Judas Priest's Rob Halford to read stories from his autobiography Confess on Planet Rock

Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford will read excerpts from his autobiography Confess all next week exclusively on Planet Rock.

Billed as ‘full, frank and shocking’, the Metal God’s memoir Confess was co-written by Ian Gittins, who previously joined forces with Nikki Sixx for his notorious 2007 book The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.

Rob Halford's Confess is released as a £20 hardback book via Headline on Tuesday 29th September 2020 as part of Judas Priest’s 50th anniversary celebrations. It’s also available as an ebook and audiobook. Buy it here.

To coincide with Confess’s fervently awaited release, at 11.50pm every night from Monday 28th September to Friday 2nd October, Rob Halford will be reading different excerpts from the book in his dulcet Midlands tones.

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Commenting on the book, Rob Halford says: “Confess is a unique once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to expose every facet of myself.

“Digging deep with nothing to hide and nothing to fear was in many ways exciting, fun, disturbing, terrifying and cathartic. I’ve held nothing back. It’s time for me to Confess.”

A plot synopsis for Rob Halford’s Confess reads:

Most priests take confessions. This one is giving his.

Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true 'Metal God'. Raised in Britain's hard-working heavy industrial heartland he and his music were forged in the Black Country. CONFESS, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story - a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-starred sexual trysts and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption... and finding love.

Now, he is telling his gospel truth.

Told with Halford's trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humour, CONFESS is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson and the Queen. More than anything else, it's a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal.

Rob Halford has decided to Confess. Because it's good for the soul.

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You can buy Rob Halford’s Confess right here.

Judas Priest headline the closing night at Bloodstock Open Air on Sunday 15th August 2021. This year’s event was axed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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