Judas Priest 2024 North American tour: Presale code, dates, venues, & all you need to know

British heavy metal band Judas Priest is hitting the road again this fall. On Tuesday, June 11, the band announced a second North American leg of the Invincible Shield tour on Instagram. It will begin on September 13 in Canada.

The fall outing supports the band's latest album, Invincible Shield, released earlier this year on March 6. It spans over three weeks, with stops in two Canadian and 23 North American cities.

Tickets for Judas Priest's tour can be purchased through the artist presale beginning at 10 am EDT on June 12. The promoter presale from Live Nation begins the next day, June 13, at 10 am EDT. Fans can take advantage of the limited-time presale by using the code 'CHORD.'

The tour is in support of Judas Priest's Invincible Shield album (Image via Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

Tour partners like Ticketmaster and Spotify will kick off the member-exclusive presales at 10 am EDT and 12 pm EDT, respectively, on June 13. The general sale for the tour tickets will begin later this week, on June 14, at 10 am EDT. The upgraded ticketing options and official platinum will also be available to the public starting June 14.

Venues, dates, and more about Judas Priest's Invincible Shield Tour in North America and Canada

Judas Priest's Invincible Shield Tour will begin on September 13 in Quebec with a headlining performance at Montreal's Bell Centre. Its second Canadian concert will be at the Fallsview Casino Resort in Ontario on September 14.

The band will kick off performances in North America on September 17 with a concert at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre. Touring through the country, it will make stops in Milwaukee, Sioux Falls, Rochester, Omaha, and Rockford. The band is also set to play a show at the Louder Than Life Festival on September 29.

After a two-day break, Judas Priest will pick up the Invincible Shield Tour in Missouri with a concert at the Cable Dahmer Arena. Before playing at Sacramento's Aftershock Festival on October 12, it will host concerts in Billings, Everett, and Portland. Following up the festival performances will be concerts in Reno, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Loveland.

The band will then head to Texas for the last section of the tour on October 22 and take over the stages in Houston and Austin. The band's performance at The Pavilion in Irving on October 26 will mark the end of the fall tour.

Sabaton will support the band on all headlining dates in North America and Canada. However, the two festival dates—the Louder Than Life Festival and the Aftershock Festival—will not feature any support for the band.

Judas Priest's North American tour will cover 23 cities (Image via Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

The full list of dates and venues for the Invincible Shield tour is:

September 13 – Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
September 14 – Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario
September 17 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights
September 19 – Miller High Life Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 21 – Alliant Energy PowerHouse, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
September 22 – Denny Sanford Premier Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
September 24 – Mayo Civic Center Arena, Rochester, Minnesota
September 25 – Baxter Arena, Omaha, Nebraska
September 27 – BMO Center, Rockford, Illinois
September 29 – Louder Than Life Festival, Louisville, Kentucky
October 1 – Cable Dahmer Arena, Independence, Missouri
October 3 – First Interstate Arena at MetraPark, Billings, Montana
October 5 – Mountain America Center, Idaho Falls
October 6 – Spokane Arena, Washington
October 9 – Angel of the Winds Arena, Everett, Washington
October 10 – Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds, Portland, Oregon
October 12 – Aftershock Festival, Sacramento, California
October 13 – Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada
October 15 – YouTube Theater, Los Angeles, California
October 16 – Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Nevada
October 18 – Arizona Financial Theatre, Phoenix
October 20 – Blue Arena, Loveland, Colorado
October 22 – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, Houston, Texas
October 24 – Germania Insurance Amphitheater, Austin, Texas
October 26 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Irving, Texas

Judas Priest's nineteenth studio album, Invincible Shield, was preceded by the singles Panic Attack, Trial by Fire, Crown of Horns, and The Serpent and the King. The album also comprised Devil in Disguise, Gates of Hell, As God Is My Witness, Escape from Reality, Sons of Thunder, and Giants in the Sky.

The Invincible Shield album bagged the first position on the UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) and the Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums.

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