Footage of Judas Priest‘s entire August 4 performance at TIPOS Aréna in Bratislava, Slovakia has been posted online by the “Milos Pavlik” YouTube channel.
The band took the stage at 8:15 p.m. and played for roughly 100 minutes.
The Setlist (via Setlist.fm):
- “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin'”
- “Metal Gods”
- “Breaking The Law”
- “The Ripper”
- “The Sentinel”
- “Desert Plains”
- “Lightning Strike”
- “Turbo Lover”
- “Steeler”
- “Delivering The Goods”
- “Panic Attack”
- “Victim Of Changes”
- “Halls Of Valhalla”
- “Painkiller”
Encore:
- “The Hellion / Electric Eye”
- “Hell Bent For Leather”
- “Living After Midnight”
Two songs stand out. “The Ripper“, from 1976’s Sad Wings Of Destiny, and “Delivering The Goods“, from 1978’s Killing Machine, returned to the set when this tour opened, neither had been played live since 2019.
The setlist listed at Ostrava two nights earlier also carried “War Pigs” and a “Faithkeepers” intro ahead of the opening number.
“Faithkeepers” launched July 25 at BOBfest at SparkassenPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany. It was first announced in December 2025 with ten European dates, then expanded to 28 within weeks after demand.
The run includes headline slots at two of the calendar’s biggest metal festivals — Wacken Open Air on July 31 and Bloodstock Open Air on August 9, along with an August 25 date at the Pula Arena in Croatia, a Roman amphitheatre close to 2,000 years old.
Remaining “Faithkeepers” European Tour 2026 Dates:
- Aug 6 – Halle, Germany – Messehalle
- Aug 12 – Tilburg, Netherlands – O13
- Aug 16 – Carhaix-Plouguer, France – Motocultor Festival
- Aug 18 – Pamplona, Spain – Navarra Arena
- Aug 20 – Valencia, Spain – Roig Arena
- Aug 23 – Goarshausen, Germany – Loreley Amphitheatre
- Aug 25 – Pula, Croatia – Pula Arena
- Aug 28 – Belgrade, Serbia – Belgrade Arena
- Aug 29 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Vidas Art Arena
- Sep 1 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena
- Sep 3 – Pordenone, Italy – Parco S. Valentino
- Sep 5 – Brescia, Italy – Teatro Clerici
- Sep 7 – Bari, Italy – Fiera del Levante
- Sep 9 – Rome, Italy – Cavea Auditorium Parco della Musica
- Sep 11 – Bern, Switzerland – Festhalle
- Sep 12 – Strasbourg, France – Zenith
- Sep 14 – Lyon, France – LDLC Arena (Décines-Charpieu)
- Sep 15 – Bordeaux, France – Arkéa Arena (Floirac)
- Sep 17 – Paris, France – Arena Zenith
- Sep 18 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
The band continue to tour Invincible Shield, their nineteenth studio album, released in 2024. It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 and reached number two in the UK, held off the top by Ariana Grande‘s Eternal Sunshine.
“Panic Attack” was the album’s lead single and remains in the set.
The preceding “Shield Of Pain” tour ran 45 dates and finished October 26, 2025 in The Woodlands, Texas, built around the 35th anniversary of Painkiller. That European leg carried seven songs from the 1990 album, the title track plus “All Guns Blazing“, “Hell Patrol“, “A Touch Of Evil“, “Night Crawler“, “One Shot At Glory” and “Between The Hammer And The Anvil“. The North American portion was a 22-city co-headlining run with Alice Cooper.
The current Judas Priest lineup is Rob Halford on vocals, Ian Hill on bass, Richie Faulkner and Andy Sneap on guitars and Scott Travis on drums.
