Watch Judas Priest kick off North American tour leg in Montreal
nme.comJudas Priest have kicked off their latest North American tour in Montreal. See footage from the night below.Yesterday (September 13), the heavy metal band continued their support for 2024 album ‘Invincible Shield’ at Bell Centre, two months after a sojourn in Europe that concluded in July at Istanbul, Turkey.The setlist for the night saw a mix of ‘Invincible Shield’ and fan favourites across nine classic albums.‘Panic Attack’‘You’ve Got Another Thing Comin”‘Rapid Fire’‘Breaking The Law’‘Riding On The Wind’‘Love Bites’‘Devil’s Child’‘Saints In Hell’‘Crown Of Horns’‘Sinner’‘Turbo Lover’‘Invincible Shield’‘Victim Of Changes’‘The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)’ (Fleetwood Mac cover)‘Painkiller’Encore:‘The Hellion’ / ‘Electric Eye’‘Hell Bent For Leather’‘Living After Midnight’On the same day, the band issued the 50th anniversary edition of ‘Rocka Rolla’, which features a brand new mix by longtime collaborator and producer Tom Allom.The effort sprang from the band learning in 2022 that the owner of label Gull Records – which released the band’s first two albums ‘Rocka Rolla’ and ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’ – was keen to sell them the master and publishing rights for the albums.A post shared by Judas Priest (@judaspriest)In a press statement, Halford shares about hearing the album’s original mix before the band released it in 1974.“I took the record… and I put the needle onto the groove and I sat back.
And I just slowly started to deflate, deflate,” Halford recalls. “I was so disappointed with the way it was sounding… All of us were – we’d all worked so hard to get to this place.
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