Judas Priest Faithkeepers tour ends with Loreley stop
Published on 08/24/2026 at 17:23 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Judas Priest close the summer run of their Faithkeepers tour with a Germany date at the Loreley Freilichtbühne in Sankt Goarshausen on August 23, 2026. Eventim lists the open-air show with Thundermother as support, while ticketing and venue listings place the concert at the historic Rhine amphitheatre.
The Loreley date
The German stop comes at the end of a wide European route that also includes Halle, Neu-Ulm, Warsaw, Ostrava, Bratislava, Tilburg, Carhaix-Plouguer, Pamplona, Valencia, Pula, Belgrade, Sofia, Budapest, Pordenone, Brescia, Bari, Rome, Bern, Strasbourg, Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, Brussels and London. In Germany, the run starts with Mönchengladbach at Bobfest and includes Wacken, Bremen and Halle before the Loreley finale.
The line-up detail matters because it shows how firmly the band has anchored the 2026 run in established festival and open-air spaces. In Germany alone, the route spans three headline dates and one festival appearance, which gives the tour a stronger local footprint than a simple one-off booking.
What the charts show
Judas Priest also returned to the charts in 2026 with The Best of Judas Priest, which reached No. 83 on the UK Official Albums Chart in its first week in early July. The same release also appeared on other Official Charts categories, underlining that the anthology carried the catalog deeper into the summer than a standard archive package.
That chart result adds an English-market anchor to a story that is otherwise led by German live dates. It also links the 2026 tour cycle to a new release rather than to a purely retrospective anniversary story.
The sound behind the set
The current live show still draws on the band’s long-running heavy metal grammar: twin-guitar attack, direct riffs and Rob Halford’s sharp, theatrical phrasing. The set list captured in the 2026 tour coverage leans on staples such as Breaking the Law, You've Got Another Thing Comin' and Painkiller, while Invincible Shield remains the studio reference point for the current era.
That matters because Judas Priest are not touring as a nostalgia-only act. The 2026 route sits on top of a recent studio cycle and a catalogue that still feeds both chart action and live demand.
Where they stand now
Judas Priest are scheduled to play the Eventim Apollo in London on September 21, 2026.
Mehr zu Judas Priest
Weitere Meldungen, Tourdaten und Werk-Updates rund um die Band gebündelt an einem Ort.
Judas Priest auf einen Blick
Die wichtigsten Fakten zu Judas Priest
- Act: Judas Priest
- Genre: Heavy Metal
- Herkunft: Birmingham, England
- Aktiv seit: 1969
- Besetzung: Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill, Scott Travis
- Label: Sony Music
- Wichtige Werke: British Steel (1980), Painkiller (1990), Invincible Shield (2024)
- Aktuelles Album/Single: The Best of Judas Priest, 19 June 2026
- Charts / Zertifizierungen: The Best of Judas Priest reached No. 83 in the UK in July 2026
- Nächster Live-Termin: September 21, 2026, London, Eventim Apollo
Häufige Fragen zu Judas Priest
Wann spielen Judas Priest wieder live in Deutschland?
Die nächste Deutschlandshow im aktuellen Tourlauf findet am August 23, 2026, auf der Loreley Freilichtbühne in Sankt Goarshausen statt.
Welche Rolle spielt The Best of Judas Priest im aktuellen Zyklus?
Das Album erschien am June 19, 2026, und brachte die Band im UK bis auf Platz 83 der offiziellen Album-Charts.
Welche Songs stehen 2026 im Zentrum des Judas-Priest-Sets?
Im Tourbericht tauchen Klassiker wie Breaking the Law, You've Got Another Thing Comin' und Painkiller auf, daneben bleibt Invincible Shield der jüngste Studioanker.
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