Judas Priest - Live Defenders In Montreal 1984 -REMASTERED AUDIO-

[@freddyferrillo9704]

This tour and the Screaming for Vengeance tour in 82 and the Turbo Tour in 86 is the absolute best era for Judas Priest. This is when bands played real instruments from the deepest part of their souls for the sheer adrenaline rush. Nowadays it seems like all the artist do it for money. There will never be a time like the early to mid 80s again. I'm just glad I was at that prime age in this era. 19! When I saw this tour in Madison Square Garden I was only 19. I'm 51 now!! This took place 32 years ago people!

[@tedpaszko8274]

Agreed man we'll said

[@RabidGerry]

I was only a baby then, but I discovered priest when it was mid 90s and very uncool. But they became my most favourite band ever. I personally think the tours you mentioned with the addition Mercenaries of Metal tour for the Ram It Down album are the best period. Check out the bootlegs floating around from that your I mentioned, they're awesome. Still love all the 70s stuff too but from 82' to 90 was crazily special for me at least. Like magic or something.

[@ОлегСоколов-р1к]

Я услышал этот альбом в 88м и до сих пор слушаю с удовольствием! Это лучший альбом в стиле хеви метал всех времён!

[@deanpesaturo6401]

I’m partial to the 1976-83 era myself actually; like when they had Les Binks playing his specifically designed drum set starting with the Sin After Sin album onto Unleashed In The East Tour.. sadly his last one ☝️ Sincerely, DJP Anal C__t; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by copyright infringement law worldwide Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite literally and obvious by this point of our history! ❤ Yeah.? And I think quite a lot of people would disagree with you only because the eras they discovered a band is usually gonna be their favourite one.58 in June, but I have been to see them on a half dozen occasions where they headlined with Maiden on the latter’s 1981 Killers release touting their first time in America and imho with the greatest lineup ever. Di’Anno and Clive Burr on vocals and drums respectively. Next year they did that same thing on the albums both Screaming For Vengeance and The Number Of The Beast with Dickheadson and Pat Travers Band’s former drummer: Nicko McBrain replacing the former two members and as the genre of Speed/Thrash Metal was becoming bigger in this filthy industry I too am involved with; bands which these others were influenced by aren’t as in fashion anymore and then came the alternative bands into the early’90’s gaining more popularity, but like they say. History always comes back again and after 30 yrs here we are, yes? ❤

[@BenGomez-tk8yr]

Damn,guys, we're old,lol. but we'll always those memories forever,in our mind. No one can ever take that away.

[@lewis121701]

Defenders of the faith..... The greatest album of all time...^-^

[@basslvck]

+lewis121701 Hell Yeah!

[@Paulmatthew22]

+lewis121701 My brother didn't like it,.He's a BITCH

[@d.wilkins5178]

+Paul Grady Yeah, screw him for having an opinion. (I love the album, by the way.)

[@Paulmatthew22]

+D. Wilkins hey. check out the new Disturbed record. was never a big fan. But the whole CD totally rocks Wilk. You'll love it

[@d.wilkins5178]

Paul Grady I like Disturbed. What makes you think I would like them?

[@jntdhome]

This is METAL ladies and gentlemen. Like a fine wine it's aging beautifully. Listen to Halford's banshee wail!

[@mickyjones8500]

devastated to hear Glenn will not be touring with the boys due to Parkinson's. it breaks my heart. a true legend among legends.

[@glennsmiley7704]

Me too. He is my absolute favorite guitarist of time🤟

[@EricMoncel]

I was this show insane…awesome tks guys for the amazing show

[@martinouellette9672]

I was there!!! 32 years ago! I was 17... Thank you for this Tyger! I'm young again!

[@stuph4kewlkidz151]

I was there to. I hope I did`nt hit you with a wooden chair when things went sideways! Lol🤘

[@marcletourneau2851]

me too...same age too....first metal show of my life...what a way to start.... :)

[@timwatterson3275]

I was 23 my pops put jim beam in coke can to get it in...the people next to us were puff it up up and I didn't have an option

[@Spydrfngrz]

My first concert. In Kalamazoo MI USA had to close on dates my favorite album.

