From Blabbermouth.
JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill has confirmed to the Austin Chronicle that the band is is planning to mark the band’s 50th anniversary in 2020 with a special tour.
“Technically, the 50th anniversary is this year, but we weren’t called JUDAS PRIEST until 1970, so we thought we’d leave it till next year,” Ian explained. “There’s a few ideas in the pipeline, but nothing solid yet, apart from the fact that we will tour. We’ve got some work to do with Ozzy [Osbourne] at the beginning of next year, January-February, which is the canceled shows from this year. Ozzy got sick and wasn’t able to do those shows. After that, we’ll start with the 50-year celebrations and we’ll be around again playing… Well, we’re not sure what we’ll be playing, but it’ll be cool.”
Hill, who is the sole remaining original member of JUDAS PRIEST, was asked whether he feels like the last man standing in the band. “Em, not really, only when people mention it,” he laughed. “I mean Rob [Halford, vocals], obviously, and Glenn [Tipton, guitar] still counts as well, although he’s not doing a great deal of live work. He’s always there, and of course Scott[Travis, drums] has been with us since 1989. And even Richie Faulker [guitar], this is his ninth year. So, it’s a fluid current, if you know what I mean. So, no, I don’t feel like the last man standing, or anything like that.”
Halford said last fall that PRIEST was having discussions with the group’s management and label about how to commemorate the band’s 50th anniversary, which he called an “incredible milestone.” A short time later, Faulkner told Metal Kaos that the 50th-anniversary tour will be “an event that the fans will really remember. It is in progress, and we are talking about what we want to do, but in true JUDAS PRIEST fashion, it is going to be something everyone will remember. We want to give back to the fans because, as I said, they have put the band there for nearly 50 years and they are still coming to the shows, they still love the band, so, yeah, it will be something special.”
Halford joined JUDAS PRIEST in 1973 and Tipton signed on in 1974. Rob left PRIEST in the early 1990s to form his own band, then returned to PRIEST in 2003. Founding guitarist K.K. Downing parted ways with the band in 2011, and was replaced by Faulkner.
A month before the start of PRIEST‘s “Firepower” tour, Tipton bowed out due to the worsening of his Parkinson’s disease, first diagnosed five years ago (after being stricken by the degenerative condition at least half a decade earlier). His spot in the band is being filled by “Firepower” album producer Andy Sneap.
Downing said last October that all of PRIEST‘s living former and current members should be involved in the group’s upcoming 50th-anniversary celebration.
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Judas Priest - Point Of Entry + Merchandise insert - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.30, €16.65 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2019 15:18)
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JUDAS PRIEST Point Of Entry (1981 UK 10-track LP, featuring Don't Go, Hot Rockin', Heading Out To The Highway, Desert Plains, Solar Angels and more, hype stickered picture sleeve with red artist & album title text on the front and gold promo stamp on the backcover, comes with the original merchandise insert. The sleeve shows some light ring/edge scuffing and creasing, the vinyl has only a couple of minor surface scuffs)
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Judas Priest - Rock Forever - UK - 7" vinyl - Promo - £15.00, $18.30, €16.65 (New Item) (arrived 05-Nov-2019 11:12)
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JUDAS PRIEST Rock Forever (1979 UK promotional 3-track vinyl 7", also featuring Hell Bent For Leather & Beyond The Realms Of Death, originally packaged as a bonus 7" with the 'Unleashed In The East' album. The vinyl on this copy remains in excellent condition with just a couple of light surface scuffs to show for its thirty years SJP1)
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Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East + 7" - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.30, €16.65 (New Item) (arrived 01-Nov-2019 16:41)
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JUDAS PRIEST Unleashed In The East (Limited Edition 1979 UK first press 13-track live LP recorded in Tokyo during the 'Hell Bent for Leather' tour, including a bonus promotional-only 3-track 7" EP [SJP1]. The picture sleeve [VG] has a small paper tear in the bottom left corner & shows some minor shelf wear scuffing. Note: there are some faint paper marks on the A-side of the vinyl 7" not affecting play & both vinyl discs remain in Excellent condition)
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Judas Priest - Breaking The Law - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.20, €11.10 (New Item) (arrived 22-Oct-2019 11:49)
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JUDAS PRIEST Breaking The Law (1980 UK vinyl 7" single, also including Metal Gods, gatefold picture sleeve which displays images of the group live on stage. The sleeve has just a little ringwear with a couple of light creases, whilst the vinylremains excellent with little signs of play)
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Judas Priest - Don't Go - UK - 7" vinyl - £9.99, $12.19, €11.09 (New Item) (arrived 08-Oct-2019 16:25)
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JUDAS PRIEST Don't Go (1981 UK injection moulded 7" vinyl single, also including Solar Angels, card picture sleeve. The sleeve shows very little wear and, aside from a few very light paper scuffs, the vinyl is in excellent condition CBS9520)
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