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Judas Priest and Queensryche 3/31/2022 show at MGM National Harbor

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JgbIntBass

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Apr 1, 2022, 12:11:33 AM4/1/22
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Queensryche and Judas Priest
March 31, 2022 at MGM National Harbor Casino Hotel
Fort Washington, Maryland [across from Alexandria, Virginia]

Queensryche started at 7:30 pm. According to my sister's husband, the Queensryche setlist was slightly different than the March 4 show at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois which was as follows:

01. Queen Of The Reich
02. Warning
03. En Force
04. NM 156
05. Empire
06. Blood Of The Levant
07. The Whisper
08. Operation: Mindcrime
09. The Needle Lies
10. Take Hold Of The Flame
11. Screaming In Digital
12. Eyes Of A Stranger

Queensryche's set ended at 8:26 pm

Judas Priest started playing at 8:55 pm and no Glenn Tipton at this show though he made an appearance at the Philadelphia show on March 29.

01. One Shot At Glory
02. Lightning Strike
03. You've Got Another Thing Comin'
04. Freewheel Burning
05. Turbo Lover
06. Hell Patrol
07. The Sentinel
08. A Touch Of Evil
09. Rocka Rolla
10. Victim Of Changes
11. Desert Plains
12. Blood Red Skies
13. Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) -- played at the Philadelphia show and replaces Invader
14. Diamonds and Rust - played at the Philadelphia show
15. Painkiller

Encore:

16. The Hellion / Electric Eye
17. Hell Bent For Leather
18. Breaking The Law
19. Living After Midnight -- before the song started, appearance of a bull had me wondering if this was going to be part of the intro of a new song. No, I didn't check to see when the show ended but it was before 10:50 pm.

I didn't buy a concert t-shirt since I already have plenty of the British Steel and Painkiller t-shirts.

MGM National Harbor holds 3,000 and to me a better location than the Anthem at Washington, D.C.'s Waterfront. At the Anthem, the people who sell drinks expect you to tip but at MGM, $10 for a beer [3 kinds] and $8 for wine [3 kinds]. Most people were not wearing face masks.
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Scall5

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Apr 2, 2022, 3:55:05 PM4/2/22
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On 3/31/2022 11:11 PM, JgbIntBass wrote:
> Queensryche and Judas Priest
> March 31, 2022 at MGM National Harbor Casino Hotel
> Fort Washington, Maryland [across from Alexandria, Virginia]

Thanks for posting this. How were the performances?
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JgbIntBass

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Apr 8, 2022, 7:10:26 AM4/8/22
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I can't speak for Queensryche since I'm not a diehard fan with the only song that I really know by them is 'Eyes of a Stranger' which I did rock to upon hearing it being played. As mentioned, my sister's husband said their setlist had a few different songs.
For Judas Priest, it was excellent seeing them again though I was hoping to hear something other than Lightning Strikes off the Firepower album such as Never The Hero, Evil Never Dies, or Sea of Red. To me, the MGM National Harbor venue is way better than the Anthem at the D.C. waterfront. To me, a great performance and my ears were definitely ringing the next day which is a good reason why I thankfully had taken last Friday off. One song that I would like to see back in their setlist is the one that got them a Grammy which is a live version of Dissident Aggressor which seems so appropriate nowadays. Hope when the tour is over that they don't spend too long on hiatus. If I meet a member of the band again, I might recommend an annual performance yearly, perhaps on New Year's Eve or Day, in some place like Las Vegas. Except for the two previous drummers and the new guy (Andy Sneap), I've met everyone in the band.
This does make me wonder if K.K.'s Priest, whenever they go on tour, will play Blood Stained and maybe Genocide.
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