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KOTTAK (formerly KRUNK), the band featuring singer/songwriter/guitarist Jimmy Ratchitt (a.k.a. former KINGDOM COME and current SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak) and his wife Athena (sister of MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Tommy Lee) on drums, has scheduled the following dates:
Oct. 30 – The Ruby Room – Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 31 – Copper State Tavern – Glendale, AZ
Nov. 02 – Atomic Cantina – Albuquerque, NM
Nov. 04 – The Blooze Bar – Phoenix, AZ
Nov. 05 – The Jackass Bar – Prescott Valley, AZ
Nov. 06 – Cheyenne Saloon – Las Vegas, NV
Nov. 07 – Rockfest 2009 – Lake Elsinore, CA

HELLO ALL GREETINGS FROM GERMANY!The Scorpions have been invited to play for the SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC.IT AIRS LIVE TONITE ON SHOWTIME. 8pm ET/PT (USA).We are performing ‘321’ from the cd Humanity Hour 1 for the main bout as ARTHU…R ABRAHAM makes his 3 minute entrance…..AND, Rudolf Schenker is performing both the USA & German anthems solo!btw…There is an estimated worldwide viewing audience of 8 to 9 MILLION!Check your local SHOWTIME sports listings.

Rudy Schenker performing the USA and German national anthems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2der_d26RaM

Scorpions performing 321
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONRklglFfxo

Hi Scott,

We are working on 12 songs at the moment. Great stuff. Definetely “scorpionized” in sound and attitude. More towards the early 80ties.

The new CD will be Released in March 2010!

Working with Matthias are the producer Mikael Nord Anderson, (bottom right),Ingo Powitzer (Scorpions guitar technician top right)and Peter Kirkman (Scorpions guitar technician top left)

I don`t know about the US release yet. Azoff- management is currently working on the deal.
Simultaneous release is up to the record companies. The weak dollar has been a reason to delay the US release in order to avoid bad imports in the “rest” of the world, for all non-american bands in recent years.

MJGuitars opens October 31. – http://www.matthiasjabs.de/

You may post this incredible valuable information…

take care,
yours Matthias

http://tvtotal.prosieben.de/tvtotal/videos/player/?contentId=48078

A Night To Remember – Live in Essen, October 2 – 2009
01 – Hour 1
02 – Loving You Sunday Morning
03 – Is There Anybody There
04 – Make It Real
05 – The Zoo
06 – Pictured Life (with Uli)
07 – Backstage Queen (with Uli)
08 – We’ll Burn The Sky (with Uli)
09 – Robot Man (with Uli)
10 – Send Me An Angel
11 – Holiday
12 – Coast To Coast (with Michael)
13 – Love Drive (with Michael)
14 – Another Piece Of Meat (with Michael)
15 – Doctor Doctor (with Michael)
16 – Tease Me, Please Me
17 – 321
18 – Kottak Attack
19 – Blackout
20 – Big City Nights
ENCORES:
21 – Still Loving You
22 – Wind Of Change
23 – Long Tall Sally (with Uli & Michael)
24 – Rock You Like Hurricane

( thank you BR/Hans33)

Opening with Hour 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLPxkf3QoU

Rock You Like A Hurricane – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGCuHL_eyB4&feature=PlayList&p=4D602A7372C46202

A live documentary of a Night To Remember- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9tSTvhlq9w&feature=PlayList&p=4D602A7372C46202

Part 1 – Matthias Jabs and Michael Schenker guitar solo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlAUeuLBwEM
Part 2 – Matthias Jabs and Michael Schenker guitar solo – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCxoH3VtVWQ

Send Me An Angel – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rduc5EjOH34

Still Loving You – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrlv5Fdc34

Photos from the show (thanks Hans) – http://s663.photobucket.com/albums/uu351/hanpfeu/Essen%20Okt%2009/

( i will have more videos later on)

A Night To Remember“ You Can Take Home!!!!

The Scorpions are going to present “A Night To Remember” with special guests – Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker on October 2nd at the Grugahalle in Essen / Germany. After the Show you will have the opportunity to buy the concert on an USB flash drive from Concert Online:
http://concert-online.com/

The interviews were conducted in Luxembourg – Germany during the Abbey Metal show last week. All interviews were translated into English from German DJ’s. So bare with them on some of the wording..

Herman Rarebell – http://www.heavymetal.lu/index.php/my-radio-show/interviews/608-herman-rarebell-english-interview

James Kottak – http://www.heavymetal.lu/index.php/my-radio-show/interviews/633-james-kottak

Matthias Jabs – http://www.heavymetal.lu/index.php/my-radio-show/interviews/645-matthias-jabs-scorpions

Rudy Schenker – http://www.heavymetal.lu/index.php/my-radio-show/interviews/650-rudolf-schenker-scorpions

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/Die_Scorpions_im_Studio/842966?inPopup=true

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=World+celebrities+sing+to+stop+global+warming&NewsID=33403

GENEVA: British rock group Duran Duran and heavy metal band Scorpions are among 55 world celebrities who have joined in recording a song to draw attention to the global warming crisis, organisers said on Monday.The song is part of a mass media campaign on the threats of climate change organised by the Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, headed by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan.The song entitled “Beds’r Burning”, which was originally recorded by the Australian group Midnight Oil in the 1980s, can be downloaded from the Internet for free and will be presented to the public at a launch in Paris on October 1.”If we do not stop the (greenhouse gas) emissions today, global warming will be still be with us in 40 to 50 years,” warned Walter Fust, director of the Forum, at a press conference in Geneva.The media campaign featuring the song is aimed at putting pressure on world leaders to reach an agreement on tackling climate change at a UN-sponsored conference in Copenhagen in December.Some of the other popular artists who add their voices to the anti-global warming song include French ‘Piaf’ actress Marion Cotillard, Senegalese star Youssou N’dour, Irish singer/composer Bob Geldorf, Chinese singer Khalil Fong, and even a Nobel peace laureate, South African archbishop Desmond Tutu.