July 14th 2013-Dnipropetrowsk -Ukraine -The Best City- Festival Tickets
October 19th 2013 -Minsk -Belarus -Minsk Arena -tba -With Orchestra
October 22nd 2013 -Moscow -Russia -Crocus Hall -Kassir -With Orchestra
October 23rd 2013 -Moscow -Russia -Crocus Hall -Kassir -With Orchestra
October 26th 2013 -Kazan -Russia -Tatneft Arena -tba -With Orchestra
October 29th 2013 -St. Petersburg -Russia -Ice Arena -tba -With Orchestra
November 9th 2013 -Vilnius -Lithuania -Siemens Arena -tba
November 10th 2013- Riga -Latvia -Arēna Rīga -tba
November 12th 2013 -Tallin -Estonia -Saku Arena -tba
November 13th 2013 -Helsinki -Finland -Hartwall Arena -tba
November 15th 2013 -Seinäjoki -Finland -Seinäjoki Arena -tba
November 16th 2013 -Oulu -Finland -Ice Hall -tba
New 2013 Scorpions Tour Dates
May 15th, 2013 by ScottIntroducing The Greatest Scorpions Tribute band on the Planet “IN TRANCE”
May 13th, 2013 by ScottThe bands homepage- http://intrancescorpions.tripod.com/
The bands facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/intrance.the.tribute.to.scorpions
A Promo video of this legendary Canadian Tribute band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__KTu7To1g&feature=youtu.be
message from Paul Gagne: Plays Rudy Schenker part in the band
The production details: It was filmed during a show we did last summer. A TV crew happened to be there to film images that were shown to the audience on giant screens each side of the stage and to most of the the crowd standing behind the F.O.H./Lights shelter. After the show, they gave us a DVD of what was filmed, but without sound on it. However, we recorded the audio with our Tascam X-48, 48-track digital recorder, so we could do something with that.
We were lucky to get those images because we never had the money to rent cameras and hire a video team to shoot a show in the last 18 years. A friend of ours made us the shortest video containing the maximum of “Scorpions” potential and the results are pretty good. That’s very short, but imagine 90-120 minutes of it.
Steeve, our drummer, who’s a studio engineer in real life, edited, mixed, processed and enhanced the multitrack sound recording we had with Digital Performer, and “mated” that with the video. It was a fucking job to do since we had no timecode to sync the audio with video.
A Message from Pawel Maciwoda bass player from the Scorpions
April 24th, 2013 by ScottDear Scorpions Friends!
I just started my Stirwater SoundCloud profile to share with you some of my music with different talented artists. I will be regularly uploading new songs for your enjoyment.
Visit: https://soundcloud.com/stirwater
In the beginning I would like to share some oldest great recordings with you.
L.A.P.D. is the band which I played right before I join the fabulous Scorpions !!!
L. stands for Liam MacMhurri on vocals and guitar
A. stands for Artur Malik on drums
P. stands for Pawel “Stirwater” on bass
D. is a Mystery
I hope that you will enjoy this pure rock sound and L.A.P.d. is waiting for your feedback.
Some more songs from Stirwater are on the way!
All Yours
Pawel “Stirwater” Maciwoda
A Message from the Scorpions about Storm Thorgerson passing
April 23rd, 2013 by ScottWe are saddened by the news of the passing of Storm Thorgerson, our graphic cover designer for the Albums “Lovedrive” and “Animal Magnetism”. He was truly a genius artist and we remember every time he came over to the Dierks Studios in Cologne to show us a selection of his brilliant work. It was always a lot of fun, we loved his British humour …
You can tell, when you take a look at “Animal Magnetism”.
He shot the cover for Lovedrive in the back of a Rolls Royce owned by Elton John at that time. It became a classic and one of the most favourite album covers for Scorpions and Fans around the world.
Our hearts go out to his family at this very said time.
RIP Storm.
