Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has undergone a “Major Emergency Heart Surgery” today. He is said to be “stable and resting”  afterwards, as updated in a social media post by Richie’s girlfriend Mariah Lynch, daughter of former Dokken guitarist George Lynch. Mariah is Faulkner’s partner and mother of his child, Daisy Mae, born in July 2020. The band postponed the rest of their current headline tour of North America 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour, so Richie could get the medical care and recovery he needed. Continue reading →