U.D.O., the German metallic band fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider, will embark on a North American tour this fall. The 22-date trek will kick off on November 3 in Frenchtown, New Jersey and make stops in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Columbus, Montreal and Toronto, amongst different cities, earlier than concluding on December 7 in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Tour dates:

Nov. 03 – Frenchtown, NJ – Arties
Nov. 04 – New Bedford, MA – The Vault
Nov. 05 – Studying, PA – The Reverb
Nov. 09 – Houston, TX – Rise Roof Prime
Nov. 11 – San Antonio, TX – Royal Oaks Occasion Heart
Nov. 12 – Dallas, TX – Timber
Nov. 15 – Glendale, AZ – The 44
Nov. 16 – West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go
Nov. 17 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
Nov. 18 – Santa Ana, CA – Levels
Nov. 20 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
Nov. 22 – Denver, CO – Moxy Theatre
Nov. 24 – McHenry, IL – Vixen Theatre
Nov. 25 – Joliet, IL – The Forge
Nov. 26 – Columbus, OH – King Of Golf equipment
Nov. 28 – Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
Nov. 29 – Montreal, QC – Les Foufounes Électriques
Nov. 30 – Toronto, ON – Lees Palace
Dec. 01 – Detroit, MI – Token Lounge
Dec. 03 – Harrison, OH – Blue Be aware
Dec. 04 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Corridor
Dec. 07 – Manchester, NH – Angel Metropolis

In a latest interview with George Dionne of KNAC.COM, Udo was requested if there’s any probability that his followers in America would get to see him carry out this yr. Udo, who turned 71 in April, responded: “This yr you will note U.D.O. We’re engaged on the tour. And after 3 times canceling every thing [because of] this pandemic stuff, now it appears like — I believe that we’re coming in… I believe that it begins on the third of November till the center of December. However in the meanwhile we’re ready for the suitable routing and all that stuff. I imply, we’re already into visa stuff and nightliners and blah, blah, blah — all that stuff. So this time it actually appears that we coming again to America. And I am actually wanting ahead to this. The final time we have been in America, we [went there] below [the] DIRKSCHNEIDER [banner], however this time we’re coming below U.D.O.“

Udo additionally touched upon the setlist for the upcoming U.D.O. North American tour and whether or not it would embrace any of ACCEPT‘s basic songs. He mentioned: “The promoter mentioned, ‘Yeah, we heard Udo mentioned he by no means, ever will play any ACCEPT songs.’ Yeah, in fact. I imply, after I did the DIRKSCHNEIDER tour [focusing on ACCEPT material] additionally right here in Europe, the entire DIRKSCHNEIDER factor [lasted] for almost three years; I imply, it was a unending tour. It was almost 300 reveals, and I used to be actually drained. I mentioned, ‘Come on. U.D.O. has additionally sufficient songs. I do not wanna play any ACCEPT songs anymore.’ Okay. [I] was just a little bit too fast [to say that]. So the promoter in America, he mentioned, ‘Yeah, however whenever you come on tour, you need to play ‘Balls To The Wall’. You can’t be in America with out ‘Balls To The Wall’.’ After which he mentioned, ‘Can we put this within the contract?’ And I mentioned, ‘Don’t be concerned. We do not have to place this within the contract. I do know that we’ve to play ‘Balls To The Wall’ in America. After all.’ And, yeah. So possibly we play one or two ACCEPT songs; I imply, I do know which of them are in America well-known sufficient. However we do not make a combination, like 50 % of ACCEPT and [50 percent of] U.D.O. Perhaps [we’ll play] two [ACCEPT] songs, after which give the individuals what they need.”

U.D.O. launched a brand new album, “Landing”, on August 25 by Atomic Fireplace Information. The 13-track LP was recorded at numerous places with producer Martin “Mattes” Pfeiffer and was blended at Redhead Studio (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) whereas the mastering was dealt with by Stefan Kaufmann at ROXX Studio (Solingen, Germany),The file additionally features a visitor look by violinist Stefan Pintev on the title monitor, and bass tracks have been recorded by former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes. Art work was offered by Martin Häusler who was additionally chargeable for capturing band photographs in help of the brand new album marketing campaign.

In April, Baltes formally joined U.D.O. and DIRKSCHNEIDER, the 2 bands fronted by Udo Dirkschneider. The previous ACCEPT bassist had been taking part in bass for U.D.O. since final September, initially as a short lived substitute for U.D.O.‘s then-bassist Tilen Hudrap who was hospitalized after the band’s present in Munich, Germany.

DIRKSCHNEIDER is the identify of Udo‘s band which performs ACCEPT materials completely.

Though Udo introduced eight years in the past that his preliminary DIRKSCHNEIDER tour would mark his ultimate time performing ACCEPT songs, he has continued to play choose reveals below the DIRKSCHNEIDER banner.

Three years in the past, Baltes and former ACCEPT drummer Stefan Kaufmann have been a part of the songwriting crew for U.D.O.‘s album referred to as “We Are One”, a collaboration with Das Musikkorps der Bundeswehr, the army band of the German federal armed forces.