Judas Priest, Deep Purple Announce Co-Headline Tour
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 12:01AM 
From my inbox - this one is cool! Plus, the tour kicks off in Cincinnati, which is basically my backyard!
Philadelphia, PA (April 23, 2018) – Legends will collide late this summer when Deep Purple and Judas Priest embark on a co-headlining North American tour. Produced by Live Nation, the outing will kick off August 21 in Cincinnati, OH and visit 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada before wrapping September 30 in Wheatland, California.
Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, April 27 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.
Citi is the official pre-sale credit card of the Deep Purple and Judas Priest tour. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, April 24 at 10am local time until Thursday, April 26 at 10pm local time through Citi’s Private Pass® program.
Deep Purple’s latest studio album, inFinite, was released April 7, 2017, via earMUSIC. Produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss), InFinite featured 10 new tracks recorded with no musical boundaries in the spirit of the 70s. The metal pioneers have released five studio albums since 1996, augmented by an abundance of solo work and special projects from members Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse and Don Airey. Fans will be thrilled as they cover decades of favorites for this run. For more information, please visit www.deep-purple.com. Additionally, Airey will release his solo album One of a Kind on May 25.
Judas Priest’s latest studio album, Firepower, was released March 9, 2018, via Epic Records. Co-produced by Tom Allom and Andy Sneap, the 14-track album has become one of the most successful of the band’s entire career - landing in the "top-5" of 17 countries (including their highest chart placement ever in the U.S.), and scoring their highest charting commercial rock radio single in decades with “Lightning Strike.” Few heavy metal bands have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their near 50-year career, and with a line-up featuring Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill, and Scott Travis, Judas Priest will be scorching across North America with some heavy metal Firepower again this summer and fall on tour with Deep Purple! For more information, please visit judaspriest.com.
DEEP PURPLE AND JUDAS PRIEST TOUR DATES:
8/21 — Cincinnati, OH — Riverbend Music Center
8/22 — Chicago, IL — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8/24 — Detroit, MI — Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
8/25 — Mt. Pleasant, MI — Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
8/27 — Hamilton, ON — FirstOntario Centre
8/29 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre
8/30 — Quebec City, QC — Centre Videotron
9/1 — Wantagh, NY — Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
9/2 — Bethel Woods, NY — Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
9/5 — Darien Center, NY — Darien Lake Amphitheater
9/6 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
9/8 — Virginia Beach, VA — Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
9/9 — Camden, NJ — BB&T Pavilion
9/11 — Charlotte, NC — PNC Music Pavilion
9/12 — Jacksonville, FL — Daily's Place
9/14 — Atlanta, GA — Verizon Amphitheatre
9/16 — Biloxi, MS — Mississippi Coast Coliseum
9/18 — Kansas City, MO — Starlight Theatre
9/20 — Welch, MN — Treasure Island Casino
9/21 — Council Bluffs, IA — Harrah's Council Bluffs
9/23 — Denver, CO — Pepsi Center
9/26 — San Diego, CA — Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
9/27 — Irvine, CA — FivePoint Amphitheatre
9/29 — Mountain View, CA — Shoreline Amphitheatre
9/30 — Wheatland, CA — Toyota Amphitheatre
Reader Comments (10)
I wish there were more of these sorts of combos (not immediately making sense, but great nonetheless) on the road.
I really hope I get to see my woman from Tokyo breaking the law this summer!
That's Labor Day Weekend with Monday off to recuperate from the barrage of “Firepower” I would be taking on from Judas Priest.
BTW, if anyone here is in the New York area around the time of this show and never been to Jones Beach, it is worth every effort to go. It’s one of the nicest venues out there as the Moon and Atlantic Ocean are right behind the stage.
Rock on!!!
BULLET, “Dust to Gold”
I’m blown away by this album which just came out 5 days ago! I’d be interested to see what others here think about it.
Even with Priests problems the last few years with KK gone and now Tipton only doing select dates due to Parkinsons they still managed to put out their best album since Painkiller and one of the best albums this year so far. Not only that they sound great live. I saw them for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's amazing Rob can still hit the higher notes, and they still have the energy. The new songs fit in perfectly with all the old stuff. If anyone has the chance to see them I suggest you do, they do not dissapoint.
Besides, I think I would feel mistreated if anyone tried to ram it down.
Yeah, Bob! I seem to recall us discussing how great their Bon Scott Era AC/DC aping sounded when they first came to our attention and how they evolved away from that over the years.
As much as I’d like to take credit, though I don’t remember exactly, I think it was you who first mentioned them as well as noticing how they evolved away from the AC/DC style to more of an original sound (even if you do think it’s somewhat Saxonesque, haha!!)