Heavy metal giants ACCEPT have announced they have had to cancel the Strasbourg show on their “Blind Rage” tour. The show was due to take place on 16th October. You can read the statement below:
“Yesterday the town council of Strasbourg – owner of the venue La Laiterie – has detected a technical problem in the Grand Hall . For the public safety the Grand Hall of La Laiterie in Strasbourg has to be closed in emergency for rehabilitation until the 22nd October 2014. No shows can go on in the Grand Hall of La Laiterie during this period – consequently the show of Accept scheduled on the 16th October have to be cancelled! Tickets are refundable through retailers.”
The next date on the tour which recently landed in Europe, will be the sold out show in Pamplona, Spain on 10th October. For the full list of tour dates, check the official ACCEPT website here.
Since their highly anticipated shows for the 80,000 metal heads in WACKEN,Germany and the 750,000 festival fans in WOODSTOCK, Poland in August it can be said, that the European media has picked up on the impressive, convincing, powerful and very energetic performance of ACCEPT. They nailed it and the buzz is out! The band is on a run and they can proudly claim they are going somewhere: Sold out shows either way before or at the day of the show. Sold out shows on the 2014 BLIND RAGE World Tour include:
MELBOURNE (AUS), NEW YORK (US), COPENHAGEN (DEN), LINKOEPING (SE), TORNIO (FIN), TAMPERE (FIN), PAMPLONA (ESP), STOCKHOLM (SE), HAMBURG (DE) and ERFURT (DE)
And more to come! PARIS, MUNICH, BERLIN, COLOGNE & FILDERSTADT all need to be watched, if you want to go get your tickets NOW! For more information check the official ACCEPT website at this location.
With their “Blind Rage” album released in August 2014 and chart entries from #1 in GERMANY and FINLAND to top 100 in 25 countries around the globe ACCEPT celebrate the most dramatic success of their career. ACCEPT’s place as one of the historic bands who have inspired generations of musicians and as one of the well deserved and proven TOP LIVE ACTS in recent times. You can take them to the bank and you can be sure they will not show any signs of slowing down as Wolf Hoffmann and Peter Baltes, crowned by their mighty vocalist Mark Tornillo, are bringing their powerful performance to the max, leaving exhausted, but very happy fans behind and off to the next show.
For a recent fan live report of the show from Helsinki, Finland, see here.
Next date on the tour is tonight in Antwerp, Belgium, then tomorrow, 8th October in Paris, France. Check out a message from Wolf and Peter:
Teutonic heavy metal pioneers ACCEPT recently had another magnificent performance in Helsinki, Finland. With the release of their newest album, “Blind Rage” hitting the Finnish chart at the number one position, it was very predictable that this show would be sold out, and indeed it was. Metal Shock Finland is always proud to support true metal and now we are glad to present to you some fan filmed footage, a photo gallery and live report of ACCEPT’s show in Helsinki, all done by one of the band’s Finnish die hard and proud fans Saku Ovaska.
Check out this video footage of the band playing their timeless song ‘Metal Heart’ in Helsinki on 28th September below:
Check out Saku’s live report about his experience of a night with ACCEPT and their metal:
German heavy metal legends Accept arrived again to entertain their fans in Helsinki this autumn. The band enjoys great popularity at the moment in Europe and in Finland the latest album “Blind Rage” went to the top of the charts.Also, the concert venue The Circus, in central Helsinki was almost full.
The two-hour set kicked off with an air of pride, showcasing the new album, by starting with first track, the very fast ‘Stampede’, giving the audience what they had come for!
The crushing riffs, powerful choruses and, above all, Wolf Hoffmann’s elegant, melodically harmonious guitars came into their own at the forefront of the stage. Accept today can be proud of the fresh-sounding vocalist Mark Tornillo era of production and the setlist was mixed of half new material and old. Hoffmann, the lead guitarist, the bassist Peter Baltes and singer Tornillo take care of the entertainment mostly at the front of the stage. Second guitarist Herman Frank has restricted himself to play more in the background, with the exception of. a few of the common solos and choruses.
Accept is a fine position as a band now that the new production has been received very well and the songs chosen from the old material to work with on stage are completely timeless. Sure, tracks such as ‘Princess Of The Dawn’, ‘Losers And Winners’, ‘London Leatherboys’ and great classics such as ‘Balls To The Wall’, and ‘Metal Heart’, which we heard as the encores, are treasures to the fans.
The two-hour show was entertaining and effective. Accept is in very good shape as a band and the audience left the scene with a smile. It is easy to see that the band still has many good years ahead. Thank you Accept and come back soon!
