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K.K. Downing announces retirement from Priest

Judas PriestLegendary iconic Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has announced his retirement from the band just before their Epitaph tour. The band however have agreed to go ahead with the tour without K.K and respect his decision to leave. Epitaph will be Priest’s final world tour before they finally retire. It will feature songs from all their albums and will mark the grand exit of the band from the scene after rocking for 40 odd years.

The replacement is Richard Faulkner, the guitarist of Lauren Harris, the band of Steve Harris’ daughter. Fans all over the world are shaken as well as furious, not just for K.K’s decision as well as for the replacement, saying K.K is irreplaceable. At this point however it doesn’t matter as K.K is gone and will never come back to the metal scene, and Priest will never be the same again. I hope his decision is for sane reasons however. And hope we get to catch Priest live here in India sometime before it’s too late. Rock rolla guys!

Judas Priest announces retirement

Judas PriestHeavy metal legends- Judas Priest, are wrapping up their career in the music industry and are preparing to hit the road for the band’s last ever world tour next year.

Priest formed back in 1969 and since then, have sold 40 million albums and become one of the genre’s biggest and most respected acts. They announced their retirement on their official website through a statement which reads:

“After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking its very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, Judas Priest has announced plans to embark on a final world tour. ”

However, the mighty Priest will certainly be going out strong as they rock the planet starting in 2011 on the massive Epitaph tour – hitting all the major cities throughout the world they will be playing the songs that helped make the name Judas Priest synonymous with heavy metal!”

Judas Priest will kick off their farewell trek at the Sweden Rock Festival in June. And since this will be probably the only chance for a lot of us to get to watch them live, let’s cross our fingers and hope that the band makes a stop in India.

Judas Priest wins Grammy

Judas PriestJudas Priest was honored with a Grammy in the “Best Metal Performance” category in the award function held recently. The band was nominated for the track “Dissident Aggressor”, from their 2009 live album “A Touch of Evil: Live”.

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