Epitaph World Tour

Epitaph World Tour

by Judas Priest

Beginning of the tour	June 7, 2011
End of the tour	May 26, 2012
Total concerts (by continent)	* 63 in Europe 40 in North / Central America 8 in South America 9 in Asia
Total concerts (by country)	37
Concerts in total	120
Show acts	Judas Priest , Whitesnake , Motörhead , Thin Lizzy , Saxon , Hammerfall , Opeth , Queensrÿche , Sabaton , Exodus , Vader , Firewind , Lamb of God , Rival Sons , Black Label Society , Hatebreed , Mezarkabul , Loaded, Crash, Diablo featuring Yim Jae- beom, Kobra and the Lotus

Judas Priest Tour Chronology

British Steel 30th Anniversary Tour (2009)	Epitaph World Tour (2011-2012)	Redeemer Of Souls Tour (2014-2015)

The Epitaph World Tour was a world tour of the heavy metal band Judas Priest , which was originally announced as the final world tour. It started on June 7, 2011 in Tilburg , the Netherlands and ended on May 26, 2012 in London , Great Britain . It was the first tour without K. K. Downing , who announced his retirement from the band on April 20, 2011. He was replaced by the then 31 year old Richie Faulkner . Contrary to all rumors, Judas Priest announced that they will not "retire" after the tour.

The new album was called Redeemer Of Souls , but it wasn't released until 2014. In addition, this album also resulted in a great year and a half world tour.

The last concert of this tour, on May 26th 2012 at Hammersmith Apollo , London , was professionally filmed and recorded for a DVD.

