[ATTENDED: September 6, 2018] Judas Priest
My friend Al told me he was going to this double bill of Deep Purple and Judas Priest. I had just seen Judas Priest back in March and didn’t really feel like I needed to see them again (there was one song I ‘d wanted to hear which they didn’t play, but otherwise the set was great).
Then my friend Armando clarified something I’d often wondered about PNC. He said that if you bought lawn tickets to a PNC show, you could get an upgrade to a really good seat for $20. It didn’t happen for all shows, but any show that hadn’t sold out was fair game. This seemed like a great opportunity to test this theory. Then I received an email from Live Nation the next day that gave me $20 off my next concert. Well, the lawn seats to this show were $20. So I had to pay the stupid fees. But that meant I bought my lawn ticket for $8. A couple days before the show I was able to upgrade my ticket to row K (as in 11 rows from the stage) for $20. So great seats for $28!
I realized that since both K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton were no longer in the band and since the drummer was a revolving door for most of the band’s history, the only two “original” members were Halford and bassist Ian Hill (and technically Halford isn’t original, but he is the real thing).
Like last time, there was a large red curtain at the front of the stage. This time, I was able to catch footage of it as it was pulled away. (more…)
I Just Read About That... 