JUDAS PRIEST: New ROB HALFORD Audio Interview Available

September 10, 2008

Vocalist Rob Halford of the British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST was interviewed earlier this week by Andrew Haug of Triple J's "Full Metal Racket" (based in Australia). Listen to the interview in streaming audio at the Triple J web site: Windows Media, Real Media (NOTE: Part one of the Rob Halford interview begins around the one-hour, 19-minute mark; parts two and three can be heard later in the show). Check out the program's entire playlist at this location.

JUDAS PRIEST performed a free outdoor mini-concert on September 2 on ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in Hollywood, California, with two songs ("Prophecy" and "Breaking the Law") airing on that night's show.

The band's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", has sold 91,000 copies in the United States since its June 17 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD shifted 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 11 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marks the band's highest-ever chart position in the U.S. In Canada, the CD opened at position No. 9 after shifting close to 4,000 units.

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