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Full Concert on 3D Blue Ray:

Set List = 1 hour and 54 minutes
1.Sting In The Tail
2.Make It Real
3.Bad Boys Running Wild
4.The Zoo
5.Coast To Coast
6.Loving You Sunday Morning
7.The Best Is Yet To Come
8.Send Me An Angel
9.Holiday
10.Raised on Rock
11.Tease Me Please Me
12.Dynamite
13. Kottak Attack
14.Blackout
15.Six String Sting
16.Big City Nights
Encore:
17.Still Loving You
18.Wind Of Change
19.Rock You Like A Hurricane
20.When The Smoke Is Going Down

Herman Rarebell turns 62 today!!!

Message from the Scorpions to their fans:
Dear Fans,
The incredible success of our farewell tour is the high octane fuel driving the upcoming “Final Sting Tour” 2012, which takes us around the globe (Europe / USA / Canada / Latin America / Asia). Thanks for all the emotional moments.
We’re currently surfing on a wave of euphoria triggered by your enthusiasm at every concert, wherever we play.Our label, Sony Music, supports this tour with different projects and so there is not only “Scorpions Live in 3D” which appeared at Media Markt, but also “Comeblack” a new CD with some of our Classics with the sound of the 21st century and songs from legendary bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that have inspired us.

Rock on… Your Scorpions

Comeblack tracklist: Covers and re-recorded classics
1. Rhythm of Love
2. No One like You
3. The Zoo
4. Rock You like a Hurricane
5. Blackout
6. Wind of Change
7. Still Loving You
8. Tainted Love
9. Children of the Revolution
10. Across the Universe
11. Tin Soldier
12. All Day and All of the Night
13. Ruby Tuesday

Comeblack promo video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CsF4WDXcKE&feature=related

Rudy turned 63 on August 31!!!! Happy Birthday Rudy from everyone at scorpsnews and all of your North American fans!!!

Herman Ze German Solo band Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq-XSAt68sM
Herman playing live with MSG with special guest appearance from Rudy Schenker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlS1DYRJ04E&feature=related

A note from Herman Rarebell below:

August 21, 2011

My Dear Friends,

As you all may already know, my new autobiography “And Speaking of Scorpions…” is scheduled for release this fall. I am so very excited about this because honestly it is written for you and is meant to begin what I hope will be a very long “Thank you” to all of you who have supported me and given me a wonderful life filled with beautiful remembrances.

To coincide with the release of the book I have already begun scheduling the first of what I hope will be many tours to not only talk about the book but simply to say hello to as many of you as possible. My first stop will be in the western United States – California and Nevada to be precise. We have been overwhelmed by the response to our initial contacts and sadly I wish we had more than the two weeks that are already scheduled.

The tour will start October 28 and run through November 10. Most of the dates are already scheduled. I hope you will make your plans accordingly. Unlike many “book tours” we are not simply going bookstore to bookstore as you will see. We will visit some of the most beautiful cities in the west to say the least.

And so here is what is already scheduled. Please note this is subject to change as well as subject to additions in the coming weeks.

October 28 – Arrival 8:00 pm local time- San Francisco International Airport- United Airlines… If you would like to say hello, please feel free to do so. I would love to see you!

October 29 – Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Convention- Oakland Convention Center- Oakland, California 10:00-3:00

October 30 – Hard Rock Café, Pier 39, San Francisco, California- 2:00-5:00
– Book Passage- Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, San Francisco- 6:00pm

November 1 – Guitar Center, Sacramento, California (2120 Alta Arden Expwy)- 6:00

November 2 – Guitar Center, Reno, Nevada (6663 South Virginia Street)- 2:00-5:00
– Sundance Books, Reno, Nevada (121 California Ave)- 6:30

November 3 – Spinners Records, Fresno, California (639 East Olive) – Tower District Art Hop- 5:00

November 4 – KMPH FOX 26 Morning Show “Great Day”- 7:30 am
– Fresno State University- Music 75 class lecture – 10:00 am Music Dept.
– Fresno State University- Kennel Bookstore- Book Signing- 12:00
– Guitar Center- Fresno, California (5330 N. Blackstone) 6:30

November 6 – Russo Books, Bakersfield, California (9000 Ming Ave.) 1:00-3:00
– House of Blues, Anaheim, California (Downtown Disney) 8:00 pm

November 8 – Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada (Paradise and Harmon) 5:00 pm

I hope to see all of you during this tour. And please, to say thank you to the various establishments for giving me the chance to come and meet you there, I hope you will frequent their locations and give a personal thanks from the heart.

Herman

P.S.- Please note that some of these stops will include many “special” prices for the book that you will not find anywhere else! It is again my way of saying thank you to all of you who come out to say hello…

Three years, five continents, the last tour.
A story of a band and their dream.
A documentary from Deutsche Welle.

A legendary band calls it quits. The Scorpions are by far the most successful German rock band and one of the most successful international acts of all time. After more than 40 years and 2,000 concerts in 60 countries, they will make their final curtain call and step away from what has defined them for decades – their fans, their tours and their way of life. And along the way, the band will show once more what they do best: playing live. They will be performing more than 200 concerts in their final three-year tour and using the time to record a farewell CD with original and covered songs. This film will accompany them on their journey – from Thailand to Russia, Germany and Belgium to Brazil. Highlighting the true emotions of the fans, the crew and the band. The final farewell is still in the distant future – but all involved realize more and more that the last concert is on the horizon. We will also take a look the band’s beginnings with archive material from the most important moments in Scorpions history – the happiness, sadness, setbacks and despair. Companions and friends like Jon Bon Jovi and Paolo Coelho describe the Scorpions “phenomena”. In addition, we will accompany them in the recording studio in Hannover and take a look at their private lives. Deutsche Welle is producing the 90-minute documentary. Partners are ZDF and Sony Music. Executive producer is DOKfilm Potsdam. The film will be directed by the internationally renowned documentary and filmmaker Katja von Garnier. Filming of “BIG CITY NIGHTS – The Scorpions Film” will run into 2012. The documentary film will be premiered in early 2013 and be broadcast on DW-TV and arte. A DVD will also be produced and made available.

BIG CITY NIGHTS tells of the rock legends from a provincial German city. It is the farewell to a band that has made history.

Check out the below link for a preview of the movie
http://www.dw-world.de/scorpions/en/

Ariam Nihal of ArabNews.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

http://arabnews.com/lifestyle/offbeat/article470981.ece

Set List – 2 hour show
1.Sting In The Tail
2.Make It Real
3.Bad Boys Running Wild
4.The Zoo
5.Coast To Coast
6.Loving You Sunday Morning
7.The Best Is Yet To Come
8.Send Me An Angel
9.Holiday
10.Raised on Rock
11.Tease Me Please Me
12.1st night- Dynamite
2nd night- You and I
3rd night- Always Somewhere
13.Kottak Attack
14.Blackout
15.Six String Sting
16.Big City Nights
Encore:
17.Still Loving You
18.Wind Of Change
19.Rock You Like A Hurricane
2nd Encore:
20.When The Smoke Is Going Down

Video-
highlights from the shows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsDeilLkrOU
Six String Sting/Big City Nights-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcZX4Z4ZFLI
Still Loving You-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv39JXac2ec
Wind of Change-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc-NFvK9Odo