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After storming the world for nearly 40 years, Judas Priest have just announced their final tour dates. The final tour, dubbed Epitaph, will feature new guitarist Richie Faulkner. The 31-year-old Brit replaced longtime guitarist K.K. Downing last month after the latter announced his retirement...

For as long as rock bands have been living out of suitcases and inside tour buses, they've been writing songs about it. With the summer touring season just around the corner, Noisecreep has put together a list of the 10 best songs about living your rock 'n' roll dream out on the open road...

Last week, Judas Priest issued a statement announcing the retirement of guitarist K.K. Downing, revealing that the longtime axeman would not partake in the band's Epitaph tour, scheduled to be the band's final tour ever. Downing, 59, has since released his own statement regarding the matter...

It's the end of an era, headbangers! Legendary Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has formally and officially retired from the band after 40 years of service. Downing's retirement is effective immediately and he will not be joining Priest on the band's upcoming "Epitaph" tour, which will be its final world tour of its storied career...

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Judas Priest announced that they will retire from the road with their farewell tour this year, but that doesn't mean that the legendary British metal warriors are just sailing off into the sunset quietly. Priest will continue to scream for vengeance and are working on a new album...

Sure, 2010 was the year of metal dreams come true -- especially the Big Four (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) burying all their weapons to tour overseas this year -- but what we're looking forward to is that tour finally hitting the States in 2011...

The news is out. The beast from Birmingham is reaching the end of the line. Judas Priest, one of the most important and influential British heavy metal bands -- and the group that arguably redefined metal, introducing twin guitar harmony leads and chugging, uptempo riffs after the plodding doom of Black Sabbath -- are embarking on their final tour...

This was a year of metal dreams come true. Things headbangers thought would never happened ... actually happened in 2010. Metalheads dreamt big and were rewarded for it this year. Several of these metal dreams come true revolve around the Big Four (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax), because they are the most essential bands in our beloved genre...

Judas Priest are packing it in after 40 years of heavy metal power and glory. That's right, the British metal legends announced that their 2011 world tour will be Priest's final trek. But fret not, Priest fans. They'll blanket the planet with one final victory lap dubbed 'Epitaph...