Your Scorpions
Scorpions Deluxe reissue of Crazy World Due in June
April 17th, 2013 by ScottThe Scorpions will release a deluxe reissue of their 1990 album, “Crazy World,” on June 3 internationally and sometime in June in North America. The two-disc set will feature the original album plus a disc of 12 live tracks from their Live Crazy world tour, along with the album’s four promotional videos. The band’s 11th studio album, “Crazy World” featured the international hit, “Wind Of Change.”
Scorpions
“Crazy World” deluxe reissue- Disc 1-CD Disc 2- DVD
Release date: June 3 Internationally
Sometime in June in North America
Disc 1: Crazy World
‘Tease Me Please Me’
‘Don’t Believe Her’
‘To Be With You In Heaven’
‘Wind Of Change’
‘Restless Nights’
‘Lust Or Love’
‘Kicks After Six’
‘Money And Fame’
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘Crazy World’
‘Send Me An Angel’
‘Wind Of Change’ (Edit)
‘Big City Nights’ (Live At The Moscow Peace Festival)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Russian Version)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Spanish Version)
‘Holiday’ (Live Version)
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘The Zoo’
Disc 2: Live Crazy World Tour
‘Bad Boys Running Wild’
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘I Can’t Explain’
‘The Zoo’
‘Rhythm Of Love’
‘Crazy World’
‘Can’t Live Without You’
‘Blackout’
‘Dynamite’
‘Lust Or Love’
‘Big City Nights’
‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’
Music videos:
‘Tease Me Please Me’ (Directed by Jeff Richter)
‘Don’t Believe Her’ (Directed by Wayne Isham)
‘Send Me An Angel’ (Directed by Meiert Avis)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Directed by Wayne Isham)
BraveWords’ Martin Popoff Releases New Scorpions Book titled ‘Top Of The Bill’
March 6th, 2013 by Scotthttp://www.bravewords.com/news/
BraveWords’ Martin Popoff has just issued his new book SCORPIONS: Top Of The Bill which will be available soon at Martinpopoff.com.
A description reads as follows:
“Blackout At The Zoo!
No question that Scorpions, Germany’s loudest and proudest rock band ever, have done much for heavy metal over the years, and it’s high time a book on them hit the shelves. Well, the wait is over with the arrival of Scorpions: Top Of The Bill, which looks at every song on every album the Teutonic tone-masters ever crafted, beginning with Lonesome Crow back in ‘72 through to the band’s triumphant “retirement” album Sting In The Tail (and beyond into Comeblack – long story!).
‘Speedy’s Coming’, ‘Dark Lady’, ‘Catch Your Train’, ‘Virgin Killer’, ‘Another Piece Of Meat’, ‘Animal Magnetism’, ‘Lovedrive’, ‘Holiday’, ‘The Zoo’, ‘Blackout’, ‘No One Like You’, ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’, ‘Still Loving You’, ‘Wind Of Change’… these are hits and deep album tracks built into the very fabric of heavy metal, and the stories of their making are all here.
Come join Martin as he embarks on conversation and analysis with all of the principals and beyond, including Klaus Meine, Uli Jon Roth, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs, along with the likes of Ralph Rieckermann, Francis Buchholz and legendary manager David Krebs.”
Price including shipping:
US orders: $33.00 US funds
Int’l orders (all books go air): $44.00 Cdn. funds
Canadian orders: $36.00 Cdn. funds
PayPal happily accepted. Ask me if you’d like a PayPal invoice (please indicate what country you are in), or just do yer usual and direct funds to martinp@inforamp.net
Sweet postage savings to be had for multiple orders (or two of pretty much anything – long story, ask me!). Two is definitely the magic number for Europe.
Or mail payment (personal check in US funds, cash, or INTERNATIONAL money order), to:
Martin Popoff
P.O. Box 65208, 358 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4K 2Z2
Email Martin at martinp@inforamp.net with any further questions, and see http://www.martinpopoff.com for descriptions, cover art and ordering info for my other available 30 or so books (and no, Scorpions won’t be up at the site for another week or so, BUT YES, THEY ARE IN MY OFFICE READY TO SHIP).
