The 2016 live album, Battle Cry, was released on 25 March of that year, featuring the band's performance recorded at Wacken Open Air on 1 August 2015.
For the first American leg, Judas Priest choose glam rock band, Steel Panther, to play with them.
Their guitar player, Russ Parrish, had previously worked with Rob Halford in the 1990s in the band Fight.
Other bands that supported Judas Priest include: The tour featured material from Redeemer of Souls for the first time.
16 October 2015: "Desert Plains", "The Rage" and "Screaming for Vengeance" (not played since 1986) were added, "Devil's Child" and "Jawbreaker" were removed from the set.