U.D.O.’s new album will be released in 2027

Former Accept and current U.D.O. and Dirkschneider frontman Udo Dirkschneider discussed U.D.O.‘s plans to release the sequel to the “Touchdown” album, which was released in August 2023 through Atomic Fire Records, in a recent interview with Brazil’s Headbangers News, as per Blabbermouth.

We just finished a new U.D.O. album, and that will be out in the beginning of next year [2027]. And then we start [touring with] U.D.O. again. A lot of people are already asking, ‘When is the new U.D.O. stuff coming?’ So, here we go.

Udo continued by saying that Peter Baltes, his former bandmate from Accept, “was very much involved” in the songwriting for the upcoming U.D.O. album. Baltes joined U.D.O. and Dirkschneider as their bassist in 2023.

And I’m really happy to have him back.

When asked if the songwriting chemistry from the iconic Accept albums, such as “Restless And Wild Return” from 1982, immediately returned when he and Peter began composing songs for the new U.D.O. album, Dirkschneider responded as follows.

We never sit down and say, ‘Okay, we have to do songs like this and this and this way.’ It’s new stuff coming up. Of course it has a little bit of [the flavor] of the older Accept stuff. Of course, two people [from the classic Accept lineup] are there [in U.D.O. now] — the singer and the bass player. And Peter was also very much involved in songwriting in Accept, and also when Accept did the reunion [more than 15 years ago]. So, yeah, there is a [touch] of [the Accept sound], but I think it’s definitely U.D.O. and it’s a really straightforward album.

Upcoming shows:

• Wednesday, April 22, 2026 – Mexico City, Mexico – Circo Volador (Dirkschneider Show)
• Thursday, April 23, 2026 – Medellín, Colombia – Teatro Pablo Tobón Uribe (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday, April 24, 2026 – Bogotá, Colombia – Astor Plaza (Dirkschneider Show)
• Saturday–Sunday, April 25–26, 2026 – São Paulo, Brazil – Bangers Open Air 2026 (Dirkschneider Show)
• Tuesday, April 28, 2026 – Santiago, Chile – Teatro Cariola (Dirkschneider Show)
• Wednesday, April 29, 2026 – Montevideo, Uruguay – Live Era (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday, May 1, 2026 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – El Teatrito (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday, June 12, 2026 – Osnabrück, Germany – Rosenhof (Dirkschneider Show)
• Saturday, June 13, 2026 – Ulmbach, Germany – Ulmich om Brand 2026 (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday–Saturday, June 26–27, 2026 – Szczecin, Poland – Hells Bells Festival 2026
• Thursday–Sunday, July 16–19, 2026 – Vizovice, Czech Republic – Masters of Rock 2026 (DirkschneiderShow)
• Thursday–Saturday, July 16–18, 2026 – Leoben, Austria – Area 53 Festival (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday–Sunday, July 17–19, 2026 – Cremona, Italy – Luppolo in Rock 2026 (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday, July 24, 2026 – Memmingen, Germany – Kaminwerk (Dirkschneider Show)
• Saturday, July 25, 2026 – Pyras, Germany – Pyraser Classic Rock Night 2026 (Dirkschneider Show)
• Sunday, July 26, 2026 – Halle (Saale), Germany – Halle Messe Arena Halle (Dirkschneider Show)
• Thursday–Sunday, August 6–9, 2026 – Kortrijk, Belgium – Alcatraz Festival (Dirkschneider Show)
• Thursday, August 6, 2026 – Neu‑Ulm, Germany – Wiley Sportpark (Dirkschneider Show)
• Tuesday, August 18, 2026 – Pamplona, Spain – Navarra Arena (Dirkschneider Show)
• Thursday, August 20, 2026 – València, Spain – Roig Arena (Dirkschneider Show)
• Friday–Sunday, August 21–23, 2026 – Aarburg, Switzerland – Riverside Festival (Dirkschneider Show)
• Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Lindau, Germany – Club Vaudeville (Dirkschneider Show)
• Thursday, September 10, 2026 – Wuppertal, Germany – Historische Stadthalle (Dirkschneider Show)
• Saturday, September 26, 2026 – La Gineta, Spain – Gineta Rock Festival 2026 (Dirkschneider Show)

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