Judas Priest opened their newest European tour with a membership present the place they carried out with out their trademark leather-and-studs outfits – one thing they have not executed since creating the look in 1978.
A full home of 1,600 followers watched because the British heavy metallic vets delivered a 19-song set at Huxley’s Neue Welt in Berlin with out utilizing their stage dressing or a gap act.
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Afterward, guitarist Richie Faulkner shared his delight concerning the expertise, saying: “Final evening in Berlin was superb and one thing I’ve by no means executed with the band earlier than. No leather-based, no studs. No screens, no motorcycle. No huge mild present or inflatable Birmingham bull. Uncovered audio system, simply denims, T-shirts, a small membership and it was all purely concerning the music. All of us collectively and the uncooked energy of the music.”
He added that “it was actually an ideal expertise and one I’d like to do once more someday. It’s nice whenever you strip all of it again to what it’s all about, the music and the folks of our nice heavy metallic group. Thanks all for making it such a particular evening.”
Priest launched the stage costumes once they launched their fifth album Hell Bent for Leather-based (generally known as Killing Machine exterior the U.S.). In his 2018 memoir Heavy Responsibility, former guitarist Okay.Okay. Downing revealed he was by no means “actually positive” concerning the band’s flashy picture. “On reflection, I believe Judas Priest had a little bit of an identification disaster from the start,” he mentioned.
“There was all the time a little bit of a query mark concerning the band’s look. To me, it by no means appeared to say something – and within the earliest days of our profession, I suppose I truly noticed that as factor.”
Judas Priest’s 50 Heavy Metal Years tour continues throughout Europe till Aug. 7 earlier than extra reveals happen subsequent yr.
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