JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist GLENN TIPTON Discusses British Steel Album On Metal Express Radio This Thursday
July 5, 2009, 15 years ago
Norway's Metal Express Radio has issued the following announcement:
"On June 29th JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their British Steel 2009 tour To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album, the band is performing the whole album in its entirety during their US 2009 summer tour. Before the kick-off show guitarist Glenn Tipton met with our own Softboy to intro the British Steel album track by track.Tune in Thursday (July 9th) at 15:00 CET (9:00am EST) and 21:00 CET (3:00 pm EST) to catch Glenn's colorful insight on one of Priest's most popular albums!"
Go to this location to tune in.
Judas Priest kicked off its British Steel 30th Anniversary tour on June 29th at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The setlist was as follows: 'Rapid Fire', 'Metal Gods', 'Breaking The Law', 'Grinder', 'United', 'You Don’t Have To Be Old To Be Wise', 'Living After Midnight', 'The Rage', 'Steeler', 'The Ripper', 'Prophecy', 'Rock Hard Ride Free', 'Victim Of Changes'. Encore: 'Freewheel Burning', 'Diamonds And Rust', 'You’ve Got Another Thing Comin''.
Check out photos here. Watch fan-filmed live footage below.
In a recent interview with Bravewords.com Halford talked about how younger fans are investigating British Steel fully for the first time.
“They are definitely,” Halford agrees. “I listened to it a couple of times during the Priest Feast tour - just put the headphones on while I was on the bus and listened to it from the start to the end, which you rarely do with your own music for different reasons. But I was just so excited with the opportunity to play it all live because that record is just magical. The sound more than anything, the way Tom Allom produced it. The memories of doing it - we did it at JOHN LENNON/RINGO STARR’s house (Tittenhurst Park) in London. You can’t help but think about that when you are playing the music. Where the band was at that point in our career and just the after-affects of what British Steel means to millions of people around the world, both new and from the early days. Yes, it’s going to be great. We’ve never done this before. For Priest and a lot of other artists who have been able to stand the test of time, that is a chance to relish in a special moment and bring the past to the present.”Read the entire chat at this location.
