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Home city arena date for Judas Priest as part of world tour

Birmingham heavy metal band Judas Priest's latest world tour will come to their home city next year.

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Judas Priest will perform in Birmingham next March. Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images

The group will be supported by Saxon and Uriah Heap at Resorts World Arena at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre site on March 19.

Tickets for the Metal Masters tour go on sale on Friday, May 5.

Judas Priest, who originally formed in 1969, still include original bas player Ian Hill. 71-year-old singer Rob Halford, who grew up in Walsall, has been with the band since 1973