10/19: BACK FROM VEGAS, PRIEST, MORE
Just home from a great few days in Vegas. I saw Judas Priest Saturday night in Vegas. I’m out of town when they play NJ and didn’t want to miss one more show. The were GREAT! Truly truly sounded amazing! Halford was in top form, moving well now that has back issues have been resolved and looking great. Vocally he was amazing! Nailing Beyond The Realms Of Death, Victim Of Changes, and new additions to the set like Screaming For Vengeance, The Rage and Desert Plains! To me after Sabbath, Priest are the most important band in metal history. To see them still this good is very inspiring. Do not miss them if you have a chance. Also caught some of Mastodon live for the first time who played an hour set and were a great addition to the bill for some newer blood. Thanks to all the great fans I met in Vegas and it was great seeing all the Priest guys. Ian Hill is live on my SiriusXM show tonight 6:15PM ET on channel 39.
I also saw a new Rush tribute called “Hurry” that featured Brian Tichy, Brent Woods, James Lomenzo and Sebastian Bach at Vamp’d in Vegas Saturday night. Really fun band and a must see if you love Rush. Tichy is one of my favorite players and goes off on drums. J Lo and Woods nailed it, and Bach sang the hell out of his part of the set. This was their first official show and it will get better as they do more, but the packed house loved it. Thanks to Korie and both Danny’s at Vamp’d for the hospitality as always. Also was at their club Thursday night where I saw the new lineup of Sin City Sinners who were also really good and spent some time seeing my good friend Zach Throne and his band Metal Shop at Venetian. Great to see so much rock and metal around Vegas! Also huge thanks to Mandalay Bay where I had another great stay!
Live on the radio 6-10P ET tonight for TRUNK Nation on SiriusXM 39 to cover all of this and more. And don’t forget I’m in McKinney TX this Thursday and Ardmore OK this Friday and NJ this Saturday! Info on the home page. Go Mets, Go Giants!
Can’t wait to see JP again on Nov. 7 @ “The Rock,” (Prudential Center) and this time with a real opener, Mastodon! Cool that this time won’t have to wait for the “opener,” the “mighty” (LOL) Steel Panther to finish stinking up the stage before going in to the building! “Redeemer Of Souls” indeed!
SP was GREAT on the last tour.
SP? Are you sure? O.K., if you say so D. Glad you enjoyed the show. Hey, at least we agree on JP!
I was standing next to you Eddie at Vamp’d during the Hurry show. I live in Las Vegas and enjoy the shows at Vamp’d. Michael Schenker was the best show I’ve ever saw at Vamp’d.
Oh man, Priest bringing “Screaming for Vengeance” and “The Rage” back into the set = awesome! I don’t think they’re playing anywhere close to me this time.
Wish they would play that whole album live.
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Me Too! 😉
THEY ADDED THE RAGE??????? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eddie, that is huge. I was SO excited when they finally did that back on the BS 30th tour. I love that song and always wanted them to play it live. Wow. SO excited to see them in Long Island next month (can’t go to the NJ show – seeing Artie Lange that night in CT).
And Screaming?? *guitargasm!!*
I’m somewhat surprised they didn’t do a Screaming for Vengeance tour the way they did for British Steel.
But, it’s cool that the title track from that album is being played. As well as Desert Plains.
Desert Plains is a GREAT song!
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Dana,
I couldn’t agree more.
Point of Entry was released between two metal classics, BS and SFV. But, taken on it’s own merit, it’s an incredible credit.
Priest really had a heck of a run of great albums starting with Sad Wings and ending with Defenders. It amounts to about ten years or so of absolute metal brilliance.
I think albums like Stained Class and Point of Entry get unfairly overlooked.
Kenneth,
Again, I agree with your statement. Unfortunately, in Point Of Entry‘s case, it gets overlooked, because it came out in between British Steel and Screaming For Vengeance. A tough spot, for any record, to be in.
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