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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will perform rearrangements of their own hits accompanied by the German film orchestra Babelsberg at the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Classic Open Air 2011.

The Berlin Classic Open Air is a string of classical concerts that takes place every year during summer. Featuring a range of different performances, the program this year runs from July 7 to July 12 and includes Italian opera and operetta, German opera, and crossover productions that incorporate pop, rock, soul, and jazz.

The site of the Classic Open Air is Berlin’s majestic Gendarmenmarkt. Built in the 17th century, this former marketplace is home to some of Germany’s most stunning architecture and is rightly regarded as one of the most Europe’s most beautiful squares. Among its treasures are the much-photographed twin churches of Franzoesischer Dom (French cathedral) and Deutscher Dom (German cathedral), and the splendid Konzerthaus, which is home to the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.

This cross-genre concert will be followed by a fireworks and lightshow extravaganza.

The SCORPIONS’ current trek — in celebration of 40-plus years in music — has been a massive success in a soft touring economy, with the group filling many of the arenas they performed at in the United States and Canada.

Bon Jovi playing parts of Rock You Like a Hurricane in Munich..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TReid5qoIsY

The Scorpions just completed their highly successful 9 city Russian tour: Here are the set list, photos and a  concert live from Moscow:
Set List: 110 minutes
Sting In The Tail
Make It Real
Bad Boys Running Wild
The Zoo
Coast To Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
Living For Tomorrow
The Best Is Yet To Come
Send Me An Angel
Holiday
Raised on Rock
Tease Me Please Me
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Encore:
Still Loving You
Wind Of Change
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Encore 2:
When The Smoke Is Going Down

Photos:
http://panzicov.livejournal.com/186940.html

Moscow concert: 90 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7zEPFvCMkg

According to World Entertainment News Network (WENN), director Adam Shankman has revealed he has added the SCORPIONS classic “Rock You Like a Hurricane” to the collection of 1980s rock classics that are part of the Broadway musical “Rock Of Ages”, which he is turning into a film.

In a Twitter post over the weekend, Shankman wrote, “Script gets better and better. New song mashups sound amazing. Added ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’ to movie. It’s AWESOME!!!”

The Wrap recently reported that Tom Cruise is preparing for role as role in the upcoming film adaptation of “Rock Of Ages” — which showcases popular rock songs from the ’70s and ’80s — by training with Axl Rose’s vocal coach.

The actor will star as Stacee Jaxx, an aging musician whose glory days are long past. Among the tunes Cruise will perform are BON JOVI’s “Wanted Dead or Alive” and STYX’s “Renegade”.

“He’s been studying with — seriously — Axl Rose’s voice teacher like five hours a day,” director Adam Shankman tells The Wrap. “The prognosis is more than excellent.”

The movie is a love story told through the music of PAT BENATAR, BON JOVI, JOURNEY, POISON, TWISTED SISTER and other artists from the 1980s.

Scorpions bassist Pawel Maciwoda revealed during a brand new interview with the “Dzien Dobry TVN” show on Polish TV (see video below) that the band will enter the studio in the fall to lay down a collection of re-recorded versions of SCORPIONS classics. The CD is tentatively due early next year.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156512

Below is a 6 minute documentary of the Scorpions February 10 visit to Bangkok. The Video contains Backstage and onstage highlights.

http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/english/video/#!/91643/The_Scorpions_Rock_Bangkok

Set List: 2 hour show – 10,000 people in attendance
Sting In The Tail
Make It Real
Bad Boys Running Wild
The Zoo
Coast To Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Best Is Yet To Come
Send Me An Angel
Holiday
Wind Of Change
Raised on Rock
Tease Me Please Me
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout Play
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Encore:
Still Loving You
Always Somewhere
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Encore 2:
When The Smoke Is Going Down

Herman Rarebell interview:
Classic Rock Revisited caught up with ex-Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell to discuss his recent role in an upcoming solo album by rocker Michael Schenker. Herman let us know that the new album is great and it is being recorded with Pete Way of UFO on bass, hopefully. It seems Way is still Waysted most of the time and with Rarebell and Schenker being drug free his antics are weighing heavy on their nerves.
Not all the news is bad, however, as Rarebell is still rocking and waving the hard rock flag into his sixties. He has overcome the odds and rocked us like a hurricane for decades. He still has a fever for rock n’ roll and the only cure he can find is to keep on jamming.
We also take a look back in time to the days before Herman joined the Scorpions and learn how writing lyrics came to fall on his shoulders. Lastly, we discuss some career highlights including what it was like to play during Roger Water’s live DVD performed in Berlin where the famous wall once stood.

http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewHermanRarebell.htm

Ralph Rieckermann video interview:
Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon, who currently resides in Hollywood, California, recently conducted an interview with former SCORPIONS bassist Ralph Rieckermann. Ralph talks about playing with the legendary German hard rock band from 1993 to 2003, his departure from the group, his present and future. You can now watch the chat in three parts below.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=152747

Asian Leg

• 2011-02-10 Bangkok, Thailand – Impact Arena

European Leg III

• 2011-03-30 London, England – Royal Albert Hall (Mikhail Gorbachev‘s Birthday Bash)
• 2011-04-07 Crans-Montana, Switzerland – Caprice Festival
• 2011-04-15 Saarbrücken, Germany – Saarlandhalle
• 2011-05-12 St. Petersburg, Russia – Ledovi Dvorets
• 2011-05-14 Krasnodar, Russia – Dvorets Sporta Olymp
• 2011-05-15 Rostov-on-Don, Russia – Dvorets Sporta Don
• 2011-05-17 Krasnoyarsk, Russia – Yarygina Arena
• 2011-05-19 Novosibirsk, Russia – Ice Sports Palace Sibir
• 2011-05-20 Ekaterinburg, Russia – Yekaterinburg Sports Palace
• 2011-05-22 Perm, Russia – Universal Sports Palace Molot
• 2011-05-24 Kazan, Russia – Tatneft Arena
• 2011-05-26 Moscow, Russia – Olimpiyskiy Arena
• 2011-06-03 Ostrava, Czech Republic – Prokešovo Náměstí
• 2011-06-04 Bratislava, Slovakia – Pasienky Stadium
• 2011-06-06 Budapest, Hungary – Papp László Sportaréna
• 2011-06-17 Oberursel, Germany – Hessentag
• 2011-06-18 Clisson, France – Hellfest Summer Open Air
• 2011-06-22 Freiburg, Germany – Neue Messe Freiburg
• 2011-06-24 Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
• 2011-06-25 Papenburg, Germany – NDR 2 Papenburg Festival
• 2011-07-16 Schweinfurt, Germany – Willy-Sachs-Stadion
• 2011-07-17 Bielefeld, Germany – Ravensberger Park
• 2011-07-23 Tuuri, Finland – Miljoona Rock Festival
• 2011-11-14 Lyon, France – Halle Tony Garnier
• 2011-11-16 Toulon, France – Le Zénith
• 2011-11-17 Toulouse, France – Le Zénith
• 2011-11-19 Bordeaux, France – Patinoire de Mériadeck
• 2011-11-20 Montpellier, France – Arena Montpellier
• 2011-11-22 Tours, France – Parc des Expositions
• 2011-11-23 Paris, France – Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
• 2011-11-25 Rouen, France – Le Zénith
• 2011-11-26 Brussels, Belgium – Forest National