{"id":6974,"date":"2011-05-25T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2011-05-24T20:17:28","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T00:17:28","slug":"judas-priest-announce-north-american-tour-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=6974","title":{"rendered":"Judas Priest Announce North American Tour Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Judas Priest<\/strong> have announced the dates of their upcoming North American tour which will kick off on October 12 in San Antonio, Texas and conclude on November 18 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Priest camp announced this year that legendary guitarist K.K. Downing had retired from the band. They announced that he would be replaced by 31 year old British guitarist Richie Faulkner<\/strong>. This news was met with a lot less backlash than I expected to be honest as he was a crucial and original member. I’m totally supportive of Priest carrying on and moving forward though. As for the tour, I’m still trying to figure out if this is actually a “farewell tour” or if they are just riding it out. Joining Priest on this tour will be Thin Lizzy<\/strong> and Black Label Society<\/strong>. First off, unless Phil Lynott has returned from the dead, I can’t even believe these clowns are prancing around calling themselves Thin Lizzy. Sorry, off my soapbox and as for Black Label Society, I could do without them as well. I’d really love to see Judas Priest again as it’s been forever. I see that there’s no Atlanta date so a big ass raspberry to those guys. Hopefully they’ll add some more dates.<\/p>\n

Judas Priest\/Black Label Society\/Thin Lizzy US Tour<\/strong><\/em>
\nOct. 12 \u2013 San Antonio, TX \u2013 AT&T Center
\nOct. 14 \u2013 Corpus Christi, TX \u2013 Concrete Street Ampitheater
\nOct. 15 \u2013 Houston, TX \u2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
\nOct. 16 \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 Allen Event Center
\nOct. 18 \u2013 Tucson, AZ \u2013 Ava Ampitheater
\nOct. 19 \u2013 San Diego, CA \u2013 Cricket Wireless Ampitheater
\nOct. 21 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 AZ State Fair
\nOct. 22 \u2013 San Bernardino, CA \u2013 San Manuel Ampitheater
\nOct. 23 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV \u2013 Hard Rock
\nOct. 25 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Gibson Ampitheater
\nOct. 26 \u2013 Oakland, CA \u2013 Oracle Arena
\nOct. 29 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 WaMu Theater
\nOct. 30 \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 Rogers Arena
\nNov. 01 \u2013 Edmonton, AB \u2013 Shaw Conference Center
\nNov. 02 \u2013 Calgary, AB \u2013 Scotiabank Saddledome
\nNov. 04 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 Maverik Center
\nNov. 05 \u2013 Denver, CO \u2013 1st Bank Center
\nNov. 12 \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 The Venue At Horeshoe Casino
\nNov. 13 \u2013 Detroit, MI \u2013 Joe Louis Arena
\nNov. 18 \u2013 East Rutherford, NJ \u2013 Izod Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judas Priest have announced the dates of their upcoming North American tour which will kick off on October 12 in San Antonio, Texas and conclude on November 18 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Priest camp announced this year that legendary guitarist K.K. Downing had retired from the band. They announced that he would be replaced by 31 year old British guitarist Richie Faulkner. This news was met with a lot less backlash than I expected to be honest as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[628],"class_list":["post-6974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news","tag-judas-priest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t