[@isabellecannet6391]

Années 70 80 leur meilleur annees

[@FranciscoSoberanes]

THE METALLIAN 00:00:00 - Love Bites 00:05:52 - Jawbreaker 00:09:57 - Grinder 00:14:27 - Metal Gods 00:19:00 - Breaking The Law 00:22:08 - Sinner 00:30:03 - Desert Plains 00:35:16 - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll 00:40:00 - The Sentinel 00:45:45 - Rock Hard Ride Free 00:51:46 - Night Comes Down 00:56:05 - The Hellion + Electric Eye 01:00:25 - Heavy Duty + Defenders Of The Faith 01:05:55 - Victim Of Changes 01:14:35 - FreeWheel Burning 01:20:09 - The Green Manalishi with the two-pronged crown 01:25:32 - Living After Midnight + (John Arthur Is Riding On his Wind) 01:31:20 - Hell Bent For Leather 01:36:48 - You've Got Another Thing Comin' Rising From Darkness Where Hell Hath No Mercy And The Screams Of Vengeance Echo On Forever, Only Those Who Keep The Faith Shall Escape The Wrath Of The Metallian . . . MASTER OF ALL METAL

[@pinchegreg1]

Francisco Soberanes well done

[@cutsrosescents4950]

Francisco Soberanes That was printed on the album.Just so you children raised on mp3s know.

[@AbrarTheQureshi]

Francisco Soberanes look at this fuckin playlist...unbelievable! all these songs all live!! I can't imagine how it would be to be in this concert with halford at his prime... wtf what a playlist to listen to halford at his prime... those lucky sob's... I hope they knew what they were witnessing

[@cutsrosescents4950]

John Landis Right now,at 4:42 am,while drinking coffee,I am lamenting getting rid of my Maranz receiver. Music has never been the same.

[@freddyferrillo9704]

Abrar Qureshi you Millennial.s missed Out! Sorry! This tour and the Screaming for Vengeance tour two years before this and the Turbo Tour two years after this were the absolute best era for Judas Priest. I seen all three of those tours. And I knew at the time that I was witnessing a Legacy! The early to mid 80s were not only the best era for Priest but Iron Maiden too. And I saw them with Judas Priest. I also saw the Piece of Mind tour and Powerslave. And like Priest, I knew I was watching a living legacy.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

I love how pretty much the entire album was played live, with the exception of 1 song

[@chromebull884]

They did play Eat Me Alive on early dates of the tour and again later when they reunited in the 2000's

[@jonzaker8880]

I saw the first show for this tour in Niagara Falls NY 🤘🏼 killer album

[@WastedYears76]

The album was so tight and consistent … even on the Fuel For Life tour they were still playing half of it by my reckoning. Best Priest album!

[@koonchorncharoensiriwat6059]

I appreciate Defenders of the Faith album by Judas Priest. 👍 It has been one of masters for heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal, etc. forever.

[@billdowhower335]

For Anyone to scream and have the vocal range Halford has had is entire 50 year career is amazing and damn near humanly impossible! I'll take his vocal skills even on an off day than 90%of long time singers!

[@FreeMTrider]

These guys were fucking pros! Not many bands who play like this in the studio let alone live. A band like Motley Crue would be totally lost trying to play a set like this or even play their own songs as good. Priest was just a bad ass band and still is.

[@richjones655]

i saw them hammersmith odeon same year i think or 83 i wasnt a fan before i was an acdc freak with blinkers on and believe me they took them off they were technically amazing.

[@jceyx_6494]

FreeMTrider early motley crue played well. I think they had alot of potential playing good live if Vince stepped his game up. in fact the band is good. it's just Vince that sucks live.

[@ivc5150]

Wish bands would go out with stage sets like this now, instead of the awful screens everyone uses.

[@sglider]

+Ian Connaghan Yep, and I also miss the use of spotlights. Makes the whole thing much more of a spectacle.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Iron Maiden still use sets like this. Although theirs are much more elaborate

[@aidancuddy888]

It’s very very expensive if not, out of most bands budgets.

[@DannyGadish]

same

[@jasoncookman3158]

Bands can't music now

[@gmanhirt8818]

a true live experience--no in ear monitors just pure stage volume! All Hail the Metal Gods! and huge staircases to run up and down with no broken bones!

[@Michael-zf5lq]

One of the greatest concerts I ever saw. Stage performance you do not see these days.

