@JD Crossing fingers because this will be it for tours i believe

always cool to meet Priest fans , we seem to be all cut from the same cloth, good people with a shared love for best heavy metal band ever!

Yes, Great to meet another member, I have been fortunate to meet 3 members of this board now.  Still hopefull to meet more of you all.

Super cool that you got to mee Acolyte, HB!

Well, after booking our trip to Brisbane, Australia to see Judas Priest play at the Soundwave festival, it got announced this morning that they are playing here in NZ for the first time at the Westfest festival about 3 days after we see them in Brisbane! Our budget doesn't quite stretch to include that show as well (it's a 7 hour drive to Auckland from where we are, or a not particularly cheap flight) but it's so awesome they're making it to our shores.

@ JD @HEADBANGER That is an awesome story lol , we will see if they announce a canadian date, what has my attention right now is we are on the eve of the vote of Scottish Independence, as an emigree from Scotland , it is easy for me to say vote yes for seperating as i do not live there , but my feelings are this ...... dont be the only country to ever vote no for freedom and the right to control your own destinies and self governance, yes its scary but the rewards are worth it, SAOR ALBA !!!!

@Headbanger , Great meeting you yesterday and enjoying the sun and talking on the patio , we covered a lot of topics ,all of them interesting and look out JD you might have 3 of us coming to the Tacoma show

@JD ok thanks, if they havent announced more canadian dates by now , i dont know if they will, tacoma is the last north american date and then australia Damn!!!!

@ JD , if i were to buy 2 floor tickets for the Tacoma show and they announced a Vancouver date(earn in Canadian, should spend in Canadian) would you be able to help me move them? all i would want is face value for them ???? let me know please Cheers Acolyte

@JD sounds good!

@ JD ok cool man sounds good , will keep you posted, and yes i dont need to see steel panther either, i guess the Russ Parrish link to Halford is kind of intriguing but i like priming before i go !!!! oh and good news for you !!!     http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/saxon-begins-writing-new-material/

i agree, arguably their best or one of their best albums ever(we could debate the point forever because we are all here because of their music) i would love to pick up the regular album in the jewel case , for the collection. the thing i love is that i have had it playing for almost 2 months straight now , and when i get a little tired of ROS , i can throw in a mini-break by having more brand new priest songs on the bonus disc!!!! i am a little sad no Vancouver date announced as of yet , however , Tacoma washington is only a 60-70 minute flight away , anyone going to that night????

http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2014-09-06/judas-priest-interview-rocka-rolla-40th-anniversary/

I just sold my tickets to "Louder Than Life" festival. I'll still be attending the Pittsburgh show but the more I hear this album the less I'm liking it. I think it has some great songs on it and I agree with JD with the Painkiller comparisons but I guess I'm just one of those trendy idiots because I think the production is almost as bad as the production on "Jugulator". This album has so much potential but for some reason whoever did the producing held them back. Not sure if Glenn is afraid to let Richie showcase his skills or what the deal is but the guitars sound so low they sound weak. Then they turned the bass and drums up too much. You need to crank it to get good sound but then the bass and drums are too much. The first couple of weeks I couldn't get enough of this CD but now I have trouble even putting it on. I can't see spending close to a grand and not really enjoying who I wanted to see the most. I know Korn will kill it and so will a few others but I've seen more than 75% of the acts scheduled this or last year already so it still wouldn't be worth it.. I bought the new Avatar, Gemini Syndrome, Mushroomhead, and other (current band's) new discs and everyone of those CD's have better production quality than the new Priest cd. I think Val had a perfect review of "Redeemer". A few less songs would make it easier to listen to. In closing I'd like to say this may be my last post here. I won't mention names but I believe I drove at least a couple of people away from here and I know this will probably draw criticism which normally(for me) starts back and forths that no one wants so leaving will keep the peace amongst the remaining regulars. Becks, I'm glad you are finally getting to see "Priest". Soundwave would be an awesome experience even without them so you should get off on that. Guido, still not sure how you felt about me but negative or otherwise thanks for anything you helped me with. To anyone that's ever been decent with me thanks. Jimmy, Wow, where to start. My number one regret and something I still haven't lived down. To you I would like to apologize. To the rest, take care. Peace "all"!!!