The idea of a farewell tour is bittersweet, especially when you’re a band like Judas Priest that has been in existence for over 40 years. So when the legendary British metal brigade announced that this current world tour would be their last, legions of fans were stunned and saddened.…

Halford III, Winter Songs has had legions of fans bracing themselves for the worst. The Metal God invoking the yuletide spirit is a curveball straight out of @#!&.  A posting on Blabbermouth.net exclaimed that this was Rob Halford jumping the shark, a reference to the farfetched and declining year of…

HOLMDEL, NJ—If there were only one show worth attending at the Arts Center this summer, I would say it was this show.

Of course, this was the only show I attended at the Arts Center this year, so I might not be the best judge of that. Jane’s Addiction and…

British Steel, Judas Priest’s 1980 classic, was the soundtrack to the lives of millions of angry white teenagers. Now that the Reagan years are over, Priest is celebrating the album’s 30th birthday in style, at the PNC Bank Arts Center on July 11. The band will perform the entirety of…

“I am in England, I just got back from rehearsal. We are working everyday putting the set list together before the world tour starts in a couple of weeks time,” stated esteemed frontman Rob Halford, of Judas Priest, a few months ago, while also in the midst of a maelstrom…

Rob Halford, best known as vocalist for Judas Priest, has moved into the world of film. His first solo band, Fight, are releasing War Of Words—The Film on Nov. 20. After 19 years, more than a dozen global concert tours and dozens of gold and platinum awards as the defining…

The return of Rob Halford-fronted Judas Priest was undoubtedly one of the biggest stories in heavy metal for all of 2004. Their stint on Ozzfest and the recording of what would become their comeback album, Angels Of Retribution, reinserted their name into the consciousness of headbangers worldwide, and what was…