Judas Priest reveal Shield Of Pain 2025 European tour

Judas Priest have just announced the excellently-named Shield Of Pain tour.

The heavy metal legends will be taking latest album Invincible Shield (and 1990’s Painkiller, based on that title?) out on the road throughout Europe next summer for 12 massive dates.

Speaking to Kerrang! earlier this year, frontman Rob Halford told us of the meaning behind his band’s latest record: “I don’t want to put myself on a pedestal, but I normally come up with the titles. In the world of heavy metal, the band, the fans, the metal community, it’s all about the Invincible Shield. It’s defending the faith. We’re still defending the faith, all these years later.”

Hell yeah, they are. Catch Priest defending the faith at the following:

June 2025

14 Oslo Tjuvholmen Arena
17 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
18 Frankfurt Hessentag Festival

July 2025

1 Ferrara Summer Festival
3 Zurwich Hallenstadion
7 Lodz Atlas Arena
10 Rattvik Dalhalla
13 Munich Olympiahalle
15 Carcassonne Festival De Carcassonne
17 Sion Sous Les Etoiles
19 Luxembourg Rockhal
20 Oberhausen Rudolf-Weber-Arena

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