Priest, Megadeth, Testament: Ireland Explodes

We got the news today: Judas Priest are coming back. As if their last show here wasn’t mind blowing enough, they’re returning for more. The band will play the newly refurbished and renamed O2 in Dublin on Feb 10th, while the Odyssey Arena in Belfast will get its turbo love on Feb 11th.

It gets better - Megadeth are coming out for the support, and if you missed their last tour then it bears reminding that they played like a band reborn. Testament fill out the lineup. Pick your jaws up off the floors folks, and see you down the front.

Keep your eyes on Metalireland in the coming months for more on what’s sure to be the heavy metal event of 2009, including a special, one-off series of vintage reviews and some other nice gubbins as well. You think we’d let this one go without a party? Not fucking likely!