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Judas Priest kicked off their summer 2025 Shield of Pain tour with a show dominated by songs from their classic Painkiller album Thursday night at Rockfest in Turku, Finland. You can see the complete ...

Fifty-plus years into his career, Cooper is still throwing curveballs in his setlists. Following his "Hello, Hooray" intro, the shock-rock pioneer played a pair of deep cuts — "Who Do You Think We Are ...

Judas Priest and Alice Cooper are bringing a legendary co-headlining tour across 22 North American cities late this summer and into the fall. Kicking off in September in Mississippi, the trek will ...