Metal Conqueror Tour

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Associated albumDefenders of the Faith
Start date20 January 1984
End date13 September 1984
No. of shows125
Metal Conqueror Tour
Tour by Judas Priest
Associated albumDefenders of the Faith
Start date20 January 1984
End date13 September 1984
No. of shows125
Judas Priest concert chronology

The Metal Conqueror Tour was a concert tour by English heavy metal band Judas Priest in support of the album Defenders of the Faith. It ran from 20 January until 13 September 1984.

Following the tour, the band took a one-year hiatus from touring, apart from a brief performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert in Philadelphia.

Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, 3 February 1984, in San Sebastián, Spain

The 2015 release of Defenders of the Faith's 30th anniversary edition features the concert from 5 May 1984 in Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California in its entirety. Prior to this release, select tracks from the same concert were featured as bonus tracks on the 2001 remasters of Sin After Sin, British Steel, Defenders of the Faith, Priest...Live! and Ram It Down.

Production

The stage production featured a large drum riser prop in the shape of the Metallian that adorns the Defenders of the Faith album cover. During the concert, the band members would enter the stage through the prop's mouth, or under either of its raisable legs. Halford's staple live stunt of riding a motorcycle on stage also had him emerge from under one of the legs.

Europe warm-up leg

A special pre-Defenders of the Faith mini tour took place in the United Kingdom and Germany, which went from 12 to 22 December 1983 with support act Quiet Riot. They would also perform at the Rock Pop Festival at Westfalenhallen in Dortmund on 18 December with Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard and Quiet Riot.[1]

Setlist

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
12 December 1983 Newcastle England Newcastle City Hall
13 December 1983 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
15 December 1983 Manchester England Manchester Apollo
16 December 1983 London Hammersmith Odeon
17 December 1983
18 December 1983 Dortmund West Germany Westfalenhallen
20 December 1983 Leicester England De Montfort Hall
21 December 1983 Birmingham Birmingham Odeon
22 December 1983

Setlist

The setlist varied throughout the tour. The European setlist consisted of:

"The Hellion" (Taped intro)

  1. "Electric Eye"
  2. "Riding on the Wind"
  3. "Grinder"
  4. "Metal Gods"
  5. "Bloodstone"
  6. "Breaking the Law"
  7. "Sinner"
  8. "Desert Plains"
  9. "The Ripper"
  10. "Heavy Duty" (Added on 2 February 1984)
  11. "Defenders Of The Faith" (Added on 2 February 1984)
  12. "Freewheel Burning"
  13. "Screaming For Vengeance" (Replaced by "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" after 28 January 1984)
  14. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
  15. "Victim of Changes"
  16. "Living After Midnight"
  17. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  18. "Hell Bent for Leather"

The U.S. setlist consisted of:

  1. "Love Bites"
  2. "Jawbreaker"
  3. "Grinder"
  4. "Metal Gods"
  5. "Breaking the Law"
  6. "Sinner"
  7. "Desert Plains"
  8. "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll"
  9. "The Sentinel"
  10. "Rock Hard, Ride Free"
  11. "Night Comes Down"
  12. "Electric Eye"
  13. "Heavy Duty"
  14. "Defenders of the Faith"
  15. "Freewheel Burning"
  16. "Victim of Changes"
  17. "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (Fleetwood Mac cover)
  18. "Living After Midnight"
  19. "Hell Bent for Leather"
  20. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"

"Heading Out to the Highway" was also played on 9 June.

Tour dates

Boxscore

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