Judas Priest/Whitesnake US Tour - Summer '09

I might have to catch this tour. Never saw D. Coverdale in any guise. Maybe he'll lean much more to the harder rocking stuff. I would imagine so. Maybe some of the Purple and early Snake stuff comes out for this one.

It does indeed seem like an odd pairing, but I love both bands and if they come within an hour or two of Lansing, MI, I'll definitely try my best to go.

I don't really think it's that odd of a mix. They are basically contemporaries of each other, I'm sure they traveled in similar circles. Sure, Priest is metal and Whitesnake is more of a straight-ahead rock band...but it's all just divergent branches of the same gnarly old tree.

metalinmyveins wrote:

SAXON1500 wrote:

That's hilarious mimv. I just made reservations this morning for Summerfest!! haha.

Weird thing is, though, on their website they have No Doubt headlining that night. Unless JP is gonna be on a different stage.

I'm sure that No Doubt will be playing at the Marcus Amphitheater. The Harley Davidson stage is the next biggest stage on the grounds. I don't have anything against No Doubt, but it sucks that these two great bands would have to play second fiddle to the likes of No Doubt. Then again, I'm used to seeing this...

Is the HD stage free? They were wanting stupid money for some redneck country douche in the Ampitheater.

Marc Mason wrote:

I might have to catch this tour. Never saw D. Coverdale in any guise. Maybe he'll lean much more to the harder rocking stuff. I would imagine so. Maybe some of the Purple and early Snake stuff comes out for this one.

When I saw them live they opened with a doubleshot of Purple classics, Burn and Stormbringer.

Fat Freddy wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Supposedly Priest will be playing the BRITISH STEEL album in its entirety on this tour, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of that album. Woot!

OK - that makes it worth seeing then!!!!!!

Yea, that would be kinda neat to see. Although, aren't they a year early? I thought BRITISH STEEL came out in 1980. If so, then the 30th anniversary of its release would be 2010, not this year. Maybe they're just excited so they're jumping the gun.

Rob Halford addressed this the other night on Eddie Trunk's radio show. They'll be filming the tour and then next year, 2010, there are tenative plans on re-releasing Britsh Steel in various formats (vinyl, dvd, expanded cd's, etc.). So in order to have footage for a 30 year anniversary re-release DVD, they are taping it this summer.

man o man, if i could see them together.
better by you better than me

I hope they come to Pittsburgh again, JP was amazing last year!

I really don't think Priest and Whitesnake at the same concert mix well, but I'm sure it would be interesting - Did any of you catch PRIEST, MEGADETH and TESTAMENT on the PRIEST FEAST tour? Simply mind blowing.

Mglaffas81 wrote:

Did any of you catch PRIEST, MEGADETH and TESTAMENT on the PRIEST FEAST tour? Simply mind blowing.

Not on the Priest Feast tour, but I saw that exact same lineup in 1990 on Priest's PAINKILLER tour (Megadeth were pimping Rust in Peace and Testament was supporting Souls Of Black) -- killer show.

Getting my tickets to the Clarkston, MI show on Wednesday

Man, I'm going to have a great time in July!

Priest/Whitesnake on the 15th, then back to Clarkston on the 24th for Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick!

I think they have totally left the South off the tour-AGAIN! There are tons of Priest and Snake fans in GA.

I'm sure they're still booking some dates or something...

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

I'm sure they're still booking some dates or something...

I sure hope you're right about that.

Ohioans have two choices! Cleveland (Time Warner Amphitheater) on July 14, Cincinnati (PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center) on July 25. I'm hoping to catch them in Cincy. British Steel live! I may be in heaven!

I've seen JP live once and WS twice, so I won't be missing too much if they don't play here.

Ha ha! Bought my tickets today. Also got my Def Leppard/Poison tickets in the mail.

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The Mighty Priest are touring the US this summer with Whitesnake... is that kind of an odd combo, or is it just me?

Whitesnake '87 is a great heavy rock album so i think if they just keep the guitars cranked a bit they can hang with Priest. AIC played at Thrash of the Titans and did a pretty good job considering the other bands they opened for.

I got my tickets for Cincinnati! Had to make sure my schedule was clear! I'm taking my 16 year old son for some good ol' father-son head bangin' and bonding!

Yeah got my ticket already! Front row!!! I am so stoked!!!

Anybody seen Priest on this tour yet? My brother and his friend saw'em at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Jersey this past Saturday (and yes, I hate him, I'm dyin' of jealousy, haha)... he said they were bad-ass as ever, though oddly he reported that Halford didn't engage in any banter between songs, they just went up there and hammered'em out... he said it was "kinda like a Ramones show"

Fat Freddy wrote:

Anybody seen Priest on this tour yet? My brother and his friend saw'em at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Jersey this past Saturday (and yes, I hate him, I'm dyin' of jealousy, haha)... he said they were bad-ass as ever, though oddly he reported that Halford didn't engage in any banter between songs, they just went up there and hammered'em out... he said it was "kinda like a Ramones show"

Not until the show at Merriweather Post Pavillion in August - you should make the drive down for the show!!! I have tickets for the orch pit!!!!! And at Merriweather, the pit is TINY like 10 rows max!!!!

Saw Priest last night perform the entire British Steel album live. Man, they could have just performed that album and walked off stage and I would have been in awe! What a great performance. I just stood there in awe, that is, until Steeler started when I broke into headbanging fits! Fan-freakin'-tastic!

Of course, it didn't end there. They played another hour of material as well, highlights being Diamonds & Rust, Victim of Changes and Freewheel Burning.

I've seen Priest 7 or 8 times over the years. This would be one of the best, tied with seeing them at a small club in Albuquerque with Ripper on vocals.

ultmetal wrote:

Saw Priest last night perform the entire British Steel album live. Man, they could have just performed that album and walked off stage and I would have been in awe! What a great performance. I just stood there in awe, that is, until Steeler started when I broke into headbanging fits! Fan-freakin'-tastic!

Of course, it didn't end there. They played another hour of material as well, highlights being Diamonds & Rust, Victim of Changes and Freewheel Burning.

I've seen Priest 7 or 8 times over the years. This would be one of the best, tied with seeing them at a small club in Albuquerque with Ripper on vocals.

Sweet!!!! I am looking forward to seeing this show!!!! Aug 22nd for me!!!

Yup, they're doing a great show. My thoughts here: http://metalexcess.com/2009/07/16/concert-review-judas-priest-whitesnake-pop-evil-71509/

Ult, what did you think of Whitesnake's show? Honestly, I think I enjoyed it more than Priest (though I prefer Priest overall) just because British Steel isn't a favorite album for me.

Did Pop Evil open?