And while he'd prefer his career to continue with the veteran metal outfit, he doesn't intend to stop playing to crowds, whatever the circumstances. Halford tells the Broward Palm Beach New Times:

"It's a wonderful life. We take our music seriously and we take our performances very seriously - but you've got to be able to lighten up every now and again or else you'll go f***ing crazy.

"I want to keep doing this for as long as I can do it. I don't know how long that's going to be. I look at all these other great artists like Leonard Cohen; he's still out there. Willie Nelson, he's still out there. Mick Jagger, he's still out there. I'm like, 'I'd love to do that.'

"Will l have the opportunity to do it in the same place I'm at now? Maybe - or maybe not. If not, then you'll find me in the Bada Bing Lounge off the strip in Las Vegas."