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Rob Halford says Judas Priest's downshift will keep the band vital

When Rob Halford announced earlier this year that his band Judas Priest would launch its farewell 'Epitaph Tour,' fans were disappointed. However, Halford said the scaling back of touring plans was a necessary evil propagated by the 'reality of mortality, more than anything else.' // Tour dates at SoundSpike October 6, 2011 - When Rob Halford announced earlier this year that his band Judas Priest would launch its farewell "Epitaph Tour," fans were disappointed. However, Halford said the scaling back of touring plans was a necessary evil propagated by the "reality of mortality, more than anything else."

Q&A: Rob Halford

Rob Halford is one busy metalhead. For almost four decades now, the Birmingham, England choirboy turned 'Metal God' has been the soaring, shrieking voice of seminal heavy metal act Judas Priest. No mere studs-and-leather figurehead, mind you, Halford is also emerging as a bit of an entertainment titan in the metal world. // Tour dates at SoundSpike July 16, 2010 - Rob Halford is one busy metalhead. For almost four decades now, the Birmingham, England choirboy turned "Metal God" has been the soaring, shrieking voice of seminal heavy metal act Judas Priest. No mere studs-and-leather figurehead, mind you, Halford is also emerging as a bit of an entertainment titan in the metal world.

Ozzfest to return this summer with Ozzy, Motley Crue

May 3, 2010 - Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue lead the lineup of the resurrected Ozzfest, which returns to arenas this summer after taking a breather last year.

New Releases, April 17: Brooks & Dunn, Creeper Lagoon

April 15, 2001 - plus: Rob Halford, Sunshine Anderson, Angie Martinez, others.

Briefly: STP, Slipknot, Petty, Halford, Radiohead, EMI-Time Warner

September 18, 2000 - The "listeners of KROQ," a Los Angeles radio station, will be credited as the directors of a new Stone Temple Pilots video. Four hundred winners of a KROQ contest will shoot their own video footage of a Sept. 24 STP concert at L.A.'s El Rey Theater, and all of the tapes will then be edited into a presumably coherent whole at a later date.