James and Priest were involved in a similarly lovely moment of viral fanboying last year, too, as the ’Tallica hero was spotted having a blast to Priest’s Power Trip set.
“I just kind of realised that we’re down in the very front, looking up,” James later said. “You got Rob Halford riding out on a motorcycle, and there’s fans behind us, looking at us. They’re watching us enjoy that. How cool! I guess that’s pretty cool, you know, but we’re fans at the end of the day. We wanted to be in the mix and see it. So it’s been a fantastic weekend.”
So by our calculations, now we just need Turnstile and Judas Priest to watch Metallica together, and the circle is complete…