Judas Priest Taking Epitaph Tour To America

Judas Priest have announced the first North American leg of their Epitaph World Tour, and they'll be joined on the road by Thin Lizzy and Black Label Society.

Here's the dates:

Oct. 12 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center
Oct. 14 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Ampitheater
Oct. 15 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Oct. 16 - Allen, TX - Allen Event Center
Oct. 18 - Tucson, AZ - Ava Ampitheater
Oct. 19 - San Diego, CA - Cricket Wireless Ampitheater
Oct. 21 - Phoenix, AZ - AZ State Fair
Oct. 22 - San Bernardino, CA - San Manuel Ampitheater
Oct. 23 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock
Oct. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Ampitheater
Oct. 26 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
Oct. 29 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater
Oct. 30 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
Nov. 01 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Center
Nov. 02 - Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
Nov. 04 - Salt Lake City, UT - Maverik Center
Nov. 05 - Denver, CO - 1st Bank Center
Nov. 12 - Chicago, IL - The Venue At Horeshoe Casino
Nov. 13 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
Nov. 18 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center

The band were recently rocked by the depature of guitarist KK Downing, but they have announced that his replacement will be former Voodoo Six / Lauren Harris guitarist Richie Faulkner.

Meanwhile, the band have also announced a couple of new box sets (release dates TBC)

1. "Single Cuts" CD-singles box set:

• The complete U.K. CBS/Columbia singles from 1977-2008 featuring all 7" and 12" tracks.
• All singles will carry original artwork.
• This box will only be available online and sold through the official JUDAS PRIEST web site.

2. The "Classic Albums Collection":

• Timed for the start of the U.S. tour
• Box set featuring all the albums from the classic lineup years, including first two Gull records
• Includes 17 albums (19 discs in total)
• All remastered albums with original artwork

(Blabbermouth)