Start date 16 March 1971 End date December 28, 1971 | No. of shows 49 | |
The Return of the Priest Tour was a 1971 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest running from 16 March 1971 until 28 December 1971 throughout England and a couple of dates in Wales.
This tour consisted of a differently formed Judas Priest (formally called Freight) with founding members K.K. Downing (guitar) and Ian Hill (bass) along with John Ellis (drums) and continuing vocalist Al Atkins, who suggested to use the Judas Priest name from the original band, which disbanded in April 1970.
Tour dates
The band would tour with fellow British band Black Sabbath.
References
The Return of the Priest Tour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA