FROM ROCK HARD AND BWBK.COM:
SCORPIONS Call It A Day, Issue Official Statement
Rock Hard
Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 06:10:30 EST
German rock legends the SCORPIONS have issued the following statement via their official website:
"Important message to our fans:
It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and we were fortunate enough to make music for you - whether it was live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs.
While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was – and how much fun we were still having, in the process. But there was also something else: We want to end the Scorpions' extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we’ve always had since the beginning. This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years.
We want you, our fans, to be the first to know about this. Thank you for your never-ending support throughout the years!
We uploaded the very first snippets from our new album for you here. And now… let’s get the party started and get ready for aSting
in the Tail!
See you on the world tour."
Yours,
Scorpions
The band recently confirmed new live dates in France, Belgium and the Czech Republic on their Get Your Sting And Blackout Scorpions World Tour 2010. The band's schedule is now as follows, with more dates to be announced:
March
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - O2 arena
18 - Moscow, Russia - Ice Palace
April
10 - Mons, Belgium - Lotto Mons Expo
May
7 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena
8 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
12 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
14 - Stuttgart, Germany - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - tba
19 - Paris, France - L' Olympia
21 - Liévin, France - Stade Couvert Régional
22 - Straßburg, France - Zénith
29 - Berlin, Germany - O2 World
30 - Zwickau, Germany - Stadthalle
June
1 - Hannover, Germany - TUI Arena
Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker recently released his official autobiography called Rock Your Life in Germany - a new english promo video for the book can be viewed at this location.
A book description reads as follows:
"The founder and guitarist of the Scorpions reveals his secret: Have fun with happiness and success. Without pain, no gain? In the sweat of thy face? Rudolf Schenker is the living proof of the exact opposite. Consistently, he is a different way. The first priority for him was always fun to what he does. Here he reveals how it happened, why it works and how to use it simply to do. Enriched with fascinating anecdotes from the 40-year history of the band Scorpions. The Scorpions are Germany's most successful rock band of all time (80 million records sold worldwide) 2009 is the Year of the Scorpions - they get the ECHO for their life's work and celebrating 40 years on stage."
An English version of the book is planned. More details will be revealed soon.
FROM AP NEWS BERLIN: German rock band Scorpions to end career
The Associated Press
Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:22 AM EST
BERLIN (AP) — The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades.
The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" among others, said on its Web site Sunday that "we agree we have reached the end of the road."
It said it would end its career with a final album — "Sting In The Tail," to be released in March — and a tour that will start in Germany in May and take it across the world "over the next few years."
Guitarist Rudolf Schenker founded the band in Hannover in 1965. Singer Klaus Meine joined a few years later. Both men are 61.
THE SCORPIONS WITH EDGUY TOUR DATES:
May 07 - Leipzig, GER @ Arena
May 08 - München, GER @ Olympiahalle
May 12 - Frankfurt, GER @ Festhalle
May 14 - Stuttgart, GER @ Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 29 - Berlin, GER @ O2 World
May 30 - Zwickau, GER @ Stadthalle
Jun. 01 - Hannover, GER @ TUI Arena
Jun. 12 - Recklinghausen, GER @ Stadtgarten Open Air
FROM BLABBERMOUTH.NET: Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will release their final studio album, "Sting In The Tail", in North America on March 23 via Universal Music Enterprises. The CD was recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS' "Dead Letters" CD).
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
"Important message to our fans:
It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and we were fortunate enough to make music for you - whether it was live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs.
While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was – and how much fun we were still having, in the process. But there was also something else: We want to end the Scorpions' extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we’ve always had since the beginning. This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years.
We want you, our fans, to be the first to know about this. Thank you for your never-ending support throughout the years!
We uploaded the very first snippets from our new album for you here. And now… let’s get the party started and get ready for a
See you on the world tour."
Yours,
Scorpions
The band recently confirmed new live dates in France, Belgium and the Czech Republic on their Get Your Sting And Blackout Scorpions World Tour 2010. The band's schedule is now as follows, with more dates to be announced:
March
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - O2 arena
18 - Moscow, Russia - Ice Palace
April
10 - Mons, Belgium - Lotto Mons Expo
May
7 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena
8 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
12 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
14 - Stuttgart, Germany - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - tba
19 - Paris, France - L' Olympia
21 - Liévin, France - Stade Couvert Régional
22 - Straßburg, France - Zénith
29 - Berlin, Germany - O2 World
30 - Zwickau, Germany - Stadthalle
June
1 - Hannover, Germany - TUI Arena
Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker recently released his official autobiography called Rock Your Life in Germany - a new english promo video for the book can be viewed at this location.
A book description reads as follows:
"The founder and guitarist of the Scorpions reveals his secret: Have fun with happiness and success. Without pain, no gain? In the sweat of thy face? Rudolf Schenker is the living proof of the exact opposite. Consistently, he is a different way. The first priority for him was always fun to what he does. Here he reveals how it happened, why it works and how to use it simply to do. Enriched with fascinating anecdotes from the 40-year history of the band Scorpions. The Scorpions are Germany's most successful rock band of all time (80 million records sold worldwide) 2009 is the Year of the Scorpions - they get the ECHO for their life's work and celebrating 40 years on stage."
An English version of the book is planned. More details will be revealed soon.
FROM AP NEWS BERLIN: German rock band Scorpions to end career
The Associated Press
Sunday, January 24, 2010 7:22 AM EST
BERLIN (AP) — The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades.
The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" among others, said on its Web site Sunday that "we agree we have reached the end of the road."
It said it would end its career with a final album — "Sting In The Tail," to be released in March — and a tour that will start in Germany in May and take it across the world "over the next few years."
Guitarist Rudolf Schenker founded the band in Hannover in 1965. Singer Klaus Meine joined a few years later. Both men are 61.
THE SCORPIONS WITH EDGUY TOUR DATES:
May 07 - Leipzig, GER @ Arena
May 08 - München, GER @ Olympiahalle
May 12 - Frankfurt, GER @ Festhalle
May 14 - Stuttgart, GER @ Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 29 - Berlin, GER @ O2 World
May 30 - Zwickau, GER @ Stadthalle
Jun. 01 - Hannover, GER @ TUI Arena
Jun. 12 - Recklinghausen, GER @ Stadtgarten Open Air
FROM BLABBERMOUTH.NET: Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will release their final studio album, "Sting In The Tail", in North America on March 23 via Universal Music Enterprises. The CD was recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS' "Dead Letters" CD).
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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