"It's going to be wonderful," Halford immediately told host Chuck Armstrong about the tour. "These bands have been through a lot — talk about surviving. And this joy, this unconscionable joy that all ...

“I just put the phone down in my hotel room… and I just curled up in a ball and bawled my eyes out for hours,” he said. Added Halford: “I just couldn’t believe it. I still can’t believe it now. I’m ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton explains: “We were running late, and suddenly we heard our intro tape running while were still in ...

Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill believes the band could continue to exist long after its classic members have all retired. Hill ...

It’s been 15 years since longtime Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing (who joined in 1970) left the band. It’s widely known that the split wasn’t entirely positive, and in a new interview with Metal ...

Judas Priest legend Rob Halford is a married man. The legendary heavy metal singer spilled the surprise news on an episode of the Queer the Music podcast hosted by Jake Shears in September 2025. In ...

During an interview with MTV in 1998, Rob Halford said, “I think most people know that I’ve been a gay man all of my life.” He was right: The Metal God’s sexuality was the worst-kept secret in rock ...

What does heavy rock represent in 2025? Power? Rebellion? Survival? For Alice Cooper and Rob Halford, it’s all of the above. Beyond that, it’s about staying true to themselves and to their fans, while ...