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3 сен 2023 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says Younger Metal Bands Need A 'Concept' In Order To Stand Out |
29 авг 2023 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Doesn't Believe OZZY OSBOURNE Will Ever Perform Live Again: 'I Think This Is Over' |
17 авг 2023 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Still Doesn't Warm Up His Voice Before Hitting The Stage: 'I Never, Ever Did This' |
11 авг 2023 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER On Increased Cost Of Post-Pandemic Touring: 'Prices Are Exploding At The Moment' |
7 июл 2023 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER Performs ACCEPT Classic “Balls To The Wall” At Graspop Metal Meeting 2023; Pro-Shot Video Streaming |
4 июл 2023 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says His Singing Range 'Got Wider' Over Time |
25 апр 2023 : |
Watch: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Perform JUDAS PRIEST Classics At Santiago Concert |
11 авг 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Performs ACCEPT Classiscs "Fast As A Shark", "Balls To The Wall" And More At Wacken Open Air 2022; Pro-Shot Video Streaming |
9 авг 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Performs ACCEPT Classic "Princess Of The Dawn" Live At Wacken Open Air 2022; Pro-Shot Video Streaming |
7 июн 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says He Found Out 'Very Late' That He Signed Over His Rights To ACCEPT's Name |
16 май 2022 : |
Ex-ACCEPT Singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Explains Inspiration Behind His 'Military' Look |
2 май 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER - New Album Hits Highest Chart Entry Of His Career In Germany |
27 апр 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: Why I Decided To Record A Song In German For The First Time |
22 апр 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER On Turning 70: 'It's Just A Number' |
5 апр 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER's Advice To New Bands: 'Don't Sign A Contract With A Record Company' |
18 мар 2022 : |
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25 фев 2022 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Releases Metalized Cover Of QUEEN Classic "We Will Rock You" (Video) |
13 янв 2022 : |
Ex-ACCEPT Singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Covers AC/DC, JUDAS PRIEST, LED ZEPPELIN, Others On 'My Way' Album |
7 дек 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says Losing Rights To ACCEPT Name Was 'Biggest Mistake' Of His Professional Career |
11 ноя 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Isn't Thinking About Retirement: 'There Is No Reason To Stop' |
20 окт 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER On Keeping His Voice In Shape: 'I Never Warm Up When I Go Onstage' |
16 окт 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Doesn't Rule Out Future Projects With Former ACCEPT Members - "If We Have Time, If We Have Enough Ideas"; Video |
18 авг 2021 : |
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29 май 2021 : |
Former ACCEPT Members UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER, PETER BALTES And STEFAN KAUFMANN Reunite In 'Every Heart Is Burning' Video |
29 апр 2021 : |
Former ACCEPT Members UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER, PETER BALTES And STEFAN KAUFMANN Reunite In 'Face Of A Stranger' Video |
11 апр 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Admits He Was 'Maybe Too Quick To Say' He Wouldn't Play ACCEPT Songs With U.D.O. Anymore |
8 апр 2021 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG Feat. Former ACCEPT Bandmates To Reveal Future Plans In The Coming Weeks |
3 мар 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: Why I Am Still Performing ACCEPT Songs |
12 фев 2021 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says He Never Warms Up Before Live Shows: 'I Go On Stage And Start Singing' |
10 июл 2020 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says He Will Perform ACCEPT Songs With U.D.O. On Upcoming North American Tour |
1 июл 2020 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Has No Plans To Retire Anytime Soon |
17 апр 2020 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER Performs ACCEPT Classics At Wacken Open Air 2018; Pro-Shot Video |
2 фев 2020 : |
Former ACCEPT Members UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES To Reunite On Stage This Summer? |
17 сен 2019 : |
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER To Perform ACCEPT's 'Metal Heart' Album In Its Entirety At Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR |
5 сен 2018 : |
Ex-ACCEPT Singer UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Has No Contact With His Former Bandmates: 'Too Many Bad Things Happened' |
20 авг 2018 : |
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17 авг 2018 : |
Guitarist BILL HUDSON Sets Record Straight Regarding His Exit From DIRKSCHNEIDER |
14 мар 2018 : |
Video: DIRKSCHNEIDER Performs In Westland, Michigan |
2 окт 2017 : |
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15 авг 2017 : |
Next U.D.O. Album To Arrive In September 2018, Says UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER |
21 июл 2017 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER |
8 июл 2017 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER: Official Teaser For 'Live – Back To The Roots - Accepted!' |
23 июн 2017 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER |
13 июн 2017 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER To Release 'Live - Back To The Roots - Accepted!' In August |
5 июн 2017 : |
DIRKSCHNEIDER Plays First Show With New Guitarist BILL HUDSON (Video) |
31 мар 2017 : |
U.D.O. And DIRKSCHNEIDER Joined By Guitarist BILL HUDSON |
17 мар 2017 : |
The DIRKSCHNEIDER tour continues in 2017 |
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30 апр 2025
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Admits He Was 'A Little Bit Too Quick To Say' He Wouldn't Perform ACCEPT Songs Anymore
"I always say, when people ask me, 'Oh, when do you wanna retire?' I say, 'I don't know. As long my voice is working, as long we can tour worldwide, why stop?'" he explained. "[So I can] sit home and drink coffee? No. For what? No. It makes no sense.
