Judas Priest postpones remaining US tour due to guitarist Richie Faulkner heart problems

British heavy metal icons Judas Priest has announced that they have decided to postpone the remainder of their US tour, after guitarist Richie Faulkner was hospitalised with a “major medical heart condition.” A statement from the band reads as follows:

“Richie has major medical heart condition issues which have landed him in hospital where he is being treated – in the meantime we are all sending love to our Falcon to wish him a speedy recovery… As soon as we have any updates from his doctors on when we can reschedule the dates we will of course announce them – tickets will be valid.”