He loved the experience of travelling around Europe with the British icons - and he has one memory in particular that he'll keep for ever.

Hook tells Amnplify: "They're so nice and they're so cool - it really made it pleasant. We had dinner with them one night, we closed this restaurant in Italy. I could just imagine if someone who had walked in and seen it. If you were a music fan it would have looked like the last supper of heavy metal."

The guitarist describes Halford as a "great friend of the band" and explains: "I was walking off from our set one night and I caught up with him, and I asked him, 'Rob, what's the deal with wanting to watching this loud, obnoxious noisy show every night?' He just looks at me and goes, 'I love the band'." Read more - here.

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