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“Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour 2010”
May 7 – 2010 Leipzig- venue- Arena
May 8 – 2010 Munich- venue- Olympiahalle
May 12 – 2010 Frankfurt- venue- Festhalle
May 14 – 2010 Stuttgart- venue- Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 29 – 2010 Berlin- venue- O2 World
May 30 – 2010 Zwickau- venue- Stadthalle
June 1 – 2010 Hannover- venue- TUI Arena
Berlin Show German link – http://www.o2world.de/?partnerId=smkom0000000200
Vintage Guitar Show at MJ Guitars, Pariser Str. 32, Munich, Saturday November 21. Many collectors and popular musicians are invited. Matthias Jabs is going to be in the store all day.
News from a German internet source:
Ticketalarm by eventim.de for the Scorpions new World Tour starting 2010 in Germany. In 2010 the career of the international famous German Rock band will have a new milestone. “Two Year World Tour” the Scorpions will play the whole world. They will play the biggest indoor halls and arenas.
Klaus.: ‘2010 will be an especially great year for the Scorpions’
Rudy: We want to throw a party for all our fans’!
Matthias: We are happy to play again once more around the world for two years.
In January 2010 the band will give an international press conference to announce all news concerning the upcoming World Tour. After the Shows in Germany they will play the USA, South America, Asia, Russia and other european countries .
Current the Scorpions are in their Hannover studio recording their new Studio CD to be released March 2010.
KOTTAK has just posted their new song, “Daddy You Are My Star”, on their MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/kottak
Athena wrote the lyrics and Jimmy Ratchitt wrote the music to “Daddy You Are My Star” and the song will be released on KOTTAK’s upcoming CD, SCREAM WITH ME, in early 2010.
Athena dedicated this song to her father, David, who was a Korean War Veteran who served the United States of America proudly for 20+ years.
KOTTAK posted “Daddy You Are My Star” early as a special ‘Thank You’ to all of the U.S. Veterans and their families.
Remember… Thank A Vet!
ROCK & ROLL FOREVER!
KOTTAK will be live in the studio on XRadio’s, “The Rock Show”, this Friday, November 6th, at 2:30 PM PST.
To listen to the show, go to www.xradio.biz and click on the “Listen” link.
Fans can call in during the show and talk directly to the band! The call-in number is: (702) 685-1569.
Currently out on a highly successful tour of the Southwest United States, the members of KOTTAK — Jimmy Ratchitt (Vocals/Guitar), Athena (Drums), Price Vernon (Bass) and Johnny Lucas (Guitar) — are looking forward to their appearance on XRadio to talk with their fans in Las Vegas and around the world!
Catch KOTTAK live at one of their remaining Southwest U.S. Tour dates:
November
4 – The Blooze Bar – Phoenix, AZ
5 – The Jackass Bar – Prescott Valley, AZ
6 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
7 – Rockfest 2009 – Lake Elsinore, CA
KOTTAK Las Vegas Pre-Show Party with Keri Kelli at Aces & Ales!!
Official KOTTAK Pre-Show Party
Friday, November 6, 2009 – 6:00PM-8:00PM
Aces & Ales
3740 S. Nellis Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89121-3112
(702) 436-7600
Las Vegas area fans are invited to join KOTTAK for their pre-show party at the world famous Aces & Ales! Co-owned by Alice Cooper’s guitarist, Keri Kelli, Aces & Ales is inspired by the classic gastro pubs of London.
Along with great food specials, the Sierra Nevada Brewery will also be offering $4 pints of all Sierra products all day long at Aces & Ales!
After the pre-show party at Aces & Ales, fans are invited to join KOTTAK at the Cheyenne Saloon for some very loud, very sweaty and very in-your-face Rock & Roll!
Cheyenne Saloon
3103 N. Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89130
(702) 645-4139
ROCK & ROLL FOREVER!
Check the KOTTAK MySpace page for updates and additional information: www.myspace.com/kottak
In August 2007, Germany’s most successful music export worldwide, the Scorpions, already ventured deep into the Brazilian jungle for a sold out show – in front of 40,000 enthusiastic fans the band played a concert in Manaus, the metropolis on the Amazon river. A cooperation with Greenpeace was already existent at this point and when the band returned to South America the next year, they happily intensified it. Kaus Meine, lead singer of the Scorpions, recollects, “Due to the unbelievable success we returned to Manaus in 2008, but we also played Rio, Sao Paulo and Recife again. During the show in Belem we accepted Greenpeace’s invitation to participate in a three-hour flight across the rainforest in order to get a picture of the proceeding destruction (an area twice the size of Germany has been destroyed by fire so far). We wholeheartedly supported Greenpeace with large banners saying “Stop the deforestation” during these shows and part of the proceeds from this DVD will consequently be given to this organisation that is commited in so many parts of the world.”
