Judas Priest announce temporary lineup change

Judas Priest have announced a last-minute lineup adjustment for their September 21 performance at the Eventim Apollo Hammersmith in London, as per theprp. Founding bassist Ian Hill is sitting out the show due to tendon damage in his left arm. Stepping in on bass duties for the evening is Uriah Heep bassist Dave Rimmer, allowing the British heavy metal legends to proceed with the scheduled performance.

Hi everyone

Ian has a badly damaged tendon in his left arm so unfortunately he won’t be able to play at our Hammersmith Apollo Eventim show on Monday 21st September…our good friend Davey Rimmer (Uriah Heep) will be playing with us so the show will go on..

Ian sends his grateful appreciation to our fans for your caring and understanding…

JUDAS PRIEST

Formed in Birmingham in 1969, Judas Priest stand among the most influential pioneers in heavy metal history, having sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Key to shaping the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and serving as a foundational blueprint for speed, thrash, and power metal, the band spent the 1970s refining their sound before breaking into the mainstream with 1980’s seminal album “British Steel”—a record hailed by The Guardian as the genre’s defining release.

The classic core lineup of vocalist Rob Halford, bassist Ian Hill, and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing navigated a revolving door of drummers until Dave Holland joined in 1979, later succeeded by long-time drummer Scott Travis in 1989. Following Halford’s 1992 departure, the group enlisted Tim “Ripper” Owens for two studio albums before Halford returned in 2003. Downing left in 2011, making way for Richie Faulkner, while producer Andy Sneap has filled in live for Tipton since 2018 following Tipton’s Parkinson’s diagnosis. Honored with a Grammy Award in 2010 and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022, Judas Priest remain one of metal’s most enduring and decorated acts.