[@lovedc4ever678]

Judas Priest. At long last getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Astounding live recording, "Defenders of the Faith" by FAR my favorite album! So freaking blessed to have been around for this HISTORIC metal band. Special love out to the baddest of the bad, GLENN TIPTON.

[@JohnLeSieur]

I was there somewhere in the red seats and it was by far the best show I have seen in my life! That stage was really impressive in 1984.

[@j.rossdavis4078]

+John LeSieur Right on man! I remember seeing the lasers coming from the eyes during the intro to Love Bites! Awesome concert!!

[@JohnLeSieur]

+J. Ross Davis It was really awesome!! Still have goosebumps when I watch the video.

[@serpenthands]

Hell yeah daddy lfsT

[@Mtl3944]

Memories of the Forum....wish I could go back

[@JohnLeSieur]

@@serpenthands 🤣🤣🤣

[@bretttrommler756]

Saw them live twice back in the 80's. Once in '82 on the SfV tour in the Seattle Center Arena. Then again a couple years later on this tour in the Tacoma Dome. Absolutely one of the best live bands ever. And this tour... I mean, what a set list!

[@irish-kk1tq]

Amazing footage but dark and grainy. Let the 80's live forever ...Best album/lineup for Priest

[@jackhello6507]

Saw this show at the thomas and mack center in las vegas. Might be the best ahoe ive ever seen. Long lasting memory. The stage was unreal.

[@davemichener]

My first real rock concert in my life I was 15 I had goose bumps half of the show!! One of the best concerts I’ve ever been to in my life!!! Saw them at the Spectrum in Philadelphia!

[@jesuspuig1355]

Hello good morning Dave. Your comment made me laugh because when I was also 15 years old I saw our Defenders in Barcelona on the Fuel Tour. opened the Warlock concert (Doro and her people). from RockaRolla to Painkiller I have all their records. I met them when I was 12 years old with Screaming,,,. It is beautiful to remember our Judas Metallian, my gray hair disappears. Health and Freedom to all metal headbangers.

[@williamboyer2983]

Great work on redoing the Audio here

[@cyberdon9668]

Defenders was the heavy metal bible.

[@paulhabat4217]

Hell Bent for Leather was the Metal Bible !! But depends on what generation of priest you grew up on.

[@RossoNero1987]

Half of their discography is a part of heavy metal bible

[@SPGRAMPA1]

Dude i was like 8-9yrs old whn this tour was goin on.My dad baught me the album.This is a true time machine.I love the 80's!!Judas Priest!!👊🇺🇸🎆👍

[@denisryan3319]

Dave Holland's Drumming is unreal.

[@sheldonbazinga3985]

J'ai assisté à cette tournée avec Ted Nugent en première partie...Impressionnant.. Vraiment le meilleur concert de ma vie

[@TotalSinging]

Great White opened this tour in America. I had the pleasure of seeing this tour at the infamous Madison Square Garden show where people tore up the seats. That's how epic the show. People went crazy from the energy.

[@michaelj3414]

Yup. I was at the Maple Leaf Gardens show in Toronto, also with Great White opening. Awesome show!

[@slowemm]

I saw JP on this tour at Alpine Valley WI and the opening act was Kick Axe. Great show from Priest.

[@crazycat6272]

i saw them at garden & 2 days before in Nassau Coliseum. they both were insane. but m.s.g. was worse. fights before show broke out all over the floor seats. fireworks . blockbusters were thrown down to floor seats people were getting hurt.. i was actually scared. excellent performance! at end almost everyone ripping out seat cushions & like frisbees all made to stage . pile was about 3 foot high across the stage.. most insane show i ever saw .. as far as people acting like animals!

[@crazycat6272]

i found actual recording of that show on utube.. no picture but sound.. if you listen closely in beginning..thats fireworks not part of the show...✌

[@tommorris5069]

I saw that tour, too. They sounded just like their albums.

[@sheribloomer1081]

i was at this one in phoenix az and it was the best concert i ever went to. the stage was awesome.

[@71rcode72]

Wasn't expecting to like this show... they are great here! Drumming is much stronger than on the records (looking back 30 years). Amazing how tight and flawless they are as a unit!

[@LoganFK]

Underrated tour! Nearly the full album played! Badass stage and robs highest notes. The metallian is the coolest priest creature to me.

