Accept vocalist, Mark Tornillo had a conversation with The Metal Voice, who discussed the challenges of touring in North America for a band like Accept.
Here’s what Tornillo said about touring in North America:
“It’s always been difficult to tour North America. It’s mostly promoters and the fact that we need to play at least a big enough room where we’re gonna make some money. But it’s gotta have the turnout to do it.
”But we’re gonna make it happen this year no matter what. I know that. We’ve all decided that if we have to take a cut, we’ll take a cut. But we’ve gotta play, we’ve gotta play for the fans.
“We have no trouble selling tickets in South America. [We have] no trouble selling tickets in Europe, or else. I think it’s just that the United States is just not metal territory anymore. I don’t know why.
“I would love nothing better than to tour the U.S. every year. But we’ll see how it plays out.”