Editing Judas Priest (section)

=== ''Nostradamus'' (2006–2010) ===
In a June 2006 interview with MTV.com, Halford said of the group's concept album about the 16th-century French writer [[Nostradamus]], "Nostradamus is all about metal, isn't he? He was an alchemist as well as a seer – a person of extraordinary talent. He had an amazing life that was full of trial and tribulation and joy and sorrow. He's a very human character and a world-famous individual. You can take his name and translate it into any language and everybody knows about him, and that's important because we're dealing with a worldwide audience."<ref name="roadrunnerrecords.com">{{cite news |title=Work on New Album Is 'Going Incredibly Well' |date=12 September 2006 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=58296 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=18 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000721/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=58296 |archive-date=1 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to digging new lyrical ground for the band, the album would contain musical elements which might surprise fans. "It's going to have a lot of depth", Halford said. "There'll be a lot of symphonic elements. We might orchestrate it, without it being overblown. There may be a massive choir at parts and keyboards will be featured more prominently, whereas they've always been in the background before."<ref name="roadrunnerrecords.com" /> The album ''[[Nostradamus (album)|Nostradamus]]'' was released in June 2008; the band began a support tour in that same month.<ref>{{cite web| last=Saulnier| first=Jason| date=16 April 2011| title=Rob Halford Interview, Judas Priest Singer talks Rare Recordings| publisher=Music Legends| url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/rob-halford-interview/| access-date=3 May 2013| archive-date=4 August 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804040820/http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/rob-halford-interview/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In early February 2009, the band joined the ranks of bands speaking out against ticket-touting ("scalping"), issuing a statement condemning the practice of selling tickets at well above face value, and urging fans to buy tickets only from official sources.<ref>{{cite web|title=Judas Priest Issues Warning About Ticket Prices|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/64383/judas_priest|access-date=13 February 2009|date=12 February 2009|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> In the same month, Judas Priest continued their tour, bringing their "Priest Feast" (with guests [[Megadeth]] and [[Testament (band)|Testament]]) to multiple arenas in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in February and March 2009. From there the tour progressed to multiple venues in Sweden. Later in March, Judas Priest performed in Portugal (at Lisbon on the Atlantic Pavilion), which they had not visited since 2005. The tour then continued to [[Milan]], Italy, and then Paris, France; Halford had last performed with Judas Priest in Paris in 1991.

[[File:Judas Priest Sweden Rock 2008.jpg|thumb|Judas Priest headlined the [[Sweden Rock Festival]] in June 2008.]]
From June through August 2009, Judas Priest completed a North American tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the release of ''[[British Steel (album)|British Steel]]'' (1980); the album was performed in its entirety on each tour date, with some other songs thrown in. This tour was to be a joint effort with fellow Englishman [[David Coverdale]] and [[Whitesnake]]. Unfortunately, Whitesnake would have to leave the tour after the show in Denver, Colorado on 11 August 2009 due to Coverdale falling ill with a serious throat infection; he was advised to stop singing immediately to avoid permanently damaging his vocal cords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://judaspriest.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=2A15DF96-5A35-4777-8ED8-46B113F97448 |title=Message from Judas Priest after US Tour |publisher=Judaspriest.com |date=24 August 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://judaspriest.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=4FC150D2-BF3F-49DA-B9A0-ADBAB3A12448 |title=Whitesnake tour announcement |publisher=Judaspriest.com |date=13 August 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>

On 14 July 2009, Judas Priest released a new live album, featuring 11 previously unreleased live tracks from the 2005 and 2008 world tours, titled ''[[A Touch of Evil: Live]]''. The performance of "[[Dissident Aggressor]]" won the 2010 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://judaspriest.com/news/fullstory.asp?id=1A7722C1-AC84-4388-9BB9-D73085FE0401 |title=Judas Priest Grammy Nomination for Dissident Aggressor |publisher=Judaspriest.com |date=4 December 2009 |access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>

In May 2010, Halford said the band had been offered a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but "we've just never been there when they wanted to do the ceremony." He also revealed that a ''Nostradamus'' tour was still being contemplated: "We were in Hollywood recently and met with some producers and agents, so there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/2010/06/04/rob-halford-back-to-the-future/ |title=Rob Halford: Back To The Future |first=Bryan |last=Reesman |date=4 June 2010 |publisher=Attention Deficit Delirium |access-date=29 June 2010}}</ref>