…Judas Priest showed up and proceeded to wipe the floor with pretty much every other band on the bill. I’d seen Rob Halford before when he was touring for one of his solo albums, but seeing him with the rest of Judas Priest was truly an awesome experience. I don’t think there’s a member of the band that’s under the age of 50, but they play like a band half their age.
The band’s set list was limited to their greatest hits – no surprise renditions of “Island of Domination”� or “Bloodstone”� here. However, considering I never thought I’d actually see a Judas Priest reunion in my lifetime, I would have been happy if they’d played nothing but songs from Turbo. The band played “Electric Eye”, “Metal Gods”, “The Sentinel”, “Victim of Changes”, “Painkiller”, “A Touch of Evil”, “Breaking the Law”, “Heading out to the Highway”, “The Green Manalishi”, and “Beyond the Realms of Death”. The first heavy metal I ever bought was Judas Priest’s Unleashed in the East, and finally being able to see the band live was a dream come true. The band’s encore consisted of “Hell Bent for Leather”, which began with Rob Halford riding a motorcycle on stage, “Living after Midnight”, and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming”. The band got the biggest crowd reaction of the night, and I do not exaggerate when I say that Judas Priest is the greatest musical group in human history. It was a religious experience.

Chris Puzak : 09-05-2004
Sounds like I missed an awesome show.