Judas Priest rocks Canada in July. Stops include July 23 in Victoria, BC; July 24 in Vancouver, BC; July 27 in Edmonton, AB; July 29 in Saskatoon, SK; and July 30 in Winnipeg. MB. The Priest also plays Ozzy’s “Monsters OF Rock” in Calgary, AB, on July 26.

Peter Murphy lines up a USA club tour. Starting at the end of May and running through July (so far), look for the Bauhaus legend in towns like Portland, OR (May 31), Tempe, AZ (June 9, Chicago, IL (June 17), Pittsburgh, PA (June 23), New York, NY (June 26 & 27), Tampa (July 3) and Austin, TX (July 11).

And Megadeth tears up South America in May and June. Stops include Valencia, Venezuela (May 25), Curitiba, Brazil (June 4) and Lima, Peru (June 11).

During the past couple of hours we dreamed about the weekend while updating the schedules for Papa Mali, Natasha Bedingfield, Musiq Soulchild, Muse, Marion Meadows, Strung Out, Spyro Gyra, Southern Culture On The Skids, The Asteroid #4, The Wailers, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Valient Thorr, Walter Trout & The Radicals, Willie Colon and Zen Black.

Two hours from quittin’ time and we still have kilos of data yet to process! Don’t miss the final update of the day – The Closing Bell – coming up around 5 pm (PDT), from Pollstar.com!