"I really like to do this," Udo added. "I have a really good band with me, especially now with [former ACCEPT bassist] Peter [Baltes]. And it's a lot of fun to do this. And as long everything works — I don't know — maybe [I can keep doing this for] another 10 years. I don't know. [Laughs]"
Udo, who recently released a reimagining of ACCEPT's iconic album "Balls To The Wall" to celebrate the LP's 40th anniversary, was also asked if he has had any thoughts of celebrating other ACCEPT albums, such as perhaps 1985's "Metal Heart". He responded: "Yeah. I know already that some people came up and said, 'Oh, maybe in five years [in 2030] you can do that with 45 years of 'Metal Heart'. I don't know. At the moment, we are so busy with DIRKSCHNEIDER 40-years-of-'Balls [To The Wall]' tour — it goes until the end of summer next year. And in between we have to work on the new U.D.O. album. And then after the summer next year, we wanna make a little break. And then I don't know when the U.D.O. album is coming out — maybe the end of '26 or maybe in the beginning of '27. And then touring again."
He continued: "I don't know. Maybe [we can do something with] 'Metal Heart'. We will see. But I always say never say never. I mean, it was the same when I did [a] three-years-long [tour with DIRKSCHNEIDER]. We played only ACCEPT songs. I think I was a little bit too quick to say, 'No, I have enough of [playing] ACCEPT songs. I have enough of my own [U.D.O.] songs [to perform live].' But then it's a history, that people wanna hear that.
"I had, a long time ago, with Ronnie James Dio, a conversation, and he said to me, 'Udo, normally it makes no sense to make new albums. We always play the same stuff that they wanna hear. But we are entertaining people. And give the people what they want.' And that's also why we said, 'Okay, then we do DIRKSCHNEIDER again [playing only ACCEPT songs]."
DIRKSCHNEIDER, the band featuring former ACCEPT members Dirkschneider (vocals) and Baltes (bass),along with drummer Sven Dirkschneider and the talented guitar duo of Andrey Smirnov and Fabian "Dee" Dammers, celebrated the 40th anniversary of "Balls To The Wall", which was originally released in late 1983 and is the most commercially successful and best-known album by ACCEPT, by performing the LP in its entirety on recent tours of South America and Europe.
Ten years ago — in 2015 — Udo announced that he would embark on a special tour during which he would perform ACCEPT songs one last time under the DIRKSCHNEIDER banner before closing that chapter for good. Since then, the former ACCEPT frontman has continued to play ACCEPT material at select shows, including at the September 18, 2020 U.D.O. concert in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, which was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
When he first announced the original DIRKSCHNEIDER tour in 2015, Udo said that he had "to make a clear break for myself — close the book and this is it. And I have the problem that people come to me and ask me to play more ACCEPT songs," he explained. "Other people ask me why I play ACCEPT songs at all, because there are [more than] fifteen U.D.O. records. I want to avoid such things and avoid the repeating questions concerning ACCEPT. I just can't stand that anymore. There is nothing more to be said. U.D.O. exists longer than ACCEPT. We have more records than ACCEPT."
While acknowledging that some ACCEPT fans want to hear the band's classic songs performed by the group's original singer, Dirkschneider explained that "you always have these comparisons [between how these songs are played by ACCEPT and U.D.O.]. I don't want this anymore either. [The current lineup of ACCEPT] also play 'Metal Heart', they play 'Balls To The Wall' and 'Princess Of The Dawn'. And then some people tell me, 'Oh, [current ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo] is doing it better than you.' And I go, 'That's fine. Enjoy yourself.' But I don't want this anymore. And to avoid all of this in the future, I said, 'We are doing this one more time.'"
Dirkschneider said that his vow to never play ACCEPT material again came with one caveat. "If the band ACCEPT dissolves one day in the near future and I am still around with U.D.O., then there is a chance that I put ACCEPT songs back in the setlist," he said. "But currently there is ACCEPT, so go see them [if you want to see those songs performed live]. They are playing these songs."
Udo previously said the original plan was for DIRKSCHNEIDER to only "a few shows," and "then [the tour] got bigger and bigger [due to demand]." But, he added, "I don't want to complain about that."
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