Rob Halford has reassured followers that he has no plans of retiring whereas Judas Priest are nonetheless going sturdy.
The UK legends are coming off the discharge of considered one of 2024’s greatest metallic albums, Invincible Defend, and have been touring relentlessly in assist of it.
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Forward of the band’s forthcoming Fall North American tour (get tickets right here), the 73-year-old metallic icon spoke with Iowa’s Rock 108 about Priest’s present momentum and the way forward for his personal profession.
“I feel in case your want continues to be there,” Halford stated [as transcribed by Classic Rock], “in case your ardour continues to be there, in the event you can nonetheless ship the [goods] — to cite a Priest track — in the event you’re transferring alongside and the machine’s not too wobbly, you may nonetheless get from A to B on one wheel, so long as it seems good and sounds good and all the opposite items are in place, why would you wish to retire?”
He continued, opening up in regards to the private significance of being the Steel God: “I wouldn’t know what to do with my life if I all of a sudden couldn’t do that stunning work. I must do it. It’s a part of me that I must do to dwell as an individual as a result of I like it a lot. And I feel I’m talking for everyone in Priest. And that’s the main mild that pushes by. That’s what retains you carrying on.”
Halford went on to thank Priest’s loyal legion of followers for protecting the band on the highway and in superb type, as we witnessed at their present in New Jersey earlier this yr.
“You marry that immediately with our wonderful followers right here in America and all over the world which have saved this heavy metallic machine rolling, as a result of we will’t do that alone,” he stated. “We’d look fairly dumb going into an enviornment if there’s no one in there. You want folks there. That’s a part of the expertise. It completes you. A dwell present completes the love of your band.”
Judas Priest kick off their tour on Friday (September thirteenth) in Montreal. Beneath you may watch the brand new Rock 108 interview with Halford.