[@thesentinelsfootballchanne3212]

THIS IS THE SAME DUDE WHO RECORDED VAN HALEN'S 1984 TOUR! GOD BLESS YOU!

[@massimopescatori6514]

In Love Bites the highest note ever reached by Rob ... Do#6(C#6)... what wonderful singer he his ... THE METAL GOD !

[@ScreamingDoug]

Amazing show!! Thanks so much! VOC and The Sinner absolutely slay!!! lml Saw the Philly show of this tour. My first show ever. All the boots of this tour still hold up. This is the peak of the Priest for sure! lml lml

[@afterburner2869]

I saw this very tour in San Francisco. My ears rang for three days.

[@KirkM70]

I saw them two years later, Halford's voice never cracked and they played for 2 and a half hours........and my ears rang for 2 days LOL.

[@jasonsmith6408]

Mine too! Lmao

[@jasonsmith6408]

@@KirkM70 I saw them last year IB n Va Beach. Halford hasn't lost a step

[@headbangermetal5929]

imagine how rob halford's ears will be

[@afterburner2869]

Headbanger Metal You bring up a very interesting point. If my ears rang for three days after just one show, how do guys in rock bands do it all the time. Is it not as loud on stage because they are behind the big speakers? Ear plugs maybe? I’ve often wondered how they are not complete deaf after a few shows.

[@ENRIAG]

The Sentinnel it is the best Judas Priest song!...

[@Paulmatthew22]

+ENRIAG No,.Jawbreaker

[@shreddersteve2663]

+Paul Matthew G. Well nearly every songs of Judas Priest are really good, so it's really hard to decide which Priest song is the best.

[@tomdipietro8814]

Freewheel burning

[@retrolu5872]

All defenders of the faith songs are great

[@OscarSanchez-ow4di]

I wish I could live those days of metal.

[@ScottMabry-v3k]

My God, my God I graduated in 1984 in California.… It was great.

[@kaseybuckner8326]

It was surreal. Saw this tour in Dallas. I believe this era was the end of early metal. After this, metal began to be “processed” and Priest went that way too, as Turbo was… the death of this.

[@musik_non_stop]

being a teen in 1983. Man, nothing like it. I never got over it and I am 54 still listening almost daily to all my 80s metal records

[@DevCom666]

Thanks for remastering the sound. Just wish it was done in between, to make things consistent. This was such a magical time for Priest (even when Rob was severely out of key). They had such incredible energy back then. Can't think of one band today that has this ind of talent today. Amazing.

[@bigman55434]

My first concert ever was during this tour, at the St Paul Civic Center in St Paul, Minnesota. The first song was Love Bites, and the sheer amount of bass in that arena was unbelievable. This mix is great, but in no way does it do justice to the killer bass in that venue at the time. I was in row 9 main floor, and I was nearly deaf for 3 days. It was unbelievable. I have never experienced a concert like this since then. Best $20 I ever spent.

[@ronniemontgomery8175]

Brings back great memories. I saw them at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas in 1984 on this tour. Great White opened for them. At the time Great White's most popular song was Stick It. The entire Defenders of the Faith album was fantastic IMO. Rob Halfords range is incredible. Thanks for posting this video..

[@walterhall5384]

SAW THIS TOUR TWICE IN SOUTHER CAL. w/ great white on their first and best album....I"m old !

[@bobbysimpson5540]

KK's Lead on Jawbreaker is one of the best ever. Thanks for sharing.

[@jamesgreywolf1920]

This was my first metal concert, in Irvine Meadows in California. I've been a die hard priest fan ever since. The best part about priest as a band is, the older they get the better they get!

[@larsnilsson3438]

Damn right!

[@TreatzTMA]

Incredible that this exists!! Thanks for the recording and upload!!

[@jamesmarocco5461]

Saw them on this tour in Worcester Ma and twice on Turbo tour and then most recently, one of their Epitaph shows. By far this tour was the best I saw, Rob hit every note and the band was tight. Love these guys. Thanks for posting, audio is great.

[@perlofgren9589]

I was at that show. Great White opened up. It was my first concert and I was 15. We had killer seats on the risers to the right of the stage. Rob looked right at us a bunch of times cause we were going fuckin nuts. I saw them on Turbo, Ram it Down, And Painkiller too. I have the best memories from this tour though.

