Judas Priest - Concert Cancelled

Today, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment announced that world heavyweight metal band Judas Priest, will not be playing in September as originally planned.

The cancellation of the New Zealand date is due to logistic and freight issues and Dainty Consolidated Entertainment and Judas Priest apologise to all the fans who have purchased tickets for any inconvenience caused.

All ticket holders should contact their point of purchase to arrange for a full refund.

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Metal gods Judas Priest are coming to New Zealand with the original line up for one night only!

Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing, Ian Hill and Scot Travis - the original lineup of Judas Priest head to New Zealand for the first time ever for the 'Priest Feast' 2008 tour.

With special guests - the Cavalera Conspiracy.

One of the world’s definitive heavy metal bands, who have sold more than 35 million albums world wide, will bring their mammoth Priest Feast 2008 tour to New Zealand fans in September.

Judas Priest are a seminal and vital part of rock history. Since 1974, they have been one of heavy metal’s most successful bands, issuing such all-time classic albums as 1980’s ‘British Steel,’ 1982’s ‘Screaming for Vengeance,’ and 1990’s ‘Painkiller,’ and such arena-rocking anthems as “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’.” However, Priest’s influence goes far beyond their music - they were the first metal band to embrace the ‘leather biker look,’ a fashion that has since become synonymous with the musical genre. Additionally, Halford’s powerful four-and-a-half octave vocal range and the twin guitar harmonies of Downing and Tipton have been ‘studied’ by countless metal bands in Priest’s wake.

The Priest Feast tour will showcase their hugely impressive legacy as well as tracks from their highly anticipated new album 'Nostradamus', just released through Sony BMG. The new album is a metal opera based on the life and predictions of Nostradamus.

Lead vocalist Rob Halford left Judas Priest in 1993 and after almost 12 years apart and ever-growing demand for a reunion, Judas Priest and Halford announced they would reunite in 2003. They did a live concert tour in Europe in 2004 and were special guests at the 2004 Ozzfest, being named as the ‘premier act’ by almost all US media coverage of the event.

In 2006 they were the inaugural inductees into the “VH1 Rock Honors” and MTV.com named Judas Priest the second most important band in heavy metal.

The Cavalera Conspiracy is a groove/thrash metal band which features Sepultura’s Max and Iggor Cavalera reunited!!

Tickets on sale Wednesday 25th June from Ticketmaster.
Phone 09 970 9700.