The Redeemer of Souls Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English heavy metal band, Judas Priest, which was in support of Redeemer of Souls. It was their first tour since the conclusion of the Epitaph World Tour in 2012, which was originally dubbed as a farewell tour; the band has since retracted that statement.
The 2016 live album, Battle Cry, was released on 25 March of that year, featuring the band's performance recorded at Wacken Open Air on 1 August 2015.
Production
Support For the first American leg, Judas Priest choose glam rock band, Steel Panther, to play with them. Their guitar player, Russ Parrish, had previously worked with Rob Halford in the 1990s in the band Fight.
Other bands that supported Judas Priest include: Motörhead (5 May 2015 in Santiago, Chile) Def Leppard (2 June 2015 in Oslo, Norway) Five Finger Death Punch (8 dates in Europe – France, Finland, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland and Czech Republic) Accept (22 April 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) DragonForce (2 dates in Australia at February 2015) Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock (6 dates in the United Kingdom, between November and December 2015) Saxon (4 dates in US in May 2015) Mastodon (12 dates in the US and Canada between October and November 2015) UFO (10 dates on the European Leg between 4 and 17 December 2015) Texas Hippie Coalition (14 May 2015 in Cedar Park, Texas, USA) Thin Lizzy (6 November 2014 in Allen, Texas, USA) Texas Hippie Coalition (13 July 2015 in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA)
Setlists The tour featured material from Redeemer of Souls for the first time. It also coincided with the 30th anniversary of the release of Defenders of the Faith and so the band played a number of songs from that album that hadn't been played since the mid-1980s.
"Dragonaut" "Metal Gods" "Devils Child" "Victim of Changes" "Halls of Valhalla" "Love Bites" "March of the Damned" "Turbo Lover" "Redeemer of Souls" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Jawbreaker" "Breaking the Law" "Hell Bent for Leather" Encore 1 "You've Got Another Thing Comin" Encore 2 "Living After Midnight" "Defenders of the Faith"
"Dragonaut" "Metal Gods" "Devils Child" "Victim of Changes" "Halls of Valhalla" "Love Bites" "March of the Damned" "Turbo Lover" "Redeemer of Souls" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Jawbreaker" "Breaking the Law" "Hell Bent for Leather" Encore 1 "The Hellion / Electric Eye" "You've Got Another Thing Comin" Encore 2 "Painkiller" "Living After Midnight"
"Dragonaut" "Metal Gods" "Devils Child" "Victim of Changes" "Halls of Valhalla" "Love Bites" "Redeemer of Souls" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Jawbreaker" "Breaking the Law" "Hell Bent for Leather" Encore 1 "The Hellion / Electric Eye" "You've Got Another Thing Comin" Encore 2 "Painkiller" "Living After Midnight"
"Dragonaut" "Metal Gods" "Desert Plains" "Victim of Changes" "Halls of Valhalla" "The Rage" "Turbo Lover" "Redeemer of Souls" "Beyond the Realms of Death" "Screaming for Vengeance" "Breaking the Law" "Hell Bent for Leather" Encore 1 "The Hellion / Electric Eye" "You've Got Another Thing Comin" Encore 2 "Painkiller" "Living After Midnight"
