Sign us up. The Comedy Jam will premiere March 22 at 10:00 p.m. EST on Comedy Central and will feature some of your favorite artists, (via Loudwire). Read more: Weezer to headline inaugural music/comedy/gaming festival ID10T The guest who are currently lined up include Linkin […]

[Photo credit: Tyler Church] Rob Halford of Judas Priest joined Babymetal onstage to perform “Painkiller” and “Breaking The Law” at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards. Painkiller comes off the 1990 Judas Priest album of the same, while “Breaking The Law” is from 1980's British Steel. Read more:  Rob Zombie calls out Babymetal haters Babymetal were nominated for […]

Photographer: Grizzlee Martin, Paris Visone, Graham Fielder, Andrew Wendowski, Tyler Church, Ron Claus Babymetal blew the 2016 APMAs away with their electrifying performance featuring Judas Priest's Rob Halford.

Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford will join Babymetal on stage at this year’s APMAs. Babymetal excitedly revealed the Metal God would perform with them in a video posted on Billboard today. “Honestly, I am still at a loss of what to feel,” says Babymetal’s Su-metal about the pairing with Halford. “But to be able to perform […]

AP's Josh Bernstein chats with Maria Brink and Chris Howorth of In This Moment at 2015's Rock On The Range music festival. The band talk about their love for Rock On The Range and their excitement to have played main stage this year with legendary acts like Judas Priest. “It's inspiring,” says Brink. “We actually […]

A baptist pastor in Arizona recently called metal bands like Pantera, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath “satanic” and “blasphemous,” Blabbermouth reports. Homophobic pastor Steven Anderson recently made news after saying “we can have an AIDS-free world by Christmas” if all gays are “executed.” Now, he's turned his attention to those pesky metal bands. In the […]