Today, iconic German heavy metallers, U.D.O., strike back with their new 13-track studio album. But that's not all: Touchdown also marks the musical reunion of singer Udo Dirkschneider and bassist Peter Baltes (ex-Accept) who joined the U.D.O. ranks a few months ago, and to celebrate those happenings, the group have launched a lyric video for new song, "Fight For The Right", which can be found on their new offering.

It's an anti-war track that continues U.D.O.'s tradition of delivering heavy old-school riffing, this time garnished with a grand, classical music dominated guitar solo. Watch the visualisation by Ingo Spörl (Hard Media) below:

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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. (also performing as Dirkschneider) are in the final stages of their 2023 summer festival tour and with the arrival of new studio album Touchdown, 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. 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

U.D.O. / Dirkschneider are:

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