JUDAS PRIEST's management has issued the following update:

"JUDAS PRIEST are taking a break from touring this year - they need time to recharge their batteries having just recently finished a two year world tour in Japan at the end of 2009. They will, of course, be promoting the release of 'British Steel - 30th Anniversary' which is due out in May 2010.

Watch out for the PRIEST machine, which will be rolling out again touring the world in 2011 and 2012! The band will be back at a venue near you pounding out their special brand of classic metal as ferociously as ever!"

Source: www.Blabbermouth.Net