Scorpions / Priest potential tour

[Jasonic]

SCORPIONS, JUDAS PRIEST To Team Up For North American Tour In 2008? - Oct. 31, 2007

Frontman Joey Eppard of Woodstock, NY's THREE (3) — who supported German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS on several dates in Canada earlier this fall — told the "Démentièllement Vôtre" program on Québec City's CKRL 89.1FM during an interview two weeks ago that his band might be involved in a SCORPIONS/JUDAS PRIEST tour in 2008 in North America.

As previously reported, SCORPIONS' concert at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany on August 3, 2006 will be released on DVD in November 2007. Entitled "Live At Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night To Remember - A Journey Through Time", the disc will include the German hard rock band's historic performance at the festival during which they were joined by former bandmates Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker and Herman Rarebell. More information is available at this location.

JUDAS PRIEST is working on a concept album about the legendary 16th century prophet Nostradamus. Regarding the direction of the material and how whole concept for the record came about, frontman Rob Halford recently told PureGrainAudio.com, "We've got a bulk of the work done. It sounds absolutely fucking amazing and that's not me inflating it, it is genuinely spectacular. So we're still carrying on with that and it should be out sometime in 2008.

"The idea (for the record) came from our manager Bill Curbishley, because we were ready to go in and do another studio record, but Bill came to see us towards the end of the 'Angel of Retribution' tour, he came to Russia, we were playing Russia and we had lunch with him and he said, 'Look, I have this idea.' Bill manages THE WHO, you know, Pete and Roger, and Bill was behind the enormous success of 'Tommy' and he said, 'I just think that you know, maybe you should think about this possibility of doing a concept album and I've been thinking about this guy Nostradamus.' And as soon as he brought the name up, I'm like, I'm there, let's go, you don't have to say anything else. I knew something of him already like everybody does about the books that you read about him, or on the Internet or on TV, documentaries and I thought wow, this is absolutely brilliant so that's where it all came about from."

(Thanks: ScorpsNews.com)

 

[Srontgorrth]

My first show was Priest/Anthrax

 

[Jasonic]

I'd rather just see Priest.

You would change your opinion if you ever see Scorps live.
Tight as hell.

 

[Knulla]

I'll definitely go.. I haven't seen Priest yet. I was gonna see them when I lived in Detroit, when they were with Queensryche, but I missed it for some reason.

 

[Vegetaman]

I'd go if they got UJR and he played Sails of Charon... And they did some of their older stuff.

 

[Mountain King]

I'd rather see both do their own headlining tour....just like I dislike the 4 band packages these days, I also dislike these co-headlining tours. Generally on most of these tours both bands only play a 70-80 minutes set, we're seeing two great bands but we're losing a good chunk of music. I probably should be happy but seriously I miss the days where you had one opener and a headliner that played 2+ hours.

 

[Saladbar]

If this happens I hope Priest plays first so I can leave after their set.

 

[Diabolik]

this tour is a big mismatch. Priest have done such a great job of getting back that touring with a band that hasnt done shit since the 80's would really bring them back a few steps and people would say it is a"bad" 80's metal tour or dinosaur tour. WHile the older Scorpions stuff is really good. I just think this tour would be a huge mistake for Priest.

 

[Mountain King]

this tour is a big mismatch. Priest have done such a great job of getting back that touring with a band that hasnt done shit since the 80's would really bring them back a few steps and people would say it is a"bad" 80's metal tour or dinosaur tour. WHile the older Scorpions stuff is really good. I just think this tour would be a huge mistake for Priest.

What are you talking about..the new Scorpions album is excellent, actually better than the last Priest album if I must say.

I think this tour would just be bad, obviously the intentions are to probably get both bands in a bigger venue but honestly I'd rather them just swallow their pride and both tour on their own in the smaller places.

 

[Saladbar]

I think this tour would just be bad, obviously the intentions are to probably get both bands in a bigger venue but honestly I'd rather them just swallow their pride and both tour on their own in the smaller places.

