Judas Priest to headline at the 3rd Rock Imperium festival in Cartagena in June 2024

Other top acts in Cartagena include Extreme, Yngwie Malmsteen, Doro, Uriah Heep and Saxon

Legendary heavy metal band Judas Priest, who were formed in Birmingham as long ago as 1969 and have sold over 50 million albums worldwide since, have been inked in to top the bill at the 2024 Rock Imperium festival in Cartagena.

The third edition of the festival takes place from June 19 to 22 in Cartagena and the bill also features Extreme, Yngwie Malmsteen, Doro recreating the history of Warlock and other legendary names such as Uriah Heep, Saxon and Glenn Hughes. It is expected that over 80,000 will attend the event over the four days, after the huge success of the first two editions.

It is this success that has led to the festival being extended from two to four days and becoming one of the leading hard rock festivals in Spain, according to Mayoress Noelia Arroyo, and other acts already confirmed include The Darkness, Kadavar, Dying Fetus, Tankard, Tete Novoa, the Chilean Ronnie Romero, Dutch band Textures, Blackbriar, Xandria, Lovebites, Phantom Excaliber, The Raven Age, Shores of Null, The Last Internationale and Spanish groups Lonely Fire, Archetype of Disorder, Invicti, Hard Love, Holycide and Astray Valley.

Other acts include Avantasia, Accept, Emperor, TNT, Beast in Black, Carcass, Kamelot, In Extremo, Einar Solberg, Nestor, Marduk, Praying Mantis, Green Lung, Turmion Kätilöt, Spidergawd, Riot City, Celtian, Diabulus In Musica, Arwen, Darknoise, Vatikan Spectrum and Nyhem.

Further information and ticketing are available online here for the 2024 edition.