Tour dates

date	country	city	Venue	Guest 1	Guest 2
First leg Europe
June 7, 2011	Netherlands	Tilburg	013	-	-
June 9, 2011	Sweden	Solvesborg	Sweden Rock Festival
June 11, 2011	Finland	Tampere	Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
June 14, 2011	Norway	Oslo	spectrum
June 15, 2011	Norway	Mountains	Grieg Hall
June 17, 2011	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhell Festival
June 19, 2011	France	Clisson	Hellfest Summer Open Air
June 20, 2011	France	Paris	Le Zénith	Loaded
June 22, 2011	Italy	Milan	Gods of Metal Festival	-
June 23, 2011	Switzerland	Basel	Sonisphere Festival
June 25, 2011	Belgium	Dessel	Graspop Metal Meeting Festival
June 27, 2011	Germany	Munich	Zenith	Whitesnake
June 28, 2011	Czech Republic	Prague	O 2 arena
June 29, 2011	Austria	Vienna	Wiener Stadthalle
July 1, 2011	Serbia	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena (Београдска Арена)
July 3, 2011	Romania	Bucharest	Romexpo		Hatebreed
July 5, 2011	Greece	Athens	Faliro Coastal Olympic Complex (Ολυμπιακός Πόλος Φαλήρου)		Opeth
July 6, 2011	Greece	Thessaloniki	Kaftanzoglio Stadium (Καυτανζόγλειο Στάδιο)		Firewind
July 8, 2011	Bulgaria	Sofia	National Hippodrome (национален хиподрум)		-
July 10, 2011	Turkey	Istanbul	Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park		Mezarkabul
July 15, 2011	Great Britain	Newport	Newport Center	Queensrÿche	Rival Sons
July 16, 2011	Great Britain	Manchester	O 2 Apollo
July 17, 2011	Great Britain	Doncaster	The Dome Leisure Center
July 19, 2011	Great Britain	Glasgow	SECC
July 20, 2011	Great Britain	Newcastle	Metro Radio Arena
July 21, 2011	Great Britain	Wolverhampton	Civic Hall
July 23, 2011	Great Britain	London	High Voltage Festival	-	-
July 24, 2011	Great Britain	Bournemouth	International Center	Queensrÿche	Rival Sons
July 27, 2011	Portugal	Lisbon	Pavilhão Atlântico		-
July 29, 2011	Spain	La Coruña	Plaza de Toros	Motorhead	Saxon
July 30, 2011	Spain	Madrid	La Cubierta de Leganés
July 31, 2011	Spain	Bilbao	Bizkaia Arena
August 2, 2011	Spain	Barcelona	Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
August 5, 2011	Germany	Wacken	Wacken Open Air Festival	-	-
August 7, 2011	France	Colmar	Foire aux Vins Festival
August 9, 2011	Germany	Berlin	O 2 World	Sabaton
August 10, 2011	Poland	Katowice	Spodek	Vader	Exodus
August 11, 2011	Hungary	Budapest	Sziget Festival	-	-
Central / South America
September 10, 2011	Brazil	São Paulo	Estádio do Canindé	Whitesnake	-
September 11, 2011	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Citibank Hall
September 13, 2011	Brazil	Belo Horizonte	Marista / Chevrolet Hall
September 15, 2011	Brazil	Brasília	Ginásio Nilson Nelson
September 18, 2011	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón
September 20, 2011	Chile	Santiago de Chile	Movistar Arena
September 23, 2011	Colombia	Bogotá	Coliseo Cubierto El Campín
September 25, 2011	Venezuela	Caracas	Terraza del CCCT
September 27, 2011	Costa Rica	San Jose	Estadio Nacional
September 30, 2011	Mexico	Mexico city	Palacio de los Deportes
October 1, 2011	Mexico	Guadalajara	Telmex auditorium
October 3, 2011	Mexico	Monterrey	Auditorio Banamex
North America
October 12, 2011	United States	San Antonio, TX	AT&T Center	Thin Lizzy	Black Label Society
October 14, 2011	United States	Corpus Christi, TX	Concrete Street Amphitheater
October 15, 2011	United States	Houston, TX	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
October 16, 2011	United States	Allen, TX	All event centers
October 18, 2011	United States	Tucson, AZ	Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
October 19, 2011	United States	Chula Vista, CA	Cricket wireless amphitheater
October 21, 2011	United States	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona State Fair
October 22, 2011	United States	San Bernardino, CA	San Manuel Amphitheater
October 23, 2011	United States	Las Vegas, NV	The joint
October 25, 2011	United States	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Arena
October 25, 2011	United States	Los Angeles, CA	Gibson Amphitheater	Called off!
October 26, 2011	United States	Oakland, CA	Oracle Arena	Thin Lizzy	Black Label Society
October 27, 2011	United States	Concord, CA	Sleep Train Pavilion
October 29, 2011	United States	Seattle, WA	WaMu Theater
October 30, 2011	Canada	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena
November 1, 2011	Canada	Edmonton, AB	Shaw Conference Center