[@Madmetalmaniac42069]

Per Lofgren Rob really struggled with his voice due to his addiction sometimes during the 84 tour, but this was pretty good. Great White was great too at this time. Lol, wish I could have been born in the mid sixties so I could have seen these tours. They were all great.

[@perlofgren9589]

***** I didn't' notice any problems with Rob's voice at any of the shows I saw (84, 86, 88, 91). Of course, I was so excited to be watching them live I may have overlooked any imperfections. I thought the 91 show at the AJ Polombo Center in Pittsburgh, PA was especially good. When they played "Beyond the Realms of Death" I was in heavy metal nirvana!

[@Madmetalmaniac42069]

Per Lofgren Rob was extremely excellent in both 88 and 91. 90 was a little shaky, seemed like he was forcing some of the notes. IMO, 91 was his last year where he seemed to be at the best he ever could be every show. He only started to have issues at some shows in 84, you can tell from the live version of Night Comes Down from one of the remasters that he was having a lot of problems with his high range and some mid range stuff. I know what you mean by being so excited to see them live, I overlook any shortcomings when I see them today (I saw them in 2011, and I just saw them again on the fourteenth of this month). I first remember that Rob is still insane for being 63 years old. He sounds better than a lot of people do in their prime still to this day, and his low range is exceptionally improved, which is astounding. Some of the growls he lets out during Victim of Changes and Valhalla put me beside myself, and some nights when they do Victim it rivals some of the performances they did in the early 90s and, IMHO, blows the 82 - 86 versions out of the water.

[@jamesmarocco5461]

***** Were you at the show in Lowell MA last Tuesday? I was there.

[@ivanmiguel955]

Meu Deus!! Já faz um tempão!!! Eu tinha 13 anos e já era fã dos Deuses do Metal!!! Muito Bom !!!!

[@juliancarsini6048]

The Defenders of the Faith Tour came to Toronto, Canada on April 2nd, 1984, almost a week after this Montreal show & it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to in the almost 40 years I have been going to concerts! The Priest were in top form, the Metallian stage set was incredible, & the crowd at the Gardens that night was in fine form! Haha, back then, there was so much pot smoke & cigarette smoke that you could hardly see the other side of the arena! Amazing memories!

[@SZPWS1777]

To see this footage, and level of performance from the Defender's tour is absolutely incredible. Honestly, how awesome is this ?? I was supposed to see them in Biloxi, Ms. on this tour, but at only 13, Dad wasn't having any of it. :P Thanks for uploading this vid, it is greatly appreciated.

[@Chronologo]

SZPWS1777 Halford just got clean before this tour, you can already tell if you compare the British Steel tour performances (which are still great) with the ones from this tour.

[@Chronologo]

***** Yeah you're right I messed up the dates

[@jasondecarlo9970]

***** Actually Halford went to rehab and was sober during the Turbo writing sessions, recording, and tour.

[@larsnilsson3438]

I saw Judas Priest on this tour, in Stockholm and in ´88 and ´91, Painkiller with Pantera as supporting band.

[@jonmcburney4301]

I was at this freaking awesome show in SAN Antonio. TX Freeman Coliseum. 1984 i was 14 years old One of the best concert in my life My ears were ringing for days my brain switched a . Judas priest 👍 my number one and great band.

[@jonmcburney4301]

Thanks for your comment. 1984 i would love to live this day all over again . great white and special guest Megadeth main event ( JUDAS PRIEST!!!! ). Concert

[@ericlarrivee9373]

I was 14 too in Montreal this very show .

[@noemsayn7815]

You and i went to the same show man, I was 21, high on brick weed from Mexico. Halford was at his best during these years. You cut your teeth on the right stuff ! Went to a JP show last year and i could tell it took a lot out of Halford, in his 60s and still bang'n it out. Hope you enjoy the rest of your life dude. Have a happy!

[@scottmayoh6299]

Yeah I was 13. My brother came up one day and asked me if I wanted to see Priest. Had no idea who they were buy said "well yeah". ( We saw a LOT of random bands together back then.) Have been a fan since that day.

[@rockhurstalum09]

Nice video! Finally get to see rare live footage of Jawbreaker, Night Comes Down, Heavy Duty and Defenders of the Faith.

[@marctommolino774]

This is a different audio to this show. I have the original bootleg for this show , and I can tell it’s not the same

[@billdowhower335]

Been a big fan since British Steel first blew me away in 1980 at 15! Only got to see them twice though!

