Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
Man, that's shitty news. A guy his age with heart problems means something is very wrong.
Judas Priest
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He's the last member of Priest I would have thought would take ill. Scary, scary stuff. 
Don't jump to medical conclusions. It's possible to have cardiac episodes that don't indicate long-term problems. Let's wait until we hear some specific information before we assume the worst.
Yeah, it could be any number of things, a lot of which would not be life threatening but would impact someone's ability to perform a very physical job at a high level. Heart inflammation alone would prohibit someone from rocking on stage for quite awhile, but is a side effect of COVID (and as a result a lot of people have been hit by it). Let's wait and see. I'm hopeful that Richie will be okay, I was really looking forward to seeing them.
Iron Lurker
Ancient Mariner
We were supposed to see them Oct. 22nd, 2nd row seats. Just a couple days ago I noticed just how many seats were left and checked other dates and it seems the tour is not selling too well. I said to my friends who are going with me that I hope they don't cancel. But I was not expecting this. Hope Richie has a speedy recovery! Priest has been my all time 2nd favorite band, I've actually seen them more times than Maiden.
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GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Poor guy! I hope he gets the right treatment and can be on stage doing what he loves doing soon.
Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
They've had shit luck on the Firepower/50th anniversary touring cycle. First being locked into contract on that Ozzy tour which has been forever delayed, then Covid happens on the very same year as the anniversary and now this.
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So,
no-one watched their bloodstock footage? The guy looked 10 years older due to weight he put on. Sneap is 10+ years older but he looked younger on stage.
It's the booze. 90%
no-one watched their bloodstock footage? The guy looked 10 years older due to weight he put on. Sneap is 10+ years older but he looked younger on stage.
It's the booze. 90%
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
Best wishes to Ritchie!
I genuinely don't see a difference. Maybe he was binge eating in quarantine.
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I'm just saying that I saw difference in him at the moment of first One Shot at Glory live post. I wanted to make a comment back then. It's not that he gained pounds in quarantine it's also in the tint in the face. He did not look healthy to me back then (in August). Is this discussion ill placed at the current time? Probably so. I'm just saying what I thought before this news, whatever you may feel about it.
All the best to the guy I hope that his young system recuperates from whatever he's suffering at the moment.
Can't hit "Post reply" without poking at DJ James - see his GearGods 2020 interview, then look at Bloodstock 2021 footage. If you stand by your point that he 'looked very healthy' prior to this news you obviously don't know what you're looking at.
It doesn't matter anyway.
All the best to the guy I hope that his young system recuperates from whatever he's suffering at the moment.
Can't hit "Post reply" without poking at DJ James - see his GearGods 2020 interview, then look at Bloodstock 2021 footage. If you stand by your point that he 'looked very healthy' prior to this news you obviously don't know what you're looking at.
It doesn't matter anyway.
Spaldy
Ancient Mariner
I don't think he's put on much weight but he definitely looks a bit 'peelywally' as we say here.
Yeah I've just looked at Bloodstock footage and different photos of him during the gig and he doesn't look out of the ordinary to me. I'm not a doctor, though.
DJ James
A coma stole my name.
I can atleast agree that our perceptions are different lmao
Flaming Blimp Crash
Ancient Mariner
If there's one thing I've learned about the forum in the past month, it's that folks like to jump to "They're ill and here's proof!" really quickly.