Epitaph World Tour
| Concert by Judas Priest | |
Promotional poster for the tour.
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| Location | Asia, Europe, North America, South America |
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| Start date | 7 June 2011 |
| End date | 26 May 2012 |
| Number of shows | 120 63 in Europe 40 in North America 9 in Asia 8 in South America |
| Judas Priest concert chronology | |
The Epitaph World Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, at the time intended to be the band's farewell tour.[1] The tour commenced in June 2011 and concluded in May 2012.
Guitarist K. K. Downing abruptly left the band shortly before the tour. He was replaced by 31-year-old Briton Richie Faulkner.The last date of the tour was held in an unusually small venue, London's Hammersmith Apollo. This return to Judas Priest's homeland was filmed for a live DVD.[2]
Epitaph would ultimately turn out not to be the band's final tour, as they embarked on the Redeemer of Souls Tour two years later.
Contents
Production
On 10 May, the band announced that preparations for the tour had begun, including rehearsals, photos, stage construction and special effects.[3]
On 6 June, guitarist Glenn Tipton announced on his website that:[4]
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We have just finished production rehearsals for our Epitaph World Tour; the show looks great -- bikes, lasers, flames, you name it, we've got it.
But as always, the most important thing is the music, and the setlist contains all the old favorites combined with songs we haven't played before live, such as "Blood Red Skies" and "Never Satisfied", and also earlier songs, including "Starbreaker" and "Night Crawler".
In addition we changed the arrangement of some songs slightly, including :Diamonds and Rust" and "Hell Bent for Leather", which i`m sure every one will enjoy.
Our first show is in Holland on June 7th at Tilburg; the band is really excited and can't wait to get back on stage. I will post regular bulletins from now and as the tour gets underway, keep everybody up-to-date on our progress. [sic]
Setlist
According to a posting on Tipton's website on 27 January 2011, the tour will "include some classic Priest songs that we haven't played before -- and of course, the old favourites that everybody will want to hear."[5] On 15 February, the band announced they were considering playing at least one song from each of their albums as part of the setlist.[6]
The setlist for the first leg of the tour is as follows:[7]
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Songs from each album
- Rocka Rolla: "Never Satisfied"
- Sad Wings of Destiny: "Victim of Changes"
- Sin After Sin: "Starbreaker", "Diamonds & Rust"
- Stained Class: "Beyond the Realms of Death"
- Killing Machine: "Hell Bent for Leather", "The Green Manalishi"
- British Steel: "Rapid Fire", "Metal Gods", "Breaking the Law", "Living After Midnight"
- Point of Entry: "Heading Out to the Highway"
- Screaming for Vengeance: "The Hellion", "Electric Eye", "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
- Defenders of the Faith: "The Sentinel"
- Turbo: "Turbo Lover"
- Ram It Down: "Blood Red Skies"
- Painkiller: "Battle Hymn", "Painkiller", "Night Crawler"
- Angel of Retribution: "Judas Rising"
- Nostradamus: "Prophecy"
Note: The band played a shorter set with omitted songs at certain festival appearances.
Tour dates
Reviews
A review of the band's performance at the Sonisphere Festival in Basel, Switzerland by RockAAA.com was favorable, praising both Rob Halford's vocal performance and Richie Faulkner's guitar playing.[8] The reviewer said that Halford's "tone is astonishing...and [his] delivery as good as there is in the business."[8]
Support acts
- Black Label Society (12 October – 3 December 2011)[9]
- Crash (4 February 2012)
- Diablo ft. Yim Jae-beom (4 February 2012)
- Duff McKagan's Loaded (20 June 2011)[10][11]
- Exodus (10 August 2011)[12]
- HammerFall (22–25 April 2012)
- Hatebreed (3 July 2011)
- Kobra and the Lotus (26 May 2012)[13]
- Lamb of God (20 February 2012)
- Morbid Angel (10 August 2011)[14]
- Motörhead (29 July – 2 August 2011)[13]
- Queensrÿche (15–27 July 2011)[15]
- Rival Sons (15–24 July 2011)[15]
- Sabaton (9 August 2011)
- Saxon (29 July – 2 August 2011; 23–26 May 2012)[13][16]
- Thin Lizzy (12 October – 3 December 2011; 27 April – 4 May 2012)[9]
- Vader (10 August 2011)[17]
- Whitesnake (27 June – 10 July 2011; 10 September – 3 October 2011)[18]
Personnel
- Rob Halford – lead vocals
- Glenn Tipton – guitar
- Richie Faulkner – guitar
- Ian Hill – bass
- Scott Travis – drums
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