U.D.O Guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen Talks To Guitarhoo! In New Video Interview
December 16, 2013, 10 years ago
Kasperi Heikkinen is the guitarist for German rock group U.D.O. and formerly of symphonic metal group AMBERIAN DAWN, MERGING FLARE and GUARDIANS OF MANKIND.
In this interview Kasperi chats with Guitarhoo! about his early roots as a musician, joining the band U.D.O. headed by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider, his guitars of choice, touring, future projects and much more.
U.D.O recently announced March dates for the Ukraine.
U.D.O tour dates:
January
25 - Volketswil, Switzerland - Rocketswil Festival30 - Aviles, Spain - Sala Quattro
31 - Madrid, Spain - Penelope **
February
1 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27 **2 -Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2 **
6 - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
7 - Zlin, Czech Republic - Masters of Rock Cafe
8 - Bratislava, Slovakia - MMC Club
9 - Banska Bystrika, Slovakia - Ministry
15 - Metzingen, Germany - Stadthalle
20 - Tuttlingen, Germany - Stadthalle
21 - Solingen, Germany - Cobra
22 - Andernach, Germany – JUZ
March
1 – Chernigiv, Ukraine – Gorodskoj Dorn Kulturi3 – Illichevsk, Ukraine – Metropolis
5 – Donetsk, Ukraine – Palace Of Youth
6 – Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine – Shinnik
7 – Simferopol, Ukraine – Creamean Academic Ukrainian Musical Theatre
9 – Kharkov, Ukraine – KKZU
10 – Kiev, Ukraine – Bingo Club
** with PRIMAL FEAR and BULLET
The show on February 22nd in Tuttlingen, Germany will be a special show with Marinemusikkorps Nordsee. Details will be revealed soon.