[@canuckeh782]

saw this tour in Toronto when i was 20. awesome!! 1 rented van , 4 guys ,2 hot chicks and good weed. good times lol

[@tomdipietro8814]

I saw them on that tour when I was 15.

[@paulguitarcovers842]

i was born in 93,the fact that we can see this today is amazing

[@toddsmith4704]

Best tour they ever did in my eyes ! Was a great show !

[@allornadaaccordingtojack7601]

OMG!! Thank you for posting this!!! This is one tour that I did not catch, and I've seen Priest 9 times in my lifetime.

[@JFPriest]

Hell of a Set List. Including my all time favorite "Grinder".

[@dariuslawson8151]

I saw this concert in Johnson city Tn. @ a little venue called Freedom Hall (less then 10,000 seats) on 07061984 with Savoy Brown. @ the end of the show when Halford came out on the bike, it viberated so much that i nearly threw up. I saw them again 2 days later in Knoxville Tn, @ the Colosioum, a 15,000 seat hall. MUCH BETTER! My wife ask, "Why is it, the more people, the better a band sounds?" I didn't know the reason until i played a full 3,000 seat Moose club in Nitro West Virginia after playing to the bartending staff the night before.. People absorb sound!

[@EattheApple666]

Defenders was my first show Brendan Byrne arena East Rutherford NJ. Fucking unbelievable.

[@prospin72]

que de souvenirs cette époque, j'avais 17 ans quand ils sont venu a PARIS a l'espace Balard 11 février 1984 , nous avions eu le droit a la HARLEY en ouverture . Mon premier grand concert

[@Erhudreamer]

awesome! saw the same concert in Ottawa. Privlaged beyond measure!

[@johntzaferis1296]

Haha me also at 16

[@TreatzTMA]

Same…just shy of 16

[@paulespinosa5195]

Priests on my TOP 5 GREATEST infuences in Rock/Metal,different decades/genre #1jimi60s Beatles/ lennon,70szep,tull80smaiden😊

[@floydturner143]

great video Ricky.I saw this show with my buddies at the old Winnipeg arena.Back when I was young and I had hair on my head and none on my chest.thanx for the memories

[@mickyjones8500]

best version of Night Comes Down EVER!

[@j.rossdavis4078]

I saw the same concert at the Lloyd Noble in Norman, OK that summer. Kick Axe opened for Priest. Best concert ever!

[@TheMtnManFromTennessee]

J. Ross Davis Saw them with Kick Axe also. Did the guitarist for KA stand up on the bass drums? He did that here, and they slid apart, and down he went.

[@OpnDoarPlcy]

TheMtnMan From Tennessee Kick Axe fukin' rules! Not over Priest, but you catch my meaning.

[@j.rossdavis4078]

+TheMtnMan From Tennessee lol...chyt I can't remember! I was impressed with them tho. Never forget that night!

[@sharonellis8776]

Poor picture quality, but audio is really good ! xx

[@sandragrohola3354]

I was able to see this tour in Detroit! I still remember everyone leaving after, still singing Defenders of the Faith!! Still one of my top 10 shows!

[@clintlandrum9498]

GT belongs in the coolest guitarists club. Love that guy. Blessings to him.

[@zengreen9527]

To see them live on this tour with the band in there prime would be absolutely magical. Thank you for posting this.

[@perfeitorafael]

A rare moment: Night Comes Down around 52:00

[@dalmor33]

55.04 this is Rob!!!

[@christerholmgren5483]

Blistering singing, epic guitars

[@EricRPinzonOfficial]

they are playing night comes down on their current tour.....just saw them in Colombia...amazing surprise!!

[@emptymorphous]

That's what I've come for :)

[@richardbelisle4807]

The drums here are amazing

[@andresilveirazo8201]

The great band of heavy metal

[@ironmaidenfan2144]

Ian hidden in the darkness as usual. Great great bass-player!

[@BrianMarto]

I went to the Toronto show and meet Rob,KK and Ian , my ears were ringing for over a week, I was 12 rows back, one of the loudest shows I seen in the 80;s

[@ctfirepitpistolandcigar512]

Dave Holland-so solid- never missing a beat

[@bigblackbearhunter]

agree !

