In a new interview with TorontoSun.com, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford discusses everything from his bluesy ambitions to his grooming habits. An excerpt follows:

Q: After all these years, does the band still need to rehearse? Or do you just get up and play?

A: “Realistically, we could just get up onstage at the first show and have a knock, as we call it, for a few minutes. But we’re a very disciplined band. So we always go through the gruelling process of rehearsal. We loathe it, but we know how important it is. And in this instance, we’re changing up the set list a bit and putting some different songs in the set list for this leg, and that obviously calls for a full rehearsal.”

Q: Many of your peers like Tony Iommi and Lemmy and Bruce Dickinson have had health issues recently. You’ve had back surgery. How does that change your perspective?

A: “The determination kicks in even stronger when you’re faced with those challenges. I’ve seen ’em face to face. But like any difficulty with anybody in any walk of life, you just deal with it, don’t you? You just get on with it. And honestly, we only think about things like this when friends like you ask these questions; we never really go there with each other. We’re just a bunch of guys getting in the van and going to the next gig and playing. And they’ll have to drag me off that stage. Retirement isn’t in my vocabulary.”

Read more at TorontoSun.com.

Judas Priest's North American schedule is now as follows:

October
28 - Hard Rock - Vancouver, BC
31 - Brandt Center - Regina, SK

November
1 - MTS Center - Winnipeg, MB
3 - Civic Center - Peoria, IL
5 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY
6 - Paramount Theater - Huntington, NY
7 - Prudential Center - Newark, NJ
10 - Scotiabank Center, Halifax, NS
12 - Air Canada Center - Toronto, ON

More details and ticket links at this location.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announces the label's lineup of collectible 12", 10" and 7" vinyl releases created especially for Record Store Day's Black Friday 2015, celebrated this year at the nation's independent record stores on Friday, November 27th.

For RSD Black Friday 2015, Legacy is catering to connoisseurs of classic sounds delivered old school, offering a range of RSD exclusives and numbered limited vinyl editions.

Legacy's RSD Black Friday 2015 releases include these collectible titles:

Judas Priest - Painkiller (25th Anniversary) - 10" Die Cut Buzz Saw EP

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Painkiller. Legacy Recordings is releasing this 10" die cut buzz saw EP, including the album's Grammy nominated title track, "Painkiller".

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - A Legend In The Making - 12" 2LP White/Grey Vinyl

Recorded on-stage at Toronto's legendary El Mocambo Club on July 20, 1983, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's A Legend in the Making was originally released as a promotional title for radio broadcast only. This blistering live set was released for the first time commercially in 2014 as a bonus CD in The Complete Epic Recordings Collection boxset. RSD 2015 marks the first time that A Legend in the Making has ever been released on vinyl. This collectible edition includes 2LPs with LP1 struck on 180gram vinyl with LP1 pressed on opaque white and LP2 on gray.

Jimi Hendrix - Burning Desire - 12" 2LP - First 5,000 Copies Numbered

Burning Desire is a posthumous compilation of recordings by Jimi Hendrix including instrumental studio jams and demos recorded in late 1969 through early 1970. Originally released on Dagger Records, Burning Desire has never been released on vinyl (or sold as a CD in stores) prior to this new RSD Black Friday 2015 release. The first 5,000 copies of Burning Desire will be numbered.

Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Single Edits - 7" 45RPM - Limited Edition Green Vinyl - Import

A special limited edition 7" vinyl release for RSD 2015, The Turn Of A Friendly Card: Single Edits presents the rare single edits of three key tracks from the album - “The Turn Of A Friendly Card" / "Snake Eyes" / "Games People Play" - in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the APP's 1980 progressive rock masterpiece. Pressed on green vinyl, this special RSD Black Friday Import is limited to sales of 1,000 units in the United States.

Now in its eighth year, Record Store Day is an annual day-long celebration of record store culture taking place on the third Saturday in April, with an annual Black Friday event occurring the day after Thanksgiving. This year, RSD has named Dave Grohl as Record Store Day Ambassador 2015.