British heavy metallers Judas Priest have issued the following statement :

"It is with regret that Judas Priest announce that K.K. Downing has formally retired from the band and will therefore not be joining them on their forthcoming Epitath Tour.

The band respect his decision and naturally all wish him well.

Having thought long and hard about how to proceed, Rob, Glenn, Ian and Scott uninimously agreed that they should go ahead with the tour and not let the fans down around the world.

Fate also stepped in and delivered the perfect replacement - 31 year old British guitarist Richie Faulkner - he has blended into the band perfectly and is a great talent who is going to set the stage on fire!

The Epitath tour will include songs from every Judas Priest album and also tracks they have never performed on stage, plus all the old favourites!

With a new album due to be released next year, the Metal Gods are preparing to tour the planet once more - Heavy metal at it's best with lasers, lights, bikes and hellfire! It's a show not to be missed!"

Source : judaspriest.com/home/default.asp
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Judas Priest have announced the UK tour dates for their final "Epitaph Tour". Support on the trek will come from Queensrÿche and Rival Sons :

July 15 - Newport Centre - Newport, UK
July 16 - O2 Apollo - Manchester, UK
July 17 - The Dome - Doncaster, UK
July 19 - SECC - Glasgow, Scotland
July 20 - Metro Arena - Newcastle, UK
July 21 - Civic Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
July 24 - BIC - Bournemouth, UK

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Heavy metallers Judas Priest will embark on their final world tour in 2011 (Epitaph Tour). The band has already confirmed its appearance on the following European festivals :

Jun. 09 - Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg, Sweden
Jun. 11 - Sauna Open Air, Tampere, Finland
Jun. 17 - Copenhell Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jun. 19 - Hellfest, Clisson, France
Jun. 22 - Gods of Metal, Milan, Italy
Jun. 25 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
Jul. 23 - High Voltage, London, UK
Aug. 05 - Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany

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The frontman of Judas Priest Rob Halford talked about his favorite horror movies . Now you know he enjoys watching :

01. The Shining
02. The Exorcist
03. Nosferatu
04. Carnival of Souls
05. White Zombie
06. The Terror
07. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
08. The Amazing Mr. X
09. Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
10. The Brain that Wouldn't Die
11. The Giant Helomonster

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The guitarist of Judas Priest K.K Downing has posted his last video on his blog , shot in Finland during his holidays . You can watch it on youtube :



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Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has released a new video for the song "Get Into The Spirit", of his new Halford holliday album: "Halford III - Winter Songs"

The video was released from Halford website: www.metalsgodshop.com

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