Start date 13 February 1981 No. of shows 110 | End date December 14, 1981 | |
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The World Wide Blitz Tour was a 1981 concert tour by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. In support of their Point of Entry album, the tour ran from 13 February to 14 December, comprising 110 dates in Europe and the United States. The first European leg was supported by Saxon, the American leg by Iron Maiden, and the second European leg by Def Leppard and Accept.
It was also the first time songs from British Steel were performed in England, aside from their August 16th, 1980 performance at Castle Donington for the Monsters of Rock festival.
The only official Judas Priest track recorded during this tour, a performance of "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)" from a July 1981 show at the Palladium in New York City, is featured on the "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" single released in February 1984. The same track is found on the Metalogy box set.
Setlist
For Judas Priest: from 5/23/81 in San Bernardino
- Solar Angels
- Heading out to the Highway
- Diamonds & Rust
- Hell Bent for Leather
- Breaking the Law
- Sinner
- Beyond the Realms of Death
- Grinder
- Desert Plains
- Hot Rockin'
- You Don't Have to Be Old to Be Wise
- Victim of Changes
- The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)
Encores:
- Living After Midnight
- Tyrant
For Iron Maiden: from 7/22/81 in New York City
- The Ides of March/Sanctuary
- Wrathchild
- Killers
- Another Life
- Running Free
- Phantom of the Opera
- Iron Maiden
Encore:
- Drifter