Watch Judas Priest play Killing Machine for the first time in 40 years

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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Judas Priest take everyone by surprise by resurrecting Killing Machine at their show in Paris - the first time they’ve played the song live since 1978

Rob Halford and Andy Sneap onstage in Paris (Image credit: David Wolff - Patrick/Redferns - Getty)

Judas Priest took to the stage at Zenith, in Paris, on Sunday evening on the latest leg of their Firepower tour – and the rock veterans wasted no time in giving fans a surprise by performing their track Killing Machine for the first time since 1978.

Footage of the performance has now emerged online and can be seen below.

Priest were due to support Ozzy Osbourne on his No More Tours 2 shows, but earlier this week, Ozzy postponed the concerts in Dublin, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle, due to flu.

Those dates will be rescheduled, with full details set to be announced in the near future.

Priest and Ozzy are due to return to the road at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro on February 7, while Rob Halford and co. will tour with Uriah Heep across North America this summer.

This year marks Priest’s 50th anniversary, with frontman Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner previously saying that the band were in the early stages of planning a celebration.

Judas Priest - Killing Machine - Zenith Paris 27 jan 2019 - YouTube
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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald newspapers, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.