More details revealed about Rob Halford’s wedding

Rob Halford, the frontman of Judas Priest, disclosed that he tied the knot with Thomas, his longtime partner, last year, as reported from loudwire. Halford and Thomas delayed marriage for a long period, even after being together for thirty years. Halford described the “simple ceremony,” which was attended by only a few people. The frontman went on to discuss why he thought the union was important.

We got married by the cactus outside on December the something or other, about a year or so ago. He is from the South. He’s from Alabama — extremely conservative, God. I stopped asking, ‘Let’s get married.’ ‘No, I don’t want to get married.’ ‘Oh, let’s just get married. We’ve been together forever.’ ‘No, I don’t want to get married. And then suddenly on one of our night walks, he goes, ‘I think we should get married.’ [I went] straight home [and got] on the phone to get a pastor. It was obviously me and him and an officiant, as they call them, who are legalized to marry people. Two of my dearest friends, Jim Silvia, who was Priest’s [tour] manager forever, and his wife. There were just four of us around the pool, around the cactus, the heavy metal cactus. And it was over in an instant. But it was just a beautiful, simple ceremony. Is marriage important? I’ll leave that up to you. You decide whether you think a piece of paper is valuable. In some cases, it is — it’s extremely valuable. But for us to tie the knot, it’s just nice. It’s just a nice thing. It seems like you’ve completed something in your relationship, more than anything else. The commitment goes to another level when you get married. It’s a great thing to do. And if it doesn’t work, that’s life. But I think after being together for 35 years, it’s working. It might sound silly, [but] if one of you cooks dinner, the other one should wash the dishes. You don’t cook dinner and wash the dishes. It has to be 50/50. The thing about relationships is that even though you love somebody deeply, you’ve still got this independence, haven’t you? You’re still a person, you’re still you, and I think that’s the great joy of a relationship, even if it’s a turbulent one.