STEEL PANTHER TAPPED TO OPEN FOR JUDAS PRIEST ON THEIR UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Steel Panther continues their musical attack on the United States this Fall playing alongside heavy metal icons Judas Priest.
The band comprised of Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia was tapped to open the upcoming North American tour for what is sure to be an unforgettable evening of heavy metal. The 20 city run (with more to be added) will begin October 1st in Rochester, NY and will run through mid November wrapping up in Salt Lake City. The tour will make stops in major markets including Brooklyn, Detroit, Baltimore and Los Angeles to name a few. Fans that join the Steel Panther fan club, Fanthers Worldwide, get exclusive access to ticket pre-sales beginning, July 9th at 10am local time. Membership includes an exclusive Steel Panthert-shirt and laminate/lanyard; access to ticket pre-sales, members only Fanther Forum; access to exclusive videos, photos, contests and more. Current “Fanthers Worldwide” members can log in to their fan club membership for further information and access to presale tickets. Go to steelpantherrocks.com/login for more information. Tickets for most of the upcoming dates are on-sale Friday, July 11th and will be available via ticketmaster.com.
“I cannot believe that we are touring with Judas Priest. One of the most iconic heavy-metal bands of all time! We are going to have THE most amazing tour this fall,” exclaims vocalist Michael Starr. “If you don’t buy a ticket for the show, you must be a Justin Bieber fan. Death to all but Metal!”
Steel Panther will be offering a limited number of VIP Experiences for each of the upcoming shows with Judas Priest. The VIP Experience will be an upgrade available to Steel Panther fans that have already purchased a ticket to the show and will consist of all of the following:
• Preshow Meet & Greet with Steel Panther
• Sexy Photo op with Steel Panther (props & costumes provided)
• Autograph signing by Steel Panther (body parts encouraged)
• Preshow VIP Host
• Priority VIP check-in
• Preshow drinks and crowd free merchandise shopping
• Exclusive Groupie Merchandise and more!
The VIP Experience goes on-sale on starting July 11th and is available via Steel Panther’s website at steelpantherrocks.com/VIP/.
Steel Panther tour dates:
July 12th Seattle, WA Chive Fest
Jul 17th Cadott, WI Rock Fest 2014
Jul 31st Wacken, GER Wacken Open Air
Aug 1st Copenhagen, DEN Refshalevej
Aug 2nd Remyre, SWE Skogsrojet
Aug 4th Bergen, NOR USF Verftet
Aug 5th Stavanger, NOR Zetlizt @ Stavanger Konserthus
Aug 7th Gavle, SWE Getaway Rock Fest
Aug 9th Eschwege, GER Open Flair Festival
Oct 1st * Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
Oct 3rd * Hammond, IN The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
Oct 4th * Louisville, KY Louder Than Life Festival
Oct 6th * Montreal, QUE Bell Centre
Oct 7th * Rama, ONT Casino Rama
Oct 9th * Brooklyn, NY Barclay’s Center
Oct 10th * Atlantic City, NJ Harrah’s Atlantic City
Oct 11th * Mashantucket, CT Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort & Casino
Oct 14th * Lowell, MA Tsongas Center
Oct 15th * Allentown, PA PPL Center
Oct 17th * East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
Oct 19th * Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
Oct 24th * Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
Oct 28th * Duluth, GA Gwinnett Center
Oct 30th * Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live
Nov 6th * Allen, TX Allen Event Center
Nov 10th * Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theater
Nov 12th * Phoenix, AZ Jobing Arena
Nov 13th * Highland, CA San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Nov 14th * Las Vegas, NV The Pearl
Nov 16th * San Jose, CA City National Civic
Nov 18th * Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
Mar 6th ’15 # Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester
Mar 7th ’15 # Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester
Mar 9th 15 # Glasgow, UK O2 Academy Glasgow
Mar 12th 15 # Wolverhampton, UK Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Mar 14th 15 # London, UK Wembley Arena
* with Judas Priest
# 2015 Headline dates
Steel Panther has been on the road in support of their highest chart debut of their career, All You Can Eat. The album was released on Open E Records via Kobalt Label Services and stormed the top of the charts landing at #24 on the Billboard Top 200. The band also garnered their third consecutive #1 album on the Top Current Comedy Charts. The album is currently available at all physical and digital retailers or can be ordered via SteelPanther.TV. All You Can Eat was produced by Jay Ruston and Steel Panther.
Steel Panther was, for a long time, rock’s best-kept secret: a cult legend on the LA scene. But in recent years due to the success of their albums (all of which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Comedy Album Charts), and live shows, the band has enjoyed huge acclaim from fans and peers alike. Steel Panther has been joined on stage by a who’s who of musical icons such as Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Paul Stanley of KISS, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Billy Ray Cyrus, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and Green Day to name a few. Steel Panther has also been seen on Dancing With The Stars, Bad Girl’s Club and most recently in a national web campaign for Warner Brothers Pictures hit film, Rock Of Ages. The band played to the largest crowd of their career this past June when they closed the Download Festival in Donnington, UK alongside Alter Bridge and Aerosmith.
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Reformed UFO ’82 as the opener. Cinderella. Real deal stuff, not comedy.
If they were going to have an opener that still concentrates on the sort of mindless but fun goodtime party lyrics that dominated the 80’s scene, then Priest should have given a helping hand to Kix and brought them out on tour. One listen to the new single Love You With Your Top Down, or something to that effect, will take you straight back to 1988.
Yeah, Kix brought back ’88 but if you have a full house in Brooklyn paying good money, you wouldn’t want Kix, you’d want a Cinderella or a new band that really puts it out like Def Leppard ’81 when they opened fer Blackfoot when I saw them (yes Blackfoot!) at The Rainbow Music Hall in Denver.
Music is supposed to evoke emotion… Laughing is ok. Lighten up. Steel Panther will do just fine.
Emotion? People want bang fer their buck…let Cinderella do the noise and leave the comedy in Vegas or on the Sunset Strip. All originals kickin’ ass.