This tour introduced new drummer Scott Travis from Racer X, who joined the band in 1989 after previous drummer Dave Holland's departure that same year. He has remained with the band ever since, surpassing Holland as the band's longest serving drummer.
Pre-tour
Judas Priest performed at the third annual Foundations Forum in Los Angeles on 13 September 1990, the day before the release of Painkiller. It was recorded and put together along with the performance from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson's solo band (recorded on 27 June 1990 in London) as a bootlegged split live album.[1] The setlist for the event is as follows:
The live versions of "Better By You, Better Than Me" and "Leather Rebel" appear as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-issues of Stained Class and Painkiller respectively.
"Heading Out to the Highway" was also played once.
Tour dates
The band toured with Megadeth and Testament on the North American leg and with Pantera and Annihilator on the European and UK leg. Exodus and Death Angel were originally billed for the European leg, but were dropped for unknown reasons and was replaced by Pantera.[3][4] They also performed at the second annual Rock in Rio festival with Queensrÿche, Megadeth, Lobão and Sepultura on 23 January 1991.[5][6]
