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repeat and make all the shows really hold up .
IE : Does this mean in three years that you guys will be playing a six night run at the Chicago Theater ? DT : We will see . We hope we are at least still doing a one night . I hope the crowds don ’ t leave us . It ’ s been a slow steady build , man . As long as it feels good , and people are coming out , we will keep doing it . The beauty of this band so far it seems , is that the more we work and the more we get after it , the better it feels . We are all for it .
IE : I also understand that you and Susan have your own little festival you host in Florida ? DT : Yeah we have been doing that the last few years . We kick off our year down there . It ’ s kind of like the Wheels of Soul , except maybe eight or ten
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bands instead of just three . It is a fun way to get the band cranking again . It is going to be another busy year next year keeping a twelve piece band together . You have to get out and work .
IE : It ’ s going to be in January , right ? Chicagoans should go down there to warm up . DT : Yeah , true . You know , we did the Chicago Theater run last year in the middle of winter , and people seemed to appreciate us showing up in the middle of that weather . Something about that felt right , and then they brought it up again this year . You know what , we like doing that – showing up when other bands won ’ t .
IE : In Chicago , the fans will always show up no matter what the weather . I know . You guys aren ’ t afraid . It ’ s all these false musicians who are scared of the cold . Appearing 1 / 19 , 1 / 20 and 1 / 21 at Chicago Theatre , Chicago .
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personal way of saying goodbye to the Accept chapter . Does this mean you ’ ll never play an Accept song live again ? Udo Dirkschneider : Under U . D . O . we will never play any Accept songs again , that ’ s why I ’ m doing this . After the American tour , we start working on the 16th U . D . O . album , so I think we have enough stuff to do a setlist without any Accept songs . Maybe there ’ s just a small door open that maybe if Accept split up , then it may be the time to play some Accept songs again . As long as Accept exists , you will never hear any Accept songs with U . D . O .
IE : How excited are you for the upcoming North American tour ? You don ' t really get over to the States very often with U . D . O . Udo Dirkschneider : No , the last tour with U . D . O . was in 2013 and it was just 12 shows , and now we ’ re doing 24 . I ’ m really looking forward to this and we ’ ll see how the people react , and I think it will be a good reaction from the audience . It will be the same setlist that we ’ re still doing in Europe and that will be over two hours . So you can expect a long , heavy setlist .
IE : So what ’ s next after the US tour ends in early February , will you be concentrating on U . D . O . and the new album ? Udo Dirkschneider : We just finished with the festival season here in Europe . So at the moment we have a break until the end of October , then we start touring Russia , Ukraine and Scandinavia again for the second time . More shows in Germany , Italy and Austria till the end of the year . After the American tour , the first of March we start recording the new U . D . O . album . So we are quite busy . In March
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we ’ ll do pre-production , then we ’ ll pick 15-16- 17 songs to record . The plan is to be finished in the middle of May with recording and then mixing . We ’ re not that young anymore , so we take our time .
IE : At age 64 , you don ’ t seem like you ’ re ready to pack it in just yet . Udo Dirkschneider : I still love touring and making records . Some people ask me if I know when I ’ m ready to retire and I say , “ No .” As long as my voice is still working , as long as I ’ m healthy to do this and as long as people still come to the concerts … I don ’ t know . But as long as I have fun … this is the most important word , “ fun .” Maybe I can do this for another 10 years , I have no plan about this !
MOSH-WORTHY : Solitude Beneath The Sky ( Test Your Metal ), Kreator Gods Of Violence ( Nuclear Blast ), Herman Frank The Devil Rides Out ( AFM ).
MOSH-WORTHY … LIVE : Hell Awaits , Among The Living , Hangar 18 , Facelift ( Reggies , 01 / 07 ), August Burns Red , Protest The Hero , In Hearts Wake , ’ 68 ( House of Blues , 01 / 13 ), Mayhem , Inquisition , Black Anvil ( Metro , 01 / 23 ).
MENTION-WORTHY : Calgary thrashers Illyrian deliver a ferocious slab of old school thrash / death metal on its independentlyreleased sophomore album Round 2 : Fight !. Rising UK metal band Exist Immortal offer its sophomore release , Breathe , in which the Brits blend various musical elements of metalcore , Djent and technical progressive metal in the vein of Periphery and TesseracT .
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