Saw Judas Priest in July with Queensryche opening, was possibly the greatest show I've ever seen. Priest were on absolute fire, the showmanship, musical quality, energy. Bloody hell. The set too featured some very rare songs, Blood Red Skies, Nightcrawler, Starbreaker. They were amazing start to finish. Just a shame it didn't sell more.

I saw Iron Maiden 3 days later with Airbourne opening I was thoroughly disappointed, past the athletics and stage props was a very bored and tired band who only want to pimp the new album. Bruce Dickinson was out of key during the predictable classics shoved in and it was just, well, Airbourne upstaged them completely and actually really like Airbourne now from that gig so I didn't come out empty handed.

Then again, Judas Priest are superior in every way to Iron Maiden...