Judas Priest, Faithkeepers 2026 tour brings multiple German metal nights

Judas Priest return to German stages in summer 2026 with their Faithkeepers tour, giving heavy metal fans several chances to see the band live across the country. According to the European tour overviews from Metal1.info and AFM Records, the run strings together multiple German festival and arena stops as part of a wider continental schedule.

German dates on the Faithkeepers 2026 route

The core German anchor for 2026 is a cluster of shows that stretches from late July to late August. Metal magazine Metal1.info lists performances at Bobfest in Mönchengladbach on July 25, Halle Messehalle in Halle (Saale) on July 26, Wacken Open Air in Wacken on July 31, Re-Load Festival in Bremen on August 14 and Loreley Freilichtbühne in Sankt Goarshausen on August 23, all under the Faithkeepers banner Metal1.info tour report. AFM Records similarly highlights the early part of this leg, naming Bobfest in Mönchengladbach on July 25, Wiley Sportpark in Neu-Ulm on July 26 and Wacken Open Air on July 31 as key German stops on the European schedule AFM Records tour announcement.

Additional coverage from Rock and Roll Garage confirms that these German dates form part of a longer July and August routing. Their breakdown lists Bobfest, Halle Messehalle, Wacken, Wiley Sportpark in Neu-Ulm, Re-Load Festival in Bremen and Loreley Amphitheatre in Sankt Goarshausen as confirmed German stops, with the German shows interspersed with nights in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, France and Spain Rock and Roll Garage schedule.

European festivals and arenas around Germany

The German concerts sit at the heart of a broader European Faithkeepers itinerary that runs through late July, August and into September. Across multiple outlets, the band is scheduled for arena and festival dates in Warsaw, Ostrava, Bratislava, Tilburg, Carhaix-Plouguer, Pamplona, Valencia, Pula, Belgrade, Sofia, Budapest, Pordenone, Brescia, Bari, Rome, Bern, Strasbourg, Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris, Brussels and London between July 28 and September 21, 2026 Ultimate Classic Rock tour overview. This gives continental fans a long list of options, with roughly twenty shows listed across Europe for the summer run.

For fans based in Germany, this means that the band is not just passing through once, but returning to multiple regions: the Ruhr area via Mönchengladbach, central Germany via Halle (Saale), southern Germany via Neu-Ulm, northern Germany via Wacken and Bremen, and the scenic Rhine valley via the open-air amphitheatre at Loreley. Taken together, these five German stops show how central the country remains to Judas Priest’s live planning compared with many other acts of their generation.

The sound and role of Invincible Shield

The current touring cycle is closely tied to the band’s nineteenth studio album Invincible Shield, released worldwide in March 2024 via Columbia and Epic. The band’s own site presents it as their first new studio record in six years, following 2018’s Firepower, highlighting that it was announced onstage at the PowerTrip festival and that it continues their long relationship with producer and touring guitarist Andy Sneap.

In terms of chart performance, the UK’s Official Charts Company notes that Invincible Shield entered the Official Albums Chart at number 2 upon its release, giving Judas Priest the highest album position of their career in the United Kingdom. This marked a new peak compared to earlier classics, while underscoring how strongly their new material still lands in a market that they have been part of since the 1970s.

Where Judas Priest stand now

As of early September 2026, the next officially confirmed Judas Priest live date is the Faithkeepers 2026 show at Loreley Freilichtbühne in Sankt Goarshausen on August 23, 2026, with further European dates leading into arena shows in France, Belgium and a closing night at Eventim Apollo in London.