Heavy metal quintet U.D.O. (also performing as Dirkschneider) are in the final stages of their 2023 summer festival tour and with the arrival of new studio album Touchdown being around the corner (Friday, August 25 via Atomic Fire Records), the band are pleased to announce the first more extensive leg of their upcoming 2023/24 world tour in support of the aforementioned record.

To not only bring new tunes to their fans' home audio systems but also to the "live fields" of the globe, U.D.O.'s forthcoming concert season will lead them to fourteen German clubs and cities, but also to Pratteln (Switzerland) and the Czech Republic (Prague, Brno & Ostrava) in February/March 2024. While appearances in other countries as well as special guests are in the works, tickets for the below mentioned shows can be purchased now (CH & CZ will go on sale soon). Info/tickets here.

Dates:

February
23 - Regensburg-Obertraubling, Germany - Eventhall Airport
24 - Berlin, Germany - Huxleys Neue Welt
25 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
28 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
29 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle 2

March
1 - Markneukirchen, Germany - Musikhalle
2 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
3 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
6 - Mannheim, Germany - Capitol
7 - Stuttgart, Germany - Im Wizemann
8 - Memmingen, Germany - Kaminwerk
9 - Nuremberg, Germany - Löwensaal
10 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Konzertfabrik Z7
14 - Wilhelmshaven, Germany - Pumpwerk
16 - Marsberg, Germany - Metal Diver Festival
20 - Prague, Czech Republic - Roxy
22 - Brno, Czech Republic - Sono Centrum
23 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Garage Club

New studio album, Touchdown, features 13 tracks which cement the fact that the group surely belongs to the all-star team of the scene.

Pre-order Touchdown in the physical format of your choice, pre-save it on your favourite DSP or pre-order it digitally, here.

Tracklisting:

"Isolation Man"
"The Flood"
"The Double Dealer's Club"
"Fight For The Right"
"Forever Free"
"Punchline"
"Sad Man's Show"
"The Betrayer"
"Heroes Of Freedom"
"Better Start To Run"
"The Battle Understood"
"Living Hell"
"Touchdown"

"Touchdown" video:

"Forever Free" lyric video:

U.D.O. / Dirkschneider are:

Udo Dirkschneider - vocals
Andrey Smirnov - guitar
Sven Dirkschneider - drums
Fabian Dee Dammers - guitar
Peter Baltes - bass

(Photo - Martin Häusler)