Judas Priest's New Album & Tour

0:00It's May 2nd. Welcome to Music News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story. Judas Priest is dropping a massive career span in collection called The Best of Judas Priest on June 19th through Sony Music, celebrating over. 50 years of shaping heavy metal with more than 50 million albums sold worldwide and 2.5 billion streams. They're hitting the road hard this summer, with shows across continental Europe, plus a festival slot at Bloodstock Open Air in the U.K. on August 9th and a headline gig at a Ventime Apollo in Hammersmith on September 21st. Fans are buzzing about the band's deep dive documentary The Ballad of Judas Priest, directed by Tom Morello and Sam Dunett, premiered at the 76th Berlin Ale, back in February, and had its North American debut at Hot Docks in Toronto on April 26th with a full release coming. Later this year. The current line up features the metal god's Rob Halford on vocals, bassist Ian Hill,

1:02guitarist Srichi Faulkner, and Andy Sneep, and drummer Scott. Travis Glenn Tipton stepped back from touring in 2018 due to Parkinson's, with Sneep filling in seamlessly after producing their last two albums. Their latest, Invincible Shield, stormed to number two on the U.K. charts. Their highest peak since British Steel hit number four in 1980 and grabbed top spots in Germany, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland, marking their 5th top ten album overall. Priest keeps proving why their metal royalty, from the stage to the screen and straight to your playlist.