KK’S PRIEST, which options former JUDAS PRIEST members Ok.Ok. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals),alongside guitarist A.J. Mills (HOSTILE),bassist Tony Newton (VOODOO SIX) and drummer Sean Elg (DEATHRIDERS, CAGE),performed the second present of its 2024 U.S. tour on March 8 at Mount Dora Music Corridor in Mount Dora, Florida. Fan-filmed video of the live performance could be seen beneath (courtesy of How Hawks).
In keeping with Setlist.fm, KK’S PRIEST‘s setlist was as follows:
01. Hellfire Thunderbolt
02. One Extra Shot At Glory
03. Reap The Whirlwind
04. Evening Crawler (JUDAS PRIEST track)
05. Burn In Hell (JUDAS PRIEST track)
06. Past The Realms Of Dying (JUDAS PRIEST track)
07. Hell Patrol (JUDAS PRIEST track)
08. Brothers Of The Street
09. The Inexperienced Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (FLEETWOOD MAC cowl)
10. Breaking The Legislation (JUDAS PRIEST track)
11. Sufferer Of Adjustments (JUDAS PRIEST track)
12. Elevate Your Fists
13. Strike Of The Viper
KK’S PRIEST‘s first-ever U.S. headlining tour, which options help from L.A. GUNS and BURNING WITCHES, kicked off on March 7 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The tour would be the first of a minimum of a two-leg USA run of reveals, deliberate to proceed later in 2024.
KK’S PRIEST‘s sophomore album, “The Sinner Rides Once more”, got here out in September 2023 through the Austrian label Napalm Information.
KK’S PRIEST made its stay debut on July 6, 2023 at Downing’s KK’s Metal Mill in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
KK’S PRIEST kicked off a five-date “Monks, Killers & Witches” U.Ok. tour on October 7, 2023 at O2 Institute in Birmingham.
Ok.Ok. fashioned KK’S PRIEST after JUDAS PRIEST turned down his supply to rejoin the band for his or her Fiftieth-anniversary tour. It adopted a few celebrated stage appearances, first with former MANOWAR guitarist Ross The Boss in the summertime of 2019, then with a one-off lineup that included former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and former PRIEST drummer Les Binks later that 12 months.
KK’S PRIEST launched its debut album, “Sermons Of The Sinner”, in October 2021 through Explorer1 Music Group/EX1 Information.
Downing spent 4 months writing and recording “Sermons Of The Sinner” and, together with new concepts, he even resurrected a number of archived riffs from the Nineteen Eighties.
Downing was reunited with JUDAS PRIEST for a efficiency on the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame induction ceremony in November 2022 on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
PRIEST obtained the Musical Excellence Award on the occasion, which honored Eminem, Dolly Parton, DURAN DURAN, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, EURYTHMICS and Carly Simon within the Performers class.
Downing left PRIEST in 2011 amid claims of band battle, shoddy administration and declining high quality of efficiency. He was changed by Richie Faulkner, practically three a long time his junior.
In 2019, Downing mentioned that he reached out to JUDAS PRIEST about collaborating within the band’s Fiftieth-anniversary tour however that their response was that they weren’t excited by together with him within the celebrations.
In 2018, Downing revealed that he despatched two resignation letters to his bandmates when he determined to stop JUDAS PRIEST. The primary was described as “a swish exit word, implying a clean retirement from music,” whereas the second was “angrier, laying out all of his frustrations with particular events.”
Downing later mentioned that he believed the second letter was “a key purpose” he wasn’t invited to rejoin PRIEST after Glenn Tipton‘s resolution to retire from touring.
Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 and recorded two studio albums with the band — 1997’s “Jugulator” and 2001’s “Demolition” — earlier than PRIEST reunited with Rob Halford in 2003.