November 2, 2011	Canada	Calgary, AB	Scotiabank Saddledome
November 4, 2011	United States	West Valley City, UT	Maverik Center
November 5, 2011	United States	Broomfield, CO	1stBank Center
November 8, 2011	United States	Cincinnati, OH	US Bank Arena
November 9, 2011	United States	Springfield, IL	Prairie Capital Convention Center
November 10, 2011	United States	St. Louis, MO	The Family Arena
November 12, 2011	United States	Hammond, IN	The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
November 13, 2011	United States	Detroit, MI	Joe Louis Arena
November 15, 2011	United States	Cleveland, OH	Quicken Loans Arena
November 16, 2011	United States	Rochester, NY	The Armory
November 18, 2011	United States	East Rutherford, NJ	Izod Center
November 19, 2011	United States	Johnstown, PA	Cambria County War Memorial
November 20, 2011	United States	Lowell, MA	Tsongas Arena
November 22, 2011	Canada	Toronto, ON	Air Canada Center
November 23, 2011	Canada	Québec, QC	Colisee Pepsi Arena
November 24, 2011	Canada	Montreal, QC	Bell Center
November 26, 2011	United States	Reading, PA	Sovereign Center
November 27, 2011	United States	Winston-Salem, NC	Lawrence Joel Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
November 30, 2011	United States	Tampa, FL	1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheater
December 1, 2011	United States	Miami, FL	Bayfront Park Amphitheater
December 3, 2011	United States	Biloxi, MS	Hard Rock Biloxi Hotel & Casino
Second leg Asia
4th February 2012	South Korea	Seoul	Olympic Park	Crash	Diablo featuring Yim Jae-beom
February 7, 2012	Japan	Fukuoka	Sun Palace	-	-
February 9, 2012	Japan	Yokohama	Cacifico
February 11, 2012	Japan	Kobe	Kokusai Hall
February 13, 2012	Japan	Hiroshima	Alsok hall
February 14, 2012	Japan	Aichi	Art theater
February 16, 2012	Japan	Tokyo	Zepp
17th February 2012	Japan	Tokyo	Nippon Budōkan
February 20, 2012	Singapore	Singapore	Fort Canning Park	Lamb of God
Europe
April 14, 2012	Poland	Katowice	Spodek	-	-
April 16, 2012	Ukraine	Kiev	Sportpalace
April 18, 2012	Russia	Moscow	Crocus Hall
April 20, 2012	Russia	St. Petersburg	Jubileny
April 22, 2012	Finland	Helsinki	Helsingin Jäähalli	Hammerfall
April 24, 2012	Sweden	Linkoping	Cloetta Center
April 25, 2012	Sweden	Stockholm	Hovet
April 27, 2012	Germany	Hamburg	Gym	Thin Lizzy
April 28, 2012	Germany	Leipzig	arena
April 30, 2012	Germany	Muenster	Münsterlandhalle
May 1, 2012	Germany	Dusseldorf	Mitsubishi Electric Hall
May 3, 2012	Germany	Stuttgart	Porsche Arena
May 4, 2012	Germany	Nuremberg	arena
May 5, 2012	Austria	Linz	TipsArena
May 8, 2012	Czech Republic	Pardubice	ČEZ Aréna	-
May 9, 2012	Slovakia	Bratislava	Incheba
May 11, 2012	Italy	Mantua	Palabam
May 12, 2012	Switzerland	Freiburg in Üechtland	Forum
May 15, 2012	Spain	Madrid	Palacio Vistalegre
May 16, 2012	Spain	Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi
May 18, 2012	Spain	Seville	arena
May 20, 2012	Spain	Donostia-San Sebastian	Velodromo
May 23, 2012	Belgium	Antwerp	Lotto arena
May 24, 2012	Netherlands	Kerkrade	arena	Saxon
May 26, 2012	Great Britain	London	Hammersmith Apollo		Cobra and the Lotus

Setlist

On this tour, at least 1 song will be played from each album, except for the albums with Tim “Ripper” Owens . Since it is the last big tour, it also plays songs that have never been played live before and also the most popular songs. The fans could make suggestions for the setlist via the website. This is the final setlist:

1. Battle Hymn / Rapid Fire
2. Metal gods
3. Heading out to the highway
4. Judas Rising
5. Starbreaker
6. Victim of Changes
7. Never satisfied
8. Diamonds and Rust (Acoustic & Metal Version)
9. Dawn of Creation / Prophecy
10. Night crawler
11. Turbo lover
12. Beyond the Realms of Death
13. The Sentinel
14. Blood Red Skies
15. The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)
16. Breaking the Law
17. Painkiller
18. The Hellion / Electric Eye
19. Hell Bent for Leather
20. You've Got Another Thing Comin '
21. Living after Midnight ¹

¹Has not yet played in Tilburg , Sölvesborg , Bergen , Clisson , Manchester and Miami .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 2011 EPITAPH Tour Dates. Retrieved September 5, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Japan Tour Dates for 2012. Accessed September 5, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Setlist Epitaph World Tour. Retrieved September 5, 2011 .