For many years, Greenpeace has been fighting against the rapid deforestation of the amazon rainforest and for the preservation of the habitat of numerous animal and plant species and also of more than 180 native peoples counting more than 200,000 people altogether. Scientists assume that the rainforest will be gone by 2050 – given a constant “deforestation speed”. The consequences would be disastrous: People would lose their homes, animals and plants would become extinct and the impact on the world climate would be bomb-like. The Scorpions have now also commited themselves to protecting this unique ecosystem. The rock icons’ DVD “Amazonia – Live In The Jungle” does not only include the complete show played in Recife on 7 September 2008 and a “Special Feature – supported by Greenpeace” consisting of five live videos from their legendary concert in Manaus in 2007, but also a Greenpeace documentation of the Scorpions’ legendary flight across the amazon rainforest. Royalties of DVDs sold in Brazil and Mexico predominately go to Greenpeace Brazil’s projects to protect the ancient forest.
Musically, the DVD is a highlight as well. Meine says, “During the 2008 tour we had the pleasure to perform with Brazilian guest musicians. It was a wonderful experience and demonstrated very well how music builds bridges and brings people from different cultures together.” In a closing statement, the musician addresses his South American fans and says, “We want to thank our Brazilian fans for the support and the incredible enthusiasm. To quote James: ‘3 words: You kick ass.’ Brazil rocks!!!” And so do the Scorpions.
The DVD “Amazonia – Live In The Jungle” will be released on 20 November 2009 in Europe. The North America release date will be later this year.
Main Program: Live in Recife
Track Listings
Hour I
Coming Home
Bad Boys Running Wild
No Pain No Gain
Always Somewhere
Holiday
Dust In The Wind
Wind Of Change
321
Blackout
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Bonus Program: Live In Manaus
Hour I
Love ’em Or Leave ’em
Make It Real
Tease Me, Please Me
Humanity
Amazonia – Greenpeace Documentary
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Dear Matthias Jabs fans ,
You are all welcome to the re-opening of MJGuitars in Munich, Pariserstr.32, Germany on Saturday October 31 from 11am until 4 pm.
http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=7269
KNAC.COM: You have quite the long resume of playing drums with various bands. You’ve been with the Scorpions how long now?
KOTTAK: I’ve been with the Scorpions for 13 years. That’s a long time for any band. I have to say, I’m very fortunate. Those guys are first class all the way. It’s an incredible organization to be involved with. It’s kind of like a law firm. It’s like I’m a junior partner and things get better every year.
KNAC.COM: Secure that partnership!
KOTTAK: Junior partnership. It’s kind of like the Rolling Stones; you’ll never really be part of the club. I’ll always be the new guy. No, no, not the new guy, now the bass player is the new guy. I’m just very thankful and grateful to be with such a great group of guys.
KNAC.COM: How did you get that gig?
KOTTAK: The phone rang one day, and there was a manager saying, ‘Hello James, would you be interested in coming to play with the Scorpions?’ It was really that simple. Actually, back on the Monsters of Rock tour, I was with the band Kingdom Come and I got to know the guys [from the Scorpions] back then. That was Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica and Kingdom Come. And then I also played with Michael Schenker in MSG, I did the last MSG record, and I got to know Michael. And you know, rock & roll is such a small world and seriously, literally the phone rang one day and it was the call asking me if I wanted to come play.
KNAC.COM: So, did you tell them you’d get back to them, after you think about it for a while?
KOTTAK: Actually, I did think about it for a few days and I called back and said, ‘Sure, I’ll come check it out.’ I was really burned out at that point. Like all things, it had a happy ending.
KNAC.COM: Do you have a favorite band you’ve played with?
KOTTAK: My favorite band is definitely playing with the Scorpions. My second favorite was Wild Horses, the band I had with Rick Steier (Kingdom Come/Warrant).
MATTHIAS JABS TURNS 54 ON OCTOBER 25…
Matthias – From scorpsnews and North America we would like to wish you a happy and blessed Birthday..
