Judas Priest at the Pula Arena on August 25 - the Founding Fathers of Heavy Metal on the Faithkeepers Tour

Judas Priest is returning to Croatia. On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the British pioneers of heavy metal perform at the Pula Arena on the „Faithkeepers” tour, bringing one of the loudest and most important catalogues in the history of the genre into the setting of an ancient Roman amphitheatre, starting at 8 PM.

Few bands have as much claim to the title of founding fathers of heavy metal as Judas Priest. Formed in Birmingham in the early seventies, they defined the sound, the aesthetic and the theatricality of the genre - twin guitars, leather and metal, and Rob Halford's operatic voice that remained a trademark. Hits like „Breaking the Law”, „Painkiller” and „You've Got Another Thing Comin'” are foundations on which entire generations of metal bands were built.

With decades on stage, Priest have proven they are not a nostalgia act but a living, loud band that still fills arenas around the world today. The „Faithkeepers” tour is confirmation that the veterans have no intention of slowing down - on the contrary, they come with a full production and a repertoire built over half a century of career.

The Pula Arena, with its two-thousand-year-old stone, is a dramatic stage for a concert like this - the place where fights to the death once took place today receives one of the harshest sounds of modern music. Tickets are available through eventim.hr.