New Interview with Klaus Meine “There is still life in those bloody old Scorpions”
January 7th, 2013 by ScottThree years after announcing they were winding down their career, German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS appear to have changed their minds.
In an interview in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine, the band’s lead singer, Klaus Meine, explained: “As the emotion built, it [not retiring] became a gradual decision. It’s one thing to say, ‘This is going to be the end of the SCORPIONS,’ and another to do it. Our ‘Sting In The Tail’ album [2010] was such a success that a whole new generation of fans joined the party. It was amazing. And you know that with all the best parties, it’s sometimes hard to find the door?”
SCORPIONS spent the first three months of 2012 in the studio with producers Mikael “Nord” Andersson and Martin Hansen resurrecting a dozen unfinished songs from what some people believe was the band’s best and most creative period — leftovers from the albums “Blackout” (1982), “Love At First Sting” (1984), “Savage Amusement” (1988) and “Crazy World” (1990) — for an album that is tentatively scheduled for release later this year. “It will be material that was never finished; songs with pure SCORPIONS DNA from a very exciting time,” Meine confirmed to Classic Rock. “Once we close the book on the crazy touring schedule, that’s something we’ll pick up again.” An album of all-new SCORPIONS material may surface as well, according to Meine. “At this point nothing is out of the question,” he said. “When we said adios with ‘Sting In The Tail’, our label, Sony Music, cried, ‘No, no, no… What about this idea? What about that idea?’ There are some offers you just can’t refuse. I don’t want to say too much right now, but I can reassure you there is still life in those bloody old SCORPIONS.”
He added: “We’ll just have to see what’s realistic. We’re working on a documentary movie about the band’s history. We filmed the tour’s big finale in Munich, which was very emotional.”
Scorpions land at #38 on the top 50 grossing tours of 2012
January 1st, 2013 by Scotthttp://www.pollstarpro.com/files/011413top50.pdf
Scorpions 2012 World Tour Facts:
Gross Money earned- $32.7 million
Average ticket price- $67.97
Average tickets sold per show- 6,776
Total tickets sold-481,094
Average gross tickets sold- 460,563
Cities/Shows- 71/74
Scorpions “Final show” on the Final Sting World Tour Live in Munich,Germany- December 17
December 20th, 2012 by ScottSet List from the December 17th Munich show
1.Sting in the Tail
2.Make It Real
3.Is There Anybody There?
4.The Zoo
5.Coast to Coast
6.Loving You Sunday Morning
7.We’ll Burn the Sky
8.The Best Is Yet to Come
9.Send Me an Angel
10.Holiday
11.Raised on Rock
12.Tease Me Please Me
13.Hit Between the Eyes
14.Kottak Attack
15.Blackout
16.Six String Sting
17.Big City Nights
Encore:
18.Still Loving You
19.Wind of Change
20.No One Like You
21.Rock You Like a Hurricane
Encore 2:
22.When the Smoke Is Going Down
Videos:
Intro-Sting In the Tail-Make It Real- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmOpbZ_XSM
The Zoo,Coast to Coast,Loving You Sunday Morning-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnAPi-X1d1w
We’ll Burn the Sky-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PS2Eeac3QA
Send Me An Angel-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJNaNb8Ksk
Hit Between The Eyes-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd8EqbFCudY
Blackout-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfacMKn5D0U
Six String Sting-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFRAKfDbwM&list=UUXskA1W7n3V6IR7z-2MxpxA&index=2
No One Like You -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ78icVUM_g
Rock You Like a Hurricane- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP3S6gatZfc
Matthias,James and Pawel at MJ Guitars in Munich- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-AxraOtkhcY
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Scorpions Fans around the world…
The Scorpions Story continues on in 2013…
