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[rebirth]

ROB HALFORD: I'm Afraid Of Forgetting Lyrics While Performing - July 25, 2002

Former JUDAS PRIEST and current HALFORD frontman Rob Halford has attributed the lack of animation during his recent live appearances to the fact that he has increasing problems remembering the lyrics to his songs while he's performing them on the concert stage.

"You as a hardcore fan complain if you don't see what you expected," Rob told Götz Kühnemund of Rock Hard magazine in the August 2002 issue "OK, I can understand that. Maybe you have seen me on a weaker day. But there have also been other shows where I just did exactly these movements like I used to—and that weren't only a few. I admit the teleprompter drives me crazy. I don't know if it's because of getting older or if I can't handle the mass of information anymore. I have increasing difficulties to remember song lyrics. That's a severe problem, which is currently [being] medically checked up. I'm bothered myself about being dependent on auxiliary means like a teleprompter, because certainly I'd like to move around freely on the stage — but I'm simply afraid of running from one side of the stage to the other and thereby forgetting a line of the lyrics. That would be a catastrophe!"

 

[Iris]

heh, reminds me of last year, when Stan asked Warrel if he never forgets the lyrics.. Dane's answer was:
"Only when i watch porn"!!
Hmm, makes me wonder about Halford though..

xxx Iris xxx

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

haha...isnt halifordi gay.....i can imagine the pornos he watches

 

[chemicalgroom]

Halford was clearly relying on the teleprompter for some material when I saw him open for Iron Maiden a couple of summers ago; that being said, it was still a great show because of the quality of his band, his voice and the mix of songs (the best of his new material plus a lot of Priest classics). Lay off the guy -- you try singing like that for 30 years. He's a freakin' legend.