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April, 3rd – Montbéliard – France
Venue -L’axone
Tickets Online Support Act: Karelia

Inside sources have confirmed the Scorpions will be entering the studio at the end of January and will record their new studio album in Germany. And it could be a family reunion since Dieter Dierks ( Scorpions producer from 1975-1988) is rumored to be the producer of the new album.

Here is the top 20:
20) Bon Jovi – You give love a bad name
19) Rush – Tom Sawyer
18) Scorpions – Rock you like a hurricane
17) Twisted Sister – I wanna rock
16) Kiss – Rock and roll all nite
15) Motley Crue – Dr. Feelgood
14) Iron Maiden – Run to the hills
13) Def Leppard – Photograph
12) Judas Priest – Breaking the law
11) Deep Purple – Smoke on the water
10) Motorhead – Ace of spades
9) Van Halen – Running with the devil
8) Aerosmith – Walk this way
7) Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
6) The Who – Won’t get fooled again
5) Metallica – Enter sandman
4) Black Sabbath – Paranoid
3) Led Zeppelin – Whole lotta lov
2) AC/DC – Back in black
1) Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle

Here is the link to the whole list from 1 to 100:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111816

61 shows during the 2008 Humanity World Tour
Tour started – April 5 in Mannheim and Freiburg, Germany ( TV shows)
Tour ended – November 19 in Estoril, Portugal

Countries played in 2008 – Germany,Russia,Spain,Poland,Dubai (UAE),Ukraine,Finland,Switzerland,France,USA,Turkey,Brazil,Mexico,Trindad and Tobago,UK,Romania,Estonia,Lativa,Belarus and Portugal

2008 Special guests and Co-Headliners – Alice Cooper,Sammy Hagar,Ratt,LA Guns, Uli Jon Roth,Michael Schenker,Hip Kitty,Dead Rose Beauty,Havana Black,Remu & The Hurriganes and Teräsbetoni

It turned out to be a very successful year for the Scorpions and 2009 is looking like it will be another very busy year for the guys…more tour dates to come in 2009 and a new studio CD will be in the works at the end of 2009.

Everyone have a safe and wonderful holiday season… See you in 2009!!!!

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Legendary photographer Ross Halfin has posted the following message at his website:
“It’s been a Metallica weekend – kind of. Shot Metallica rehearsing new songs on the 02 stage for an hour. Then did a studio set up and got all the band to do photos. Of course Lars says while standing posing ‘This isn’t on the schedule.’ Me: ‘So?’ He does what he’s told. I got a lot done – I know I say this but I did, particularly of James. I gave him the new cover of Burrn! which I like (shot in LA) and Kirk was over the moon with Classic Rock’s photos of him and THE SCORPIONS. He’s talking to the band about doing a co-headline tour. Did some more of them warming up then shot the show. Hated the set list, found it boring – no ‘Four Horsemen’, ‘Creeping Death’, ‘Damage Inc.’ You get the new songs (fair enough with a new CD) but the rest of it I found a yawnfest – ‘Wolf To Man’, ‘One’ (never liked the song), ‘Frantic’, plus playing in the round there were so many monitors and veri-lights along the front of the stage you were looking up their noses. Walked onstage at the end and got them kicking huge black Metallica balls. I didn’t get into it as I hadn’t seen the show with new lights etc.”