Judas Priest celebrates fifty years of making metal tonight at Mission Ballroom.
is back, baby. Well, the heavy metal icons never really went anywhere, but their much-anticipated fiftieth-anniversary tour was initially postponed because of the pandemic and then again after guitarist Richie Faulkner suffered a ruptured aorta during a concert last September.
The band put playing live on hold until Faulkner recovered from emergency surgery. The Priest axman took to social media over the weekend to announce the return of the tour: "And we’re back!! Priest rehearsals 2022!! Feels so good to be back after so much has happened. Having these US dates has really given me something to aim for as part of my recovery process, and the guitar, as always, has been my medicine throughout,” heon Facebook. “It’s gonna be emotional to see all those faces out there once again next week, and I’m really looking forward to seeing you all. Thanks for all your support through all of this and see you all soon.
Metalheads will assemble in Denver this weekend when Judas Priest plays the Mission Ballroom Sunday, March 6, at 8 p.m., with Queensryche opening. And it's clear why: There are very few bands who can claim they were responsible for spawning an entire genre, let alone seemingly countless subgenres and imitators. But England’s Judas Priest, along with Birmingham brethren Black Sabbath, can say just that. In a 2010 article, British daily that Judas Priest “invented” heavy metal.
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