Senior Editor for XS Rock, Bobby Caughron, has published an interview with Udo Dirkschneider in which he discusses his former Accept bandmates and states that he will never reunite with them. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

XS Rock:  Now that you are closing the door on the Accept chapter in your life, do you feel a sense of satisfaction of what you accomplished during that time?

Udo: "Oh yeah! Of course, I mean the satisfaction is that I didn’t expect this Dirkschneider tour to go so well. In the beginning we had just planned 10 or 15 shows, but now when we finish up with Canada we will have 120 shows. So, I didn’t expect this, but it’s good to see that the people want to hear this."

XS Rock:  Do you have any regrets or negative feelings about the guys in Accept?

Udo: "No. This is over. I mean there was so many bad things going on and that’s the reason that I wanted to do the Dirkschneider thing now. I want to close the book. Now, the Accept thing, for me is history. It’s been thirty years. We are now working on our 16th album. I don’t want to say a different band, but it’s another band now. They are doing good and I wish them all the best."

XS Rock: Do you every have any communication with those guys at all?

Udo: "No. No. Definitely not (laughs)."

XS Rock: So you would say that you parted on bad terms?

Udo: "Yeah, but I mean so many bad things happened that there is no chance that we can become close again."

XS Rock: So there’s no chance of an Accept reunion ever?

Udo: "Oh, no. Definitely not. I think no one can pay me that much money (laughs)."

Go to this location for the complete interview. 

The long-awaited live album from Dirkschneider’s Back To The Roots Tour will be released on October 28th as 2CD Digipak and 3LP in four different colors (black, gold, silber and clear) via AFM Records. Listen to “Breaker” from the upcoming release, streaming below.

During the tour rock legend Udo Dirkschneider was presented a Sold Out Award for the extremely successful Dirkschneider tour, where 31 out of 48 Europe shows were sold out!

"It’s unbelievable, I never expected this tour to be so overly successful“, Udo comments, "It’s beautiful to see how many people walk with me on my personal way of saying goodbye to the Accept chapter.“

The singer with the charismatic voice had his musical breakthrough with Accept in the early 80s. "It’s still so much fun to sing these songs live, they are a part of my biography, but nevertheless it’s about time to turn that page. There was so much talking and speculations about me and Accept, so this is kind of a musical statement from my end – which seems to be very interesting for the fans who came to these shows.”

The album, Live - Back To The Roots, was recorded at the sold out show at Kaminwerk in Memmingen on April 2nd, 2016. Pre-orders at this location.

Tracklist Digipak:

CD1
“Intro”
“Starlight”
“Living For Tonite”
“Flash Rockin‘ Man”
“London Leatherboys”
“Midnight Mover”
“Breaker”
“Head Over Heels”
“Neon Night”
“Princess Of The Dawn”
“Winterdreams”
“Restless And Wild”
“Son Of A Bitch”

CD2
“Up To The Limit”
“Wrong Is Right”
“Midnight Highway”
“Screaming For A Love-Bite”
“Monsterman”
“T.V. War”
“Losers And Winners”
“Metal Heart”
“I’m A Rebel”
“Fast As A Shark”
“Balls To The Wall”
“Burning”
“Outro”

“Breaker”:

Dirkschneider recently announced North American tour dates for early 2017. They will continue touring until the end of 2016, hitting Israel and Japan, doing a lot of summer festivals and then touring US, Russia and Europe in fall and winter. 2016.

Dates for North America have been confirmed. The complete Dirkschneider schedule is below.

November (with Vicious Rumors)
1 - Oslo, November - Vulcan Arena
3 - Umea, Sweden - Idun
4 - Borlaenge, Sweden - Liljan
5 - Orebro, Sweden - Frimis
6 - Linkoeping, Sweden - Garden
18 - Stockholm, Sweden - Rock At Sea
26 - Moscow, Russia - Stadium Live Club - Aria Fest

December (with Vicious Rumors)
3 - Vacha, Germany - Vachwerk
8 - Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohm
9 - Brno, Czech Republic - Hala Vodova
11 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
15 - Nurnberg, Germany - Loewensaal
16 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
17 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Schwarzwaldhalle - Knock Out Festival
18 - Solingen, Germany - Cobra

January
5 - New York City, NY - Stage 48
6 - Clifton Park, NY - Upstate Concert Hall
7 - Quebec City, QC - Salle Multi
8 - Montreal, QC - FouFounes
10 - Toronto, ON - MOD Club
11 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
12 - Westland, MI - Token Lounge
13 - Chicago, IL - Concorde Music Hall
14 - St Paul, MN - Amsterdam
16 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
18 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
19 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
21 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
22 - Anaheim, CA - City National Grove
23 - West Hollywood, CA - Whiskey a Go Go
24 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
26 - Dallas, TX - Trees
27 - San Antonio, TX - Alamo Music Hall
28 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
30 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
31 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

February
2 - Baltimore, MD - Soundstage
3 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
4 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero

Dirkschneider performed on March 13th at Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Neon Sunsets has posted pro-shot footage of the band performing the Accept classic “Midnight Mover”. Watch below: