Udo Dirkschneider on Phone-Free Metal Shows

0:00On April 1st, Udo Dirk Schneider, the frontman for UDO and Dirk Schneider, just shared his take on fans glued to their phones during metal shows. In a fresh interview, he said, what can you do about folks holding up devices for two full hours instead of just soaking in the music? He pointed to ghost kicking people out for filming at a German gig, and Iron Maiden now asking fans to stash phones on their new run for your lives, world tour. Other bands are cracking down too. People tell crowds to stay out phones until the last song, while ghosts is going all in with phone free tours in 2025 and 20. 26. Fans keep their devices, but lock them in yonder pouches, building on test runs in Los Angeles for their concert film. Udo gets why it's annoying, but he's focused forward with UDO wrapping up their next album after touchdown from August 2023. It's set for early 2027 on Atomic Fire Records, and he's thrilled about ex-acced bassist, Peter Bautes, jumping in on songwriting since, joining last year.

1:02That acceptory union vibe creeps in naturally with Udo and Peter back together, echoing classics like Restless in Wild from 1982. Still, Udo insists its fresh UDO material, straightforward metal, without forcing the old formula. Peter filled in on bass after a bandmates' health scare and stuck around. With Dirk Schneider still touring accept hits and accept itself rocking on, led by Wolf Hoffman, this phone debate highlights how metal keeps evolving to keep the live energy pure while new tunes keep the fire burning. That's your music news today update, AI powered and always on.