[@johnp1787]

1. Unleashed in the East 2. Sad Wings of Destiny 3. Killing Machine 4. British Steel 5. Stained Class 6. Screaming for Vegence

[@gio048]

FANTASTIC AUDIO, VIDEO IS HORRIBLE, ONLY 240 ON MY END. GREAT CONCERT.

[@evandroramos2464]

1976 - Sad Wings Of Destiny 1984 - Defenders Of The Faith 1990 - Painkiller 2014 - Redeemer Of Souls Metal Gods \m/

[@janborrowitz]

Martin I am glad you like Sin after Sin too !!! Its a great LP. My personal TOP 5. - 1.Hell bent 2.Defenders 3.Screaming 4.Sin after Sin 5.Painkiller

[@haradream7394]

And if anyone cares, here's mine 1.Painkiller (1990) 2.Firepower (2018) 3. Stained Class (1978)

[@yamilo.nievesayala156]

My list: 1) Sad Wings of destiny 2) Sin after Sin 3) Point of entri 4)Screaming for Vengeance 5) Defenders of the Faith Sorry for the typing errors

[@patolucaspato163]

Sceaming...!

[@bagofbones95]

Top 5: 1. Defenders of the faith 2. Stained Class 3. Killing machine 4. Screaming for vengeance 5. Painkiller 5.

[@carlosnp8319]

Qué grandes son los Judas Priest son muy buenos

[@scott2694]

I almost went to the Tacoma Dome show that tour, but I didn't, then I heard someone got stabbed (later died) in the crowd. I saw them the 3 previous tours (British Steel, Point of Entry, Screaming for Vengeance) and those shows were great. These were the days when bands were real and tickets were very affordable! Thank goodness for sites like youtube so we can see how it used to be! Thanks to all who post these shows!

[@georgeperez6928]

Scott D saw them that year 84' at the long beach arena yes my ticket was only $13.00.awesome show one of my most memorable

[@Moondra3]

George Perez Oh hell yeah!!!! I went to that show too. I was 14, (first JP tour was Screaming for Vengeance in '82 and I haven't missed one since!, well okay with the exception when Halford was gone) Remember they broadcast this show on KMET???? I told a bud of mine to record it on cassette or I wasn't going to get him a shirt! LOL. I still have that original tape, I listen to it about once a year.. still sounds crisp and clean just like that night. Sorry for the rant, it's 1:20am, had a bit of coffee (oops, I swear I thought it was decaf!) and now I'm in Priest mode! LOL Have a good one! \m/

[@666mathew]

+Scott D Those were the days when Rob Halford didn't crouch down, squint, and rely on a teleprompter.

[@Williameagleblanket]

+Moondra3 I remember the broadcast was KLOS for Defenders of the Faith. My tape got lost unfortunately.

[@user-ou7ni6su6h]

My first concert December 13th 1983 Glasgow Apollo Scotland

[@marc3dartist601]

I was there. I was 15 years old. Great White was the opening...

[@lycanhunter5622]

Caught this tour in Salt Lake City , I was 14... met my first girlfriend at this show... miss those days, the 80’s were awesome for metal 🤘

[@patrickkellogg6031]

Wouldn't it be great if JP released a professionally-shot, crystal clear concert DVD of this tour?

[@octaviooliveri9387]

Great show from the golden age of metal! thanks for upload!

[@salvatoreturieo7128]

Damm I was there, I was on the right side in front of glenn, had a Montreal Canadiens red hat and a priest defenders shirt. What a blast from the past. I was 18.

[@nelsonsantiago3426]

Thanks for putting this up. My first concert was Priest on this tour with Great White in New Haven, CT.

[@rogermanz4262]

First class of Metal

[@vinaymulukutla358]

Kind of sad that there doesn't exist much high quality footage of Judas Priest on the 1984 Defenders Tour like there does with Screaming and Turbo. Not sure why they didn't make a video seeing that the Defenders Tour was a massive and prolific tour, especially in North America and the album went Platinum in both the USA and Canada.

[@jamesgeorge994]

great concert i was at the tacoma dome show the same yr when i was a sr in high school!!!!!!!!!!!now rock shows are pretty much just a big video screen behind the performers sad really.bring back stuff like this this shit ROCKS not lame video screens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mrbrians.vitullo2138]

JUDAS PRIEST this is the lineup I want too see LIIVE soon as possible WE ARE DEFENDER'S OF THE FAITH. o yeah singer needs to. grow his hair long ROCK METAL friends 🍺 cheers !

