Judas Priest’s “farewell” tour – the appropriately named Epitaph Tour – reached it’s end in London on Saturday May 26th, after more than a year on the road. The tour saw the legendary metal veterans visit a huge chunk of the globe, headlining varioue European festivals along the way, including a set at the 2011 High Voltage Festival in London.

The final show of the tour took place in London at the renowned Hammersmith Apollo. It was filmed for a full length DVD release, due sometime in 2013.

The setlist of the final show did not vary greatly from other nights of the tour, with the band playing a lengthy set, featuring songs from all of the Rob Halford fronted Priest albums.

Set list [as posted on Blabbermouth.net]:
01. Rapid Fire
02. Metal Gods
03. Heading Out To The Highway
04. Judas Rising
05. Starbreaker
06. Victim Of Changes
07. Never Satisfied
08. Diamonds & Rust (JOAN BAEZ cover)
09. Prophecy
10. Night Crawler
11. Turbo Lover
12. Beyond The Realms Of Death
13. The Sentinel
14. Blood Red Skies
15. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) (FLEETWOOD MAC cover)
16. Breaking The Law
17. Drum Solo
18. Painkiller

22. Living After Midnight

To promote their headline appearance at the 2012’s Bestival, Florence + The Machine have issued a new video clip.

The new video, featuring Flo and her band dressed as animals captures a fun, acoustic rendition of the 1987 Talking Heads hit ‘Wild Wild Life’.

In addition to Florence + The Machine, this year’s Bestival features other headliners Stevie Wonder and New Order, alongise appearances by Sigur Ros, Bat For Lashes, Gary Numan, Friendly Fires, Hot Chip, Warpaint, Spiritualized, Gallows, Field Music, John Foxx, First Aid Kit, Bellowhead, Adam Ant, Chas N’ Dave and more.

To watch Florence + The Machine’s ‘Live Lounge’ set, click here.

Next month tech/death metallers Nile release their seventh album, ‘At The Gate of Sethu’.

The confirmed tracklist is as follows:

Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame
The Fiends Who Come To Steal The Magick Of The Deceased
The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh
When My Wrath Is Done
Slaves Of Xul
The Gods Who Light Up The Sky At The Gate Of Sethu
Natural Liberation Of Fear Through The Ritual Deception Of Death
Ethno-Musicological Cannibalisms
Tribunal Of The Dead
Supreme Humanism Of Megalomania
The Chaining Of The Iniquitous

A limited edition housed in a digipak will include the following bonus tracks:

Enduring The Eternal Molestation Of Flame (instrumental)
The Inevitable Degradation Of Flesh (instrumental)

According to the band, the new record includes material which follows “similar territory to other Nile records” with a “lot of material [stemming] from Ancient Egyptology”, but fans should expect “a lot of surpises on the record“.

‘At The Gate of Sethu’ is released via Nuclear Blast Records in Europe on June 29th and in the US on July 3rd.

As part of the promotion for his 2012 release ‘Dee Does Broadway’, one-time Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider caught up with PsychoBabbleTV for a chat. You can watch the video clip via the embedded YouTube box below.

Snider’s album of Broadway tunes with a rock twist was released via Razor & Tie Records in May. The first video clip from the album, Snider’s take on ‘Mack The Knife’ can also be seen via the second link.

Ahead of the release of their yet to be titled new album, Camden’s self-proclaimed Nutty Boys are to play a string of shows at huge UK venues this winter.

Following their second Madness weekender, a three night event at Butlins in Minehead, Suggs and co take to the road, and will be appearing at the following venues:

NOVEMBER:
Dublin O2 (28)
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (30)

DECEMBER:
Brighton Centre (1)
Bournemouth B.I.C. (3)
Plymouth Pavilions (4)
Nottingham Capital FM Arena (6)
Liverpool Echo Arena (7)
Newcastle Arena (8)
Glasgow SECC (10)
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (11)
Birmingham LG Arena (13)
London O2 Arena (14)

Fans can expect to hear tunes from the forthcoming album, although at the time of the tour, the new record will still not be released.

Read a review of Madness’s 1984 opus ‘Keep Moving’ here.