In a current dialog with Nikki Blakk of 107.7 The Bone, Rob Halford shared how the upcoming North American trek that includes Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, and Corrosion Of Conformity got here collectively.
“Again within the day, it was really easy to place these two collectively. Now they’re a bit bit company, and blah, blah, blah. However does that basically matter? No, ‘trigger finally we get the chance — we get the chance to be in one another’s firm and to share the phases with one another. And it is a actual occasion — it is a actual occasion. Will this ever occur once more? I do not assume so,” Halford defined.
He highlighted what makes the tour distinctive: “So for those who wanna see an occasion the place you’ve got acquired The Metallic Gods, and you have got the unique shock rocker, ‘trigger he began all of it, child. And Corrosion Of Conformity. And I am so, so comfortable that that band has stayed collectively. They have been by way of some powerful instances, like all of us have. However Pepper‘s [Keenan, Corrosion Of Conformity frontman] is such a fantastic man. It is a fantastic band, nice music, nice albums. So, bang, bang, bang, one after one other.”
When requested jokingly if there was a debate over who will get the prime stage slot, Halford defined how the reveals will work. “Effectively, we’re flipping it. We’re flipping it. It’s a co-headline. So, I do not know what number of reveals — is it 30 reveals? — We cut up [it]. 15 Alice closes, 15 Priest closes. I’ve gotta say, from my angle, I will go on at 9 o’clock within the morning. Not likely, however what I am making an attempt to say is I do not care, so long as we get to play, so long as we get to see our stunning metallic maniacs once more, see the folks that have given us this nice life in rock and roll, and simply occasion. It is a reunion, and it is such a fantastic, nice strategy to have fun each bands, fairly than all of the bands. And so yeah, simply lots of good vibes, lots of good feeling and unbelievable music.”
Turning to the setlist, Halford confirmed followers can count on each previous favorites and newer tracks. “We’re nonetheless selling this Protect Of Ache tour concept, as a result of, as you understand, [Priest’s 1990 album] Painkiller celebrated an enormous anniversary final yr. So we’re sharing a fantastic set. It is a wide array of the Painkiller album and a few of Priest‘s newest album, Invincible Protect. So you’ve got acquired your Invincible Protect, which continues to be roaring on all cylinders, and the apparent celebration of Painkiller, which is the album for Priest and the album for lots of metalheads, out and in of the Priest world. It is such a superbly blessed and revered album. So it is simply nice. We come out of the field simply roaring… It is only a roller-coaster journey of sheer metallic energy from the Priest aspect of issues.”
That power doesn’t make music selections simpler, although. Halford admitted, “It is actual powerful. As I stated, fortunately, due to the Painkiller [35th-anniversary] angle, that form of gave us a great chunk of the setlist that we took out not too long ago in Europe; we did all the festivals over there. And for the followers in Europe, they have been simply going nuts to listen to these Painkiller songs one after one other — ‘All Weapons Blazing’, ‘Hell Patrol’, ‘Night time Crawler’, ‘A Contact Of Evil’. It is only a nice show of metallic energy in its truest sense. However, yeah, I am certain Alice is similar. It is a drawback. C.O.C. — all of those bands have gotten all of this music, all of those songs. The place do you begin? You attempt to cowl all the dots, so to talk. If Priest did not play ‘Breaking The Regulation’, all people [at the venue] could be breaking the legislation.”
He added that these classics are extra than simply songs; they’re milestones in followers’ lives. “And we love taking part in these songs which can be such an vital a part of the music material of America, as a result of you understand what music’s like. We are able to say firsthand how a lot music is vital in our lives, as a result of all of those songs are a reference level, all of those songs are a reference level to the primary date, to the primary metallic present we went to, the primary metallic album we acquired. So it truly is a larger-than-life expertise on all ranges for this upcoming tour.”
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