LONDON, UK. & BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Paid, Inc.) - The renowned heavy metal rock band JUDAS PRIEST (www.judaspriest.com) has signed a three-year contract with Paid Inc.'s (OTCBB: PAYD) celebrity services business for fan club activities and VIP ticket packages. The highly theatrical and extremely popular 'Metal Gods' announced this newly contracted partnership while continuing their international tour, and amid eager anticipation of their long-awaited Nostradamus concept album, a metal opera based on the life and predictions of the famed 16th century French seer Nostradamus.
The partnership with Paid, Inc. will boost PRIEST's ability to communicate with their fans all over the world, create a vibrant, active fan community and to offer a larger-than-life fan experience through a VIP fan experience packages with features such as premium seating, meet & greets with band members and pre-concert parties.
'JUDAS PRIEST continues to give off such a strong presence, and their longevity and extreme popularity are truly the stuff of legend,' said Keith Garde, president of Paid celebrity services. 'Paid is pleased to have the opportunity to step in and assist them in making their online presence, fan activities and VIP fan experience ticket packages match the level that their fans desire. Through our proven methods of handling online presence, fan relations and VIP package fulfillment, we will build on those connections. Fans will feel much more in tune with JUDAS PRIEST even when they are halfway across the globe.'
On April 21st, JUDAS PRIEST announced that they will co-headline 'The Metal Masters Tour' - a 16-event tour with Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, and Testament that is sure to be the heavy metal event of 2008. (www.judaspriest.com/biog/doc/JudasPriestLiveNationPressRelease.pdf)
Metal Master Tour VIP fan experience packages coordinated by Paid, Inc., are on sale now via Ticketmaster, with additional events going on sale soon. VIP ticket information and tour schedules are available at www.JudasPriest.com for the following events:
Wed 06-Aug-08 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Thu 07-Aug-08 - Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA
Sat 09-Aug-08 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Sun 10-Aug-08 - Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
Wed 13-Aug-08 - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON
Fri 15-Aug-08 - Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
Sat 16-Aug-08 - Post Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
Mon 18-Aug-08 - DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
Tue 19-Aug-08 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL
Fri 22-Aug-08 - Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX
Sat 23-Aug-08 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
Sun 24-Aug-08 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, San Antonio, TX
Wed 27-Aug-08 - Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, NM
Thu 28-Aug-08 - Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
Sat 30-Aug-08 - Glen Helen Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA
Sun 31-Aug-08 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Originally formed in Birmingham, England, by guitarist K. K. Downing and bassist Ian Hill in 1970, JUDAS PRIEST's veteran line-up consists of Downing, Hill, Rob Halford (vocals) and Glenn Tipton (guitar) and drummer Scott Travis.
Clearly one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, JUDAS PRIEST is credited with launching the New Wave of British Heavy Metal music in the late 70s by consistently delivering distinctive, highly polished musical performances both on stage and in the recording studio.
While wielding this powerful influence on the heavy metal music genre, Priest became wildly popular with fans for their leather-and-chains theatrics and signature sound, characterized as a blend of gothic doom and fast, powerful riffs laden with their own special ingredient, the relentless two-lead guitar attack.
Since the early 1980s JUDAS PRIEST has been a top concert attraction around the world, and their albums have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
