DEEP PURPLE AND JUDAS PRIEST TO BRING SUMMER CO-HEADLINE TOUR TO MICHIGAN LOTTERY AMPHITHEATRE AT FREEDOM HILL FRIDAY, AUGUST 24

(DETROIT – April 9, 2018) – Legends will collide late this summer when Deep Purple and Judas Priest embark on a co-headlining North American tour. Produced by Live Nation, the outing will visit 25 cities across the U.S. and Canada to include a performance at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill as part of the Fifth Third Bank Concert Series on Friday, August 24 at 7 p.m.

Tickets ($34 on the Kroger lawn; $68, $108 and $159 in the Crest Ford pavilion) go on sale Friday, April 27 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased at 313Presents.com, LiveNation.com, Little Caesars Arena XFINITY box office and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000.

Citi® is the official pre-sale credit card of the Deep Purple and Judas Priest tour. As such, Citi® cardmembers will have access to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, April 24 at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, April 26 at 10 p.m. local time through Citi’s Private Pass® program. For complete presale details visit citiprivatepass.com.

Deep Purple’s latest studio album, inFinite, was released April 7, 2017, via earMUSIC. Produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin, (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss), inFinite featured 10 new tracks recorded with no musical boundaries in the spirit of the 70s. The metal pioneers have released five studio albums since 1996, augmented by an abundance of solo work and special projects from members Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse and Don Airey. Fans will be thrilled as they cover decades of favorites for this run. For more information, please visit deep-purple.com. Additionally, Airey will release his solo album One of a Kind on May 25.

Judas Priest’s latest studio album, Firepower, was released March 9, 2018, via Epic Records. Co-produced by Tom Allom and Andy Sneap, the 14-track album has become one of the most successful of the band’s entire career - landing in the “top-5” of 17 countries (including their highest chart placement ever in the U.S.), and scoring their highest charting commercial rock radio single in decades with “Lightning Strike.” Few heavy metal bands have managed to scale the heights that Judas Priest have during their near 50-year career, and with a line-up featuring Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, Richie Faulkner, Ian Hill and Scott Travis, Judas Priest will be scorching across North America with some heavy metal Firepower again this summer and fall on tour with Deep Purple. For more information, please visit judaspriest.com.