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Saxon and Uriah Heep headed to San Antonio on double-headlined tour
Both bands remain local favorites from the era when SA was known as the Heavy Metal Capital of the World.
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: Concert Announcements, Saxon, Uriah Heep, hard rock, heavy metal, rock tours, San Antonio music, things to do in San Antonio, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Judas Priest's performance at San Antonio's Tech Port Center delivered on power and spectacle
The show was a reminder of the band's lasting legacy in metal and hard rock.
Tags: Concert Reviews, Judas Priest, San Antonio, Tech Port Center + Arena, 50 Heavy Metal Years tour, Queensrÿche, Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, Joe Anthony, KISS-FM, San Antonio music, Texas music, Heavy Metal, metal tours, Ian Hill, Andy Sneap, Scott Travis, Tech Port Center & Arena
Going balls to the wall with Accept's Wolf Hoffmann before the metal band's San Antonio show
Touring behind new album Too Mean to Die, Accept will perform Tuesday, Oct. 4 with Narcotic Wasteland opening.
Tags: Music Stories & Interviews, Accept, The Espee, San Antonio, Wolf Hoffmann, heavy metal, metal, rock tours, metal tours, Germany, Too Mean to Die, Mark Tornillo, Peter Baltes, Motörhead, The Espee, The Espee Pavillion at St. Paul Square, Accept in San Antonio, Accept tickets, Narcotic Wasteland, Resist Control, Even in Death, Blackthorn Halo, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart, Flash Rockin' Man, Fast as a Shark, Princess of the Dawn, things to do in San Antonio, San Antonio music, Texas music
Photo appears to show Beto O'Rourke lining up to see Iron Maiden concert
The iconic metal band played O'Rourke's home town of El Paso on Sunday.
Tags: Texas News, Iron Maiden, Beto O'Rourke, El Paso, Legacy of the Beast Tour, 2022 tour, Don Haskins Center, Texas politics, gubernatorial campaign, Gov. Greg Abbott, punk band, Foss, Mars Volta, The Who, Metallica, 2022 elections, midterms, midterm elections, texas governor, texas, heavy metal, metal, rock 'n' roll
Trans-Siberian Orchestra's holiday pyrotechnics returning to San Antonio's AT&T Center
Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 16, but the code is available for presale, which happens a day earlier.
Tags: Concert Announcements, AT&T Center, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, TSO, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve — the Best of TSO & More, The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, Wizards in Winter, A Mad Russian’s Christmas, Christmas, holidays, holiday events, holiday concerts, concert tours, progressive rock, heavy metal, Paul O’Neill, Desi O'Neill, presale, presale code, San Antonio concerts, San Antonio music, texas music, concert announcements
Ukrainian metal band Jinjer coming back to San Antonio's Aztec Theatre
Tickets go on sale Friday for the Dec. 14 show, which also includes P.O.D., Vended, Space of Variations and Malevolence.
Tags: Concert Announcements, Jinjer, San Antonio, Jinjer tour, heavy metal, metal tours, Ukraine, Russian invasion, P.O.D., Vended, Space of Variations, Malevolence, Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, war in Ukraine, charity T-shirts, $140, 000, Ukraine war, Jinjer tickets, San Antonio music, Texas music, Aztec Theatre
Judas Priest books 2 nights at San Antonio's Tech Port Center — because SA is still a metal town
The Alamo City is the only place on the next leg of the band's tour where it will perform two nights.
Tags: Concert Announcements, Judas Priest, San Antonio, Tech Port Center & Arena, 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour, Judas Priest tour, Rob Halford, Ian Hill, Joe Anthony, heavy metal town, queensryche, Birmingham, England, heavy metal, hard rock, metal tours, heavy metal music, live music, San Antonio music, texas music, heavy metal capital of the world
San Antonio band Donella Drive reaches finals in battle to grab slot at giant Wacken metal festival
The trio will perform in Los Angeles as it vies to play Wacken, which draws around 85,000 people.