[@MrShangtsung]

En este concierto Rob Halford tiene problemas para cantar las partes altas e exigentes! Estaba enfermo o quizas estaba fatigado por este Tour 😢

[@frankmcgee3213]

Defenders Tour was my first concert, in Lakeland Florida with Kick Axe opening. First and only time I ever went on the floor...lol. First row on the sides from then on. Became more interested in the music and production of the show than being shoved all over the place. Went from about third row when Axe came on to about 50 yards back by the time Priest came onstage. All in all, a great time. First of many times seeing Priest. PS. The audio on this vid is really great.

[@Edenssunlight]

Awesome this actual show was my first major venue metal show.. It was pretty cold that night back in Montreal and I still remember the smell of hash burning..lol

[@bmay81]

Damn it, his voice is so much better than in the 90’s I don’t know what the hell happens, he blew his vocals out after painkiller?

[@inlakesh555]

Likely... also his lifestyle had to change

[@mr.brenman2132]

Everyone's voice ages.

[@galowadesgi]

My first Priest concert....Norman, OK! One of the best ever!

[@559043]

Priest was the best during the late 70's up to the Defenders album. Weren't the same after Holland.

[@nabuconosor]

La mejor version en vivo de The Sentinel, dinanico energico, poderoso!

[@glenalexander5367]

I saw this show, in the Hampton coliseum. Great white opened. Best show ever.

[@solarisfx7151]

Que poderosos!!! Qué sonido más potente y Halford con una voz inmensa. Sin duda un conciértazo. Que grandes los JUDAS Forever

[@billdowhower335]

They are extremely fast, tight and relentless here!!

[@sicklettuce]

I love how fast they play jawbreaker

[@deanpesaturo6401]

Yeah, they’re playing every single number faster due to the generous amount of cocaine and vodka Rob was ingesting at the time and since has been cleared up for nearly 33+ years. I mean, it’s hard enough to come out of the closet and he’s still finding himself when he forms Two; whatever the fuck that was lol; Now C’mon. You mean to tell me nobody in Priest’s fold knew about his lifestyle as a gay man? Isn Hill had said that he would never step foot on stage with Halford ever again after he had. Funny thing about money and popularity though, isn’t it.? Rob the true gentleman that he is forgave those comments and still kept his ass in the band’s lineup, didn’t he? He gave an interview saying “ I’m going out there every night dressed up like Glenn from the Village People and nobody was the wiser? Jesus Christ almighty man!’ Not to mention he began the entire Heavy Metal outfit looks with denim and leather as unsuspecting kids are wearing a BDSM outfit without a clue of what gay men’s fashion apparel looks like lol!’ Saxon named an album called this specifically from their looks 👀.50+ years later they are still touring together despite some serious changes without K.K. Downing being in their band and sadly now Glenn Tipton’s development of Parkinson’s disease is a mighty blow for them as well. They were from Birmingham alongside Black Sabbath’s housing project which was right down the road from a few of their families too. Priest had more in common with bands like Budgie and Status Quo up until they found their own sound post-1975; and indeed the Sad Wings Of Destiny showed their creativity off in spades and they kept that very same song list from the mid-70’s until the British Steel Lp and cranked it out on the Screaming For Vengeance album especially with The Hellion/ Electric Eye and the title track showing Halford’s range and then continued on Defenders Of The Faith along with some cooler licks from both Downing and Tipton with songs like Jawbreaker and The Sentinel going full throttle playing some of their fanciest material in almost an entire decade’s time. I was so grateful for their recognition of perfection earning them the induction into The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Even acts whom should’ve not had to wait as long for their own music to be appreciated like Sabbath and Pink Floyd needed to be patient ( like they gave two shits about it), but it is still a prestigious institution that I knew they’d deserved a lot earlier than when they actually did get accepted/ voted in. So it goes. Sincerely, DJP Anal Cunt; Postmortem and Kilslug Sony ; Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by copyright infringement laws worldwide via Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka quite literally and obvious by this point in our history 🇺🇸 sad but true indeed. 🥂

[@FloridaDave_]

I saw this tour In St. Paul, MN