Judas Priest Open Faithkeepers Tour: Full Setlist and All About Pula and Belgrade
Heavy metal veterans kicked off their world tour with 17 songs from all eras, arriving in Pula on the day Rob Halford turns 75.
Heavy metal veterans kicked off their world tour with 17 songs from all eras, arriving in Pula on the day Rob Halford turns 75.
Judas Priest opened their world tour "Faithkeepers" on Saturday at Germany's BOBfest in Mönchengladbach, reports Muzika.hr. Frontman Rob Halford made it clear that age is no obstacle, with a 17-song set spanning classics from 1976 to the latest material.
The band performed seventeen studio classics at the opening, bringing back two forgotten gems from the seventies, The Ripper and Delivering the Goods, for the first time since 2019. Half of the set was drawn from the eighties, with albums like Screaming for Vengeance and British Steel, while alongside hits from 2024 ("Panic Attack"), they also played Victim of Changes from 1976.
Complete setlist in Mönchengladbach:
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Metal Gods
Breaking the Law
The Ripper
The Sentinel
Desert Plains
Lightning Strikes
Turbo Lover
Steeler
Delivering the Goods
Panic Attack
Victim of Changes
Halls of Valhalla
Painkiller
Electric Eye
Hell Bent for Leather
Living After Midnight
According to Muzika.hr, Priest are known for keeping their setlist nearly unchanged throughout a tour, so audiences in Pula and Belgrade will likely hear this same career-spanning selection.
After more than twenty years, Judas Priest return to Croatian audiences on August 25, 2026, at the Pula Arena. The concert starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are on sale ranging from 61 to 120 euros. The opening act in Pula is Jelusick, a band centered around vocalist Dino Jelusić, who also has his own concert in Bulgaria on August 29.
Additional symbolism for the evening: it falls on Rob Halford's 75th birthday.
The concert in Belgrade will take place outdoors on August 28, 2026, at Ušće Park. Interest is huge, according to Muzika.hr, with over a thousand people securing tickets within the first thirty minutes of sales. Unlike Pula, the opening act for the Belgrade show has not yet been confirmed.
The album Invincible Shield, their nineteenth studio album from March 2024, showed that the band is not in a farewell phase. The set blending Painkiller, Panic Attack, and Victim of Changes is both a reminder of a half-century-long career and proof that Judas Priest still deliver full power. For the local audience, the evening will be further heated up by Jelusick on the very stage of the Arena.
