"We know you'll keep on rocking for many years to come. "Willie, you're a true icon, an inspiration for musicians all over the world," Halford says. AUSTIN-MARCH 11, 2010- A new five-day sale released today drops ticket prices to 'The Phantom of the Opera' by up to 40. Halford, who screeched his way to success with the heavy metal band Judas Priest and who celebrated a milestone birthday of his own two years ago, posted his video Friday. Based on Gaston Leroux’s horror novel, it tells the enticing story of The Phantom, who haunts the stage of the Paris Opera and subsequently falls in love with a beautiful young soprano. before 1986 Bdwy debut in Brigadoon followed by Phantom of the Opera, Jerome Robbin's Broadway, Dangerous Games. (The other musicians with local ties who are part of this collective? Carlos Santana, who grew up in Tijuana, and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, who lived in Del Mar and La Jolla Shores.) The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera debuted in 1988, winning seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical. And some, including the one from Snoop and another from part-time San Diegan Rob Halford, are silly and sincere. Most are as heart-felt as the crooner's singing. Thousands of people are viewing these video tributes online. So far, 19 of Nelson's famous friends have made short videos praising his long career, longer life and, of course, his marijuana use and reputation as an outlaw and a good Samaritan. Several are going viral, including the most popular one from Snoop. Famous musicians, including three from our area, and celebrities from Howard Stern to SpongeBob SquarePants are lining up to make homemade videos for country singer Willie Nelson in advance of his 80th birthday April 30.
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