Honourable metal fan Saku Ovaska took several high quality photos of that heavy and metal night with ACCEPT and he gave us permission to share them with you here. So enjoy looking at these photos or feel free to be jealous if you missed an ACCEPT show in your local venue.
Heavy metal giants ACCEPT are currently on tour to promote their latest album “Blind Rage”. The band started out in the USA and are now in Finland, having played their first show of this tour in Seinajoki. The show in Tampere, which hits the stage on 27th September is now sold out! It will take place at the Pakkahuone venue which is used for music shows as well as theatre and exhibitions, with a capacity for 1200 people. Past metal acts appearing onstage there include Motorhead and Black Sabbath.
Wolf Hoffmann and Peter Baltes have the following message for the fans in Tampere:
The next show will take the crowd by storm tomorrow, Friday 26th September in Tornio. For more details see here. Check out the full list of tour dates at this location.
With their grandiose Album “Bling Rage”, that hit number 1 in the official charts in Finland and Germany four weeks ago, ACCEPT kicked off their “Blind Rage World Tour 2014” on September 11th in the US , before they ringed in the Europe Tour in Copenhagen (on September 19th). Following New York (US ), Melbourne (AUS) and Copenhagen (DK) and the show in Tampere (FIN) on September 27th was just announced to be SOLD OUT!
Two live reviews from Copenhagen and Gothenburg can be found here:
GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN (SE) 4 out of 5:
TIGHT AND HAPPY ACCEPT
It’s a tight and happy Accept who has got the courage to play four new songs before the first classic song, Losers And Winners, is played. The set list’s even share between new and old songs is a good sign that Accept refuses to be a nostalgia act. That is honourable but even more important is that it actually works since the band has continued to write very strong songs.
GAFFA (DEN) 6 out of 6:
ACCEPT – A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG
I have been witnessing this year’s best concert experience.
Accept has become a highly addictive drug that you just want more and more of. And not just the obvious classics as Restless And Wild, Fast As A Shark and of course Balls To The Wall .The new material is exceptional and opening number Stampede is just as good.
And now for the remaining shows in Scandinavia :
24-Sep-2014 Seinaejoki (FI), Rytmikotjaamo – tickets
26-Sep-2014 Tornio (FI), Torunda – tickets
27-Sep-2014 Tampere (FI), Pakkahuone (sold out)
28-Sep-2014 Helsinki (FI), The Circus – tickets
30-Sep-2014 Stockholm (SE), Debaser Medis – tickets
01-Oct-2014 Oslo (NO), Rockefeller – tickets
03-Oct-2014 Karlstad (SE), Nöjesfabriken – tickets
The live video from ACCEPTs Headliner Show at WOODSTOCK Festival 2014 shows what the fans can expect from the “ACCEPT Blind Rage World Tour 2014”:
Heavy metal giants ACCEPT have had a dynamic start to their Blind Rage tour, setting the pace for their shows around the world! The tour began on 11th September in California and the four US shows went down a storm with fans, who gave rave reviews and many special stories about their experiences with ACCEPT. Here are some comments from fans:
Jim Hauger – It was PERFECT… Their Heavy & Melodic RIFF HEAVY MONSTERS!!!!
Claudio Aguilera – Best Accept concert I’ve seen in my life. Both guitars sounding Amazing. Tornillo’s voice is Superb.
Mike McQuerter – It’s obvious you guys are not just going through the motions to earn a paycheck. The band sounds like a freight train crashing through a wall. The music is the tight and sounds dead on. I dare to say Accept is at a level it’s never been before and this is a good thing. Listening and watching Accept live really pumps you up and makes you feel alive. Well done guys.
The band have now hit Europe running, with a sell out show in Copenhagen, Denmark last night, Friday 19th September. This weekend’s shows take place in Sweden, then ACCEPT land in Finland to give four storming shows! Any Finnish fans who have not yet got a ticket need to act fast if they want to be a part of the Teutonic Terror, check here for ticket information. Support comes from Helsinki metallers BATTLE BEAST and Australian metallers DAMNATIONS DAY. The shows will take place on the following dates, with venues and locations listed:
September 24th – Rytmikotjaamo, Seinajoki
September 26th – Torunda, Tornio
September 27th – Pakkahuone, Tampere
September 28th – The Circus, Helsinki
Check out the show trailers with a message from Wolf Hoffmann and Peter Baltes below:
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September 24th – Rytmikotjaamo, Seinajoki
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