Wolf Hoffmann Says Udo Dirkschneider and Peter Baltes are Welcome to Join Accept for 50th Anniversary Tour
Legendary German heavy metallers Accept are still working on touring for their whopping 17th studio album, Humanoid, that was released earlier this year. But even still, they’ve already made the announcement that they intend to embark on a 50th anniversary tour starting in late 2025 and going into 2026, with a career retrospective album slated for release in Spring of 2026.
Of course, over the course of 50 years, a lot of members have come in and out of the band, and many feel like it just wouldn’t feel right to have a 50th anniversary tour without founding members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) and Peter Baltes (bass). In a recent interview with Spanish outlet Metal Journal (as translated by Google Translate), founding guitarist and sole remaining original member of the band, Wolf Hoffmann, was asked if Dirkschneider and Baltes would be invited to join the band on their big anniversary tour, and Hoffmann was all for it:
“Of course, of course. This means we have to wait and see. The doors are always open for everyone to join in. There is going to be a 50-year retrospective of Accept and anyone who wants to participate is more than welcome. Yeah, for sure.”
However, when asked if Hoffman was planning to reach out to them or whether he would await their call, the guitarist got a little bit defensive:
“Can you just shut up now? Ha ha. You’re not going to get me to talk about that. Sorry. Everyone wants to know…”
So the door remains open for Dirkschneider and Baltes to come back, but whether or not they actually will remains the biggest mystery of the upcoming tour.
In the meantime, you can catch Accept on their Full Metal Assault Tour with KK’s Priest this fall, dates listed below.
KK’S PRIEST & ACCEPT
Full Metal Assault Tour 2024
August 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go-Go
September 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Rainbow Backyard Bash 2024
September 3 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
September 5 – East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt
September 6 – Green Bay, WI @ Epic Events Center
September 7 – Des Plaines, IL @ Des Plaines Theater
September 8 – Detroit, MI @ District 142
September 10 – Toronto, ON @ QET
September 11 – Montreal, QC @ Rialto Theatre
September 13 – New York, NY @ The Palladium
September 14 – Derry, NH @ Tupelo Music Hall
September 15 – Boston, MA @ The Wilbur Theatre
September 16 – Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
September 18 – Lititz, PA @ Mickey’s Black Box
September 20 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater
September 21 – Providence, RI @ The Strand Ballroom
September 22 – Leesburg, VA @ Tally Ho Theater
September 24 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
September 26 – New Orleans, LA @ The Fillmore
September 27 – Little Rock, AR @ The Hall
September 28 – Dallas, TX @ Tannahill’s
September 29 – Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre
October 1 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
October 2 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre
October 4 – Riverside, CA @ Fox Performing Arts Center
October 5 – San Diego, CA @ The Magnolia
October 6 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades
October 7 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
