Judas Priest Returns to Everett on October 9th

Judas Priest in Everett in 2022
(photo credit: Mike Baltierra)

In 2022, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class welcomed in Judas Priest, along with Dolly Parton, and John Mellencamp.

Also in 2022, Judas Priest played in Downtown Everett at the Angel of the Winds Arena.

The band is back in town with a concert on October 9th at 7:30pm as part of their North American “Invincible Shield Tour.”

Few heavy metal bands that have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest has during their 50+ year career. Their presence and influence remain at an all-time high, as evidenced by 2018’s ‘Firepower’ being the highest – charting album of their career, a 2010 Grammy Award win for ‘Best Metal Performance’, plus being a 2006 VH1 Rock Honors recipient.

Judas Priest originally formed in 1969 in Birmingham, England (an area that many feel birthed heavy metal). Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, K.K. Downing and Ian Hill would be the nucleus of musicians (along with several different drummers over the years) that would go on to change the face of heavy metal.

After a ‘feeling out’ period of a couple of albums, 1974’s ‘Rocka Rolla’ and 1976’s ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’ this line-up truly hit their stride. The result was a quartet of albums that separated Priest from the rest of the hard rock pack – 1977’s ‘Sin After Sin’, 1978’s ‘Stained Class’ and ‘Hell Bent for Leather’, and 1979’s ‘Unleashed in the East’, which spawned such metal anthems as ‘Sinner’, ‘Diamonds and Rust’, ‘Hell Bent for Leather’, and ‘The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)’.

Also, Priest were one of the first metal bands to exclusively wear leather and studs – a look that began during this era and would eventually be embraced by metal heads throughout the world.

When: October 9th at 7:30, doors open at 6:30
Where: Angel of the Winds Arena in Downtown Everett, 2000 Hewitt Ave, Everett, WA 98201
How: Tickets still available here.
Opening band: Sabaton