UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES Perform Entire ACCEPT ‘Balls To The Wall’ Album In Colombia

DIRKSCHNEIDER, the band featuring former ACCEPT members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals) and Peter Baltes (bass),along with drummer Sven Dirkschneider (Udo‘s son) and the talented guitar duo of Andrey Smirnov and Fabian “Dee” Dammers, celebrated the 40th anniversary of “Balls To The Wall”, which was originally released in late 1983 and is the most commercially successful and best-known album by ACCEPT, by performing the LP in its entirety at the Rock Al Parque festival on November 9 at Parque Simón Bolívar in Bogota, Colombia. Professionally filmed video of the concert is available below.

The full setlist was as follows:

01. Balls To The Wall (ACCEPT song)
02. London Leatherboys (ACCEPT song)
03. Fight It Back (ACCEPT song)
04. Head Over Heels (ACCEPT song)
05. Losing More Than You’ve Ever Had (ACCEPT song)
06. Love Child (ACCEPT song)
07. Turn Me On (ACCEPT song)
08. Losers And Winners (ACCEPT song)
09. Guardian Of The Night (ACCEPT song)
10. Winter Dreams (ACCEPT song)
11. Fast As A Shark (ACCEPT song)

In a recent interview with Eric Blair of The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show, Udo spoke about his plan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Balls To The Wall”. He said: “I think next year we make a break with U.D.O., and now we start in November in South America, the 40-years anniversary of the ‘Balls To The Wall’ album. And that means I think we continue until the end of next year. I mean, there’s already booking stuff. and it goes very well. So that means, of course, I play the whole ‘Balls To The Wall’ album. And I’m really looking forward to this. Also now I have Peter [Baltes, former ACCEPT bassist, playing] with me.”