26 February 2015: "The Hellion/Electric Eye" and "Painkiller" were added for the further legs of the tour. Shortly they removed "Defender of the Faith" from the set. 26 June 2015: "Love Bites" and "March of the Damned" was removed from the set. 16 October 2015: "Desert Plains", "The Rage" and "Screaming for Vengeance" (not played since 1986) were added, "Devil's Child" and "Jawbreaker" were removed from the set.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueFirst leg1 October 2014RochesterUnited StatesMain Street Armory3 October 2014HammondThe Venue at Horseshoe Casino4 October 2014LouisvilleLouder Than Life Festival6 October 2014MontrealCanadaBell Centre7 October 2014OrilliaCasino Rama9 October 2014BrooklynUnited StatesBarclays Center10 October 2014Atlantic CityHarrah's Atlantic City11 October 2014MashantucketGrand Theater at Foxwoods Casino14 October 2014LowellTsongas Center15 October 2014AllentownPPL Center17 October 2014East RutherfordIzod Center18 October 2014PittsburghPetersen Events Center19 October 2014DetroitFox Theatre21 October 2014Kansas CityArvest Bank Theatre at The Midland22 October 2014EvansvilleFord Center24 October 2014BaltimorePier Six Pavilion25 October 2014PortsmouthnTelos Wireless Pavilion26 October 2014SimpsonvilleCharter Amphitheatre at Heritage Park28 October 2014DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center29 October 2014OrlandoHard Rock Live30 October 2014HollywoodHard Rock Live2 November 2014Corpus ChristiConcrete Street Amphitheater4 November 2014LaredoLaredo Energy Arena6 November 2014AllenAllen Event Center7 November 2014AustinFun Fun Fun Fest8 November 2014El PasoDon Haskins Center10 November 2014Los AngelesNokia Theatre L.A. Live12 November 2014GlendaleJobing.com Arena13 November 2014HighlandSan Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino14 November 2014Las VegasPearl Concert Theater16 November 2014San JoseCity National Civic18 November 2014West Valley CityMaverik Center19 November 2014Broomfield1stBank Center21 November 2014BoiseCenturyLink Arena22 November 2014TacomaTacoma DomeSecond leg21 February 2015MelbourneAustraliaSoundwave Festival22 February 2015Adelaide24 February 2015SydneyEnmore Theatre26 February 2015BrisbaneEatons Hill28 February 2015Soundwave Festival1 March 2015Sydney3 March 2015AucklandNew ZealandWest Fest6 March 2015TokyoJapanEx Theater7 March 2015OsakaOrix Theater9 March 2015NagoyaAssembly Hall11 March 2015TokyoNippon Budokan13 March 2015SapporoZepp Sapporo16 March 2015SeoulSouth KoreaAX HallThird leg23 April 2015Rio de JaneiroBrazilVivo Rio25 April 2015São PauloMonsters of Rock26 April 201528 April 2015Curitiba30 April 2015Porto Alegre2 May 2015Buenos AiresArgentina5 May 2015SantiagoChileMovistar Arena 8 May 2015Mexico CityMexicoPalace of Sports 9 May 2015GuadalajaraForce Metal Fest 11 May 2015MonterreyAuditorio Banamex14 May 2015Cedar ParkUnited StatesCedar Park Center16 May 2015ColumbusRock on the Range17 May 2015CincinnatiHorseshoe Cincinnati19 May 2015St. CharlesFamily Arena20 May 2015Council BluffsHarrah's Casino21 May 2015RosemontRosemont TheatreFourth leg30 May 2015MunichGermanyRockavaria Festival31 May 2015GelsenkirchenRock im Revier Festival2 June 2015OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum4 June 2015HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice Hall6 June 2015SölvesborgSwedenSweden Rock Festival8 June 2015HamburgGermanyAlsterdorfer Sporthalle9 June 2015BerlinTreptow Arena12 June 2015Donington ParkEnglandDownload Festival14 June 2015UtrechtNetherlandsTivoliVredenburg16 June 2015Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal17 June 2015ParisFranceZénith de Paris19 June 2015ClissonHellfest20 June 