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Rob Halford rocked with us here in Peoria last year with Judas Priest. An icon of metal, he wowed everyone at the Peoria at the Civic Center with his amazing range and ability. The dude is in his 60’s, and he still wails. Well, an odd pairing just happened in Columbus, Ohio at the ‘Journey’s Alternative Press Music Awards’, where Halford joined the teenage pop metal band, ‘Babymetal’, and blazed Judas Priest songs.
‘Babymetal’ did a fair job of playing the Priest music, with Halford, decked out in a red leather jacket, traded singing verses with ‘Babymetal’s’ vocalist, ‘Su-Metal.’ The performance was actually damn good! Halford told Rolling Stone, “That was really intense, Babymetal give a thousand percent just like Priest.” Indeed!
-Bahan