So you don't think that Priest can tour Arenas this day in age like Maiden did last year? I haven't seen Priest with Halford yet so I couldn't tell, but I'm assuming that they wouldn't have any problem in playing the Allstate Arena with just an opener.

 

[Diabolik]

So you don't think that Priest can tour Arenas this day in age like Maiden did last year? I haven't seen Priest with Halford yet so I couldn't tell, but I'm assuming that they wouldn't have any problem in playing the Allstate Arena with just an opener.

I agree. They dont need that big opening act. You would think with Halford really being into metal that he would bring over some european acts who need the exposure.

 

[Saladbar]

I agree. They dont need that big opening act. You would think with Halford really being into metal that he would bring over some european acts who need the exposure.

Rhapsody!!!!

 

[Diabolik]

that would be cool as hell. I am sure Halford could get some good acts, in interviews he really knows his stuff when it comes to metal acts....unlike some bands who really dont follow lots of the newer acts.

 

[Saladbar]

that would be cool as hell. I am sure Halford could get some good acts, in interviews he really knows his stuff when it comes to metal acts....unlike some bands who really dont follow lots of the newer acts.

Yeah I think Maiden had a chance to bring over some European band that hasn't really been heard in the U.S. on their tour last year but instead we got to sit through 45min. of crap, I even forgot who the band was.

 

[Diabolik]

I would love to see someone like Gamma Ray open up for Maiden. There are thousands of people who listen to Maiden that have no clue this kind of power metal exist. Maiden would be exposing a great band to tons of people and they would have a great band getting the crowd warmed up. Maiden did this recently with some Middle Eastern metal act a year ago. Cant remember their name but I guess they saw them at some fest and were blown away and had them open for a few dates to help them out.

 

[Knulla]

Maiden/Gamma Ray tour... wow. I fucking wish.

 

[es156]

Yeah I think Maiden had a chnce to bring over some European band that hasn't really ben heard in the U.S. on their tour last year but instead we got to sit through 45min. of crap, I even forgot who the band was.

It was Bullet For My Valentine, and yes they were terrible. The crowd up front was giving them so much crap that the drummer started flipping off the crowd. We could see Rod Smallwood at the side of the stage and he was very mad about the whole thing. He even wrote some derogatory comments about the Chicago crowd in his tour diary on the Maiden site.

Maiden/Gamma Ray tour... wow. I fucking wish.

That would be very cool.

 

[Mountain King]

So you don't think that Priest can tour Arenas this day in age like Maiden did last year? I haven't seen Priest with Halford yet so I couldn't tell, but I'm assuming that they wouldn't have any problem in playing the Allstate Arena with just an opener.

They could play arenas....I highly doubt they could fill an arena, although with those bands picking up popularity again maybe I'm in the wrong. I was shocked with how packed Maiden was last year.

 

[Mountain King]

I would love to see someone like Gamma Ray open up for Maiden. There are thousands of people who listen to Maiden that have no clue this kind of power metal exist. Maiden would be exposing a great band to tons of people and they would have a great band getting the crowd warmed up. Maiden did this recently with some Middle Eastern metal act a year ago. Cant remember their name but I guess they saw them at some fest and were blown away and had them open for a few dates to help them out.

But do you honestly think Gamma Ray, who is an established headlining act in Europe, would go back to being an opening act at this point in their career? I don't see a band that's been around that long picking up any more of a fanbase by opening for a band like Maiden.

 

[Mountain King]

It was Bullet For My Valentine, and yes they were terrible. The crowd up front was giving them so much crap that the drummer started flipping off the crowd. We could see Rod Smallwood at the side of the stage and he was very mad about the whole thing. He even wrote some derogatory comments about the Chicago crowd in his tour diary on the Maiden site.



That would be very cool.

I met a dude who followed the tour around and said they really didn't get any favorable crowds at any of the shows up to that point. Opening for Maiden really isn't a good thing for anybody, the crowds just want to see Maiden, or a package deal such as they did with Halford/Queensryche/Maiden.