2015DesselBelgiumGraspop Metal Meeting21 June 2015HinwilSwitzerlandRock The Ring Festival23 June 2015MilanItalyForum di Assago25 June 2015OstravaCzech RepublicČEZ Aréna26 June 2015PragueO2 Arena27 June 2015ŁódźPolandAtlas Arena29 June 2015BelgradeSerbiaBelgrade Calling Festival30 June 2015SofiaBulgariaArena Armeec1 July 2015BucharestRomaniaRomexpo4 July 2015AthensGreeceRockwave Festival11 July 2015BiloxiUnited StatesHard Rock Biloxi Hotel & Casino13 July 2015Grand PrairieVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairie15 July 2015Sterling HeightsFreedom Hill Amphitheatre16 July 2015OshkoshRockUSA Festival18 July 2015CadottRock Fest25 July 2015BarcelonaSpainRock Fest26 July 2015MadridAuditorio Miguel Ríos De Rivas29 July 2015SzékesfehérvárHungaryFezen Festival30 July 2015GrazAustriaSeerock Festival1 August 2015WackenGermanyWacken Open AirFifth leg16 October 2015Paso RoblesUnited StatesVina Robles Amphitheater17 October 2015Las VegasPearl Concert Theater20 October 2015San FranciscoThe Warfield Theater23 October 2015FresnoWilliam Saroyan Theater24 October 2015San BernardinoSan Manuel Amphitheater27 October 2015VancouverCanadaHard Rock Casino28 October 2015 31 October 2015ReginaBrandt Center1 November 2015WinnipegMTS Center3 November 2015PeoriaUnited StatesPeoria Civic Center5 November 2015HuntingtonParamount Theater 6 November 20157 November 2015NewarkPrudential Center10 November 2015HalifaxCanadaScotiabank Centre12 November 2015TorontoAir Canada Centre17 November 2015TilburgNetherlands01318 November 2015FrankfurtGermanyJahrhunderthalle20 November 2015GenevaSwitzerlandSEG Geneva Arena23 November 2015BradfordEnglandSt George's Hall24 November 2015GlasgowScotlandBarrowland Ballroom26 November 2015WolverhamptonEnglandWolverhampton Civic Hall28 November 2015ManchesterO2 Apollo Manchester30 November 2015PortsmouthGuildhall1 December 2015LondonBrixton Academy4 December 2015KarlstadSwedenLofbergs Arena5 December 2015StockholmEricsson Globe7 December 2015TallinnEstoniaSaku Arena8 December 2015VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena10 December 2015GdańskPolandErgo Arena12 December 2015BrnoCzech RepublicRondo Arena14 December 2015StuttgartGermanySchleyerhalle16 December 2015BrusselsBelgiumVorst Nationaal17 December 2015OberhausenGermanyKönig-Pilsener-Arena
Box office score data Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenueBox score:
Bell CentreMontreal2,556 / 3,080 (83%)$154,141Barclays CenterBrooklyn4,258 / 5,708 (75%)$321,231Pier Six PavilionBaltimore4,138 / 4,140 (99%)$256,320Arena at Gwinnett CenterDuluth3,014 / 5,244 (57%)$148,074Hard Rock LiveOrlando2,024 / 2,886 (70%)$113,911Laredo Energy ArenaLaredo1,577 / 5,290 (30%)$78,281NOKIA Theatre Los Angeles6,255 / 6,255 (100%)$385,953City National CivicSan Jose3,067 / 3,305 (93%)$185,160Maverik CenterWest Valley City2,667 / 4,807 (55%)$138,148Vivo RioRio de Janeiro1,768 / 4,000 (44%)$93,270Movistar ArenaSantiago11,886 / 12,000 (99%)$492,727Palacio de los DeportesMexico City10,541 / 13,056 (81%)$404,524Auditorio BanamexMonterrey3,812 / 4,222 (90%)$130,048Horseshoe CasinoCincinnati2,940 / 4,056 (72%)$117,450Harrah's Stir Concert CoveCouncil Bluffs2,461 / 4,000 (61%)$106,100Vina Robles AmphitheatrePaso Robles 1,483 / 3,018 (49%)$82,030Paramount TheaterHuntington 3,160 / 3,160 (100%)$299,689Vorst NationaalBrussels2,309 / 3,000 (77%)$126,247William Saroyan TheatreFresno 1,478 / 2,339 (63%)$113,740
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