Judas Priest Announce Lengthy Spring 2024 Tour

2023-11-15

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Judas Priest – Story by Charles Ken, photo Travis Shin

Find Judas Priest U.S. tour dates for 2024 with Sabaton here

Judas Priest is gearing up to release a new studio album, “Invisible Shield,” this spring. Of course, Rob Halford and company are road warriors, so they’re going to be touring hard in support of the release. Would you expect anything less from metal royalty? Now, we have the first tour dates, as Judas Priest have announced a spring 2024 U.S. tour, and they’re bringing fellow metal act Sabaton along for the ride.

The tour in support of “Invisible Shield” begins April 18 in Wallingford, Connecticut, and continues through a May 22 date in Syracuse, New York. Along with the tour dates, Judas Priest will appear at the Welcome to Rockville festival on May 9 in Dayton Beach, Florida.

For those who want to snag tickets early, a Live Nation ticket pre-sale starts Thursday (Nov. 16) at 10 a.m. local time using the code BACKSTAGE. Then, general tickets sales begin Friday (Nov. 17) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

The first tour date comes just days after “Invisible Shield” drops. So, when does Judas Priest’s new album arrive? It’s out on March 8. The band also has a UK and European tour lined up for March and early April. Listen to the lead single from “Invisible Shield,” “Panic Attack.” The album’s second single, “Trial by Fire,” will arrive this Friday (Nov. 17).

During a recent interview with Audio Ink Radio, guitarist Richie Faulkner said this album offers some “twists and turns.” He also said the new music is “a bit more ’70s Priest, which I welcome as a guitar player.” Faulkner, however, also added, ” It’s ’70s Priest, but it’s not a retro album, by any means. It’s the influence of ’70s Priest in the progressive sense, but it sounds like Priest in 2023.” He added that it’s also a bit “progressive” in that it’s “not verse-chorus-verse-chorus-solo-chorus-finish. It’s musical part-verse-musical part.” If you listen to “Panic Attack,” you can hear the classic influence to which Faulkner is referring.

View the complete list of Judas Priest’s 2024 tour dates with Sabaton below.

Judas Priest’s 2024 Tour Dates:

03/11 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
03/13 – Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena
03/15 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3 Arena
03/17 – Bournemouth, UK @ International Centre
03/19 – Birmingham, UK @ Resorts World Arena
03/21 – London, UK @ OVO Arena Wembley
03/24 – Frankfurt, DE @ Festhalle
03/25 – Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
03/27 – Dortmund, DE @ Westfalenhalle
03/29 – Prague, CZ @ O2 Arena
03/30 – Krakow, PL @ Tauron Arena
04/01 – Vienna, AT @ Stadthalle
04/03 – Basel, CH @ Jacobshalle
04/05 – Lyon, FR @ Tony Garnier
04/06 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
04/08 – Paris, FR @ Zenith
04/18 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre *
04/19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center *
04/21 – Reading, PA @ Santander Arena *
04/24 – Bangor, ME @ Cross Insurance Center *
04/25 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
04/27 – Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Center *
04/28 – Indianapolis, IN @ Everwise Amphitheater at White River *
05/01 – Rosemont, IL @ Rosemont Theatre *
05/02 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory *
05/04 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Wings Event Center *
05/05 – Maryland Heights, MO @ St Louis Music Park *
05/07 – Huntsville, AL @ VBC Propst Arena *
05/09 – Daytona, FL @ Welcome to Rockville
05/11 – Alpharetta, GA @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre *
05/12 – Mobile, AL @ Mobile Civic Center Arena *
05/14 – Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion *
05/17 – Evansville, IN @ Ford Center *
05/19 – Washington, DC @ The Theater at MGM National Harbor *
05/21 – Albany, NY @ MVP Arena *
05/22 – Syracuse, NY @ Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview *

* = w/ Sabaton

Judas Priest and Sabaton 2024 tour poster for the Invisible Shield tour.

Judas Priest and Sabaton 2024 tour poster

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