Tags: Music Stories & Interviews, Donella Drive, San Antonio, San Antonio music, San Antonio bands, heavy metal, music festivals, Germany, Wacken Open Air, W:O:A Metal Battle, Nahaya, Monarch, Viper Room, Los Angeles, Austin, Judas Priest, Slipknot, Lacuna Coil, Death Angel, battle of the bands, San Antonio metal
Catching up with Judas Priest ahead of the San Antonio stop on its 50 Heavy Metal Years tour
Tags: Music Stories & Interviews, Music Feature, San Antonio, Texas, Judas Priest, tour, concert, Freeman Coliseum, 50 heavy metal years, heavy metal, live music, Ian Hill, Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, ruptured aorta, KK Downing, classic rock, rock tours, Joe Anthony, KISS-FM, Staffordshire, England, Lichfield, Metallica, Glenn Tipton, twin guitars, two guitars, four piece, five piece, medical emergency, rescheduled tour, setlist, box set, 50 year anniversary
Burke Shelley, frontman for San Antonio-beloved metal pioneers Budgie, has died at age 71
Tags: Music Stories & Interviews, San Antonio, Burke Shelley, Budgie, hard rock, heavy metal, rock news, rock deaths, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Sunken Garden Theater, Life in San Antonio, KISS-FM, KISS/KMAC, La Semana Alegre, health problems, Cardiff, Wales, swollen aorta, stickler syndrome, heavy metal, photo-metal, cult rock bands, South Texas, San Antonio music, heavy metal capital of the world, Melt the Ice Away, Breadfan, Joe Anthony, Lou Roney, breadfan video
Judas Priest will play San Antonio in March on its rescheduled 50 Heavy Metal Years tour
Tags: Concert Announcements, Freeman Coliseum, Judas Priest, rescheduled tour, rescheduled dates, Richie Faulkner, heart attack, ruptured aorta, heavy metal, rock tours, metal tours, Queensryche, San Antonio, San Antonio concerts, 50 Heavy Metal Years, Judas Priest tickets, San Antonio Judas Priest tickets
Well-traveled San Antonio metal drummer Bobby Jarzombek lands a slot in George Strait's band
Tags: Bobby Jarzombek, George Strait, Fates Warning, Sebastian Bach, Rob Halford, heavy metal, San Antonio musicians, country music, king of country, drummers, Ace In The Hole band, Rock In Rio, Wacken Open Air, texas music, Texas musicians, Blabbermouth
Legendary rock guitarist and San Antonio favorite Eddie Van Halen has died at age 65
Tags: Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen, rock guitar, cancer, death, virtuoso, Jimi Hendrix, Art Villarreal, SA Slayer, San Antonio, Jack Orbin, Stone City Attractions, Convention Center Arena, Sunken Garden Theatre, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, El Paso, heavy metal, hard rock
Metallica to Play Live Show Streamed to Drive-In Theaters, Including Two in San Antonio Area
Tags: Metallica, drive-in theaters, concert, august, Garth Brooks, San Antonio, New Braunfels, Fiesta Texas, the Stars and Stripes in New Braunfels, Camero Theater, pandemic, coronavirus, covid-19, live music, heavy metal, ticketmaster
Jack Orbin, the Dean of San Antonio Rock Promoters, Will Be Inducted Into the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame
Tags: Jack Orbin, Stone City Attractions, Graham Bonnet, heavy metal, Joe Satriani, Pollstar, Metal Church, Amazon Prime, San Antonio, texas, concerts, concert promoters, heavy metal, hard rock, Rush, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Alamo, Randy's Rodeo, Sex Pistols, Convention Center Arena and Sunken Garden Theater
Metal Supergroup South Texas Legion Lines Up Pre-Thanksgiving Date in San Antonio
Tags: TexPop, heavy metal, S.A. Slayer, Joe Anthony, Juggernaut, Karion, Fate's Warning, Militia, Metal Mayhem, Helstar, Joe Anthony, Jack Orbin, Image, Slideshow
Historian Talks About the Importance of San Antonio's Heavy Metal History
Tags: Heavy Metal Capital of the World, UTSA, Institute of Texan Cultures, heavy metal, hard rock, kiss, kmac, Jack Orbin, Donnie Meals, Lou Roney, Tom "T-Bone" Scheppke, Brian Kendall, Joe Anthony, Legs Diamond, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Triumph
Stoner Gods Sleep Will Soar into S.A. This December on a Cloud of Smoke
Tags: Sleep, doom metal, stoner rock, paper tiger, Matt Pike, George Cisneros, High on Fire, Om, heavy metal, Black Sabbath, riffs, dopesmoker, the sciences
Judas Priest Hauls Out the 'Firepower' for Its Tour-Closing Show in San Antonio
Tags: Judas Priest, heavy metal, freeman coliseum, concert reviews, Saxon, black star riders, classic rock, Rob Halford, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill, Scott Travis, Andy Sneap, classic metal
Finland's Amorphis Will Headline a Quadruple Bill of European Metal
Tags: Amorphis, Dark Tranquility, Moonspell, Omnium Gatherum, heavy metal, Rock Box
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