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http://www.rock-is-life.com/2007reviews/humanityhour1.htm

“Scorpions still have zing in their sting” (Edmonton Journal)

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/culture/story.html?id=e0d5cd03-66f9-45a0-8606-a3bc9e745e09

Here is the ticket information:Due to the closure of The Orpheum Theatre, the Scorpions concert scheduled for September 12 has been moved to the P.N.E. Forum. Tickets purchased for The Orpheum show will be honoured at the door. All $79.50 & $59.50 purchased tickets from The Orpheum show will receive a partial refund of their ticket purchase so the final ticket cost will equal $49.50 plus applicable service charges. For any applicable ticket purchased via credit card (over the telephone and Internet), the partial refund will be processed the week after the show (September 13) via the credit card company. Those that have purchased their Orpheum ticket via a Ticketmaster Outlet (cash or credit card) will need to go back to the Point of Purchase for their partial refund the day starting after the show (September 13). The deadline for this will be September 18 (end of day). For any consumers who do not wish to see the show at the new venue, full refunds are available at point of purchase until September 13.

(thanks Dave Johnson)

Canada #47 and United States #63

Highest Chart placing for Humanity-Hour 1:
Greece: #1
Russia: #5
Republic of Malta: #7
Argentina: #8
Germany: : #16
Switzerland: #27
Finland: #29
Sweden: #36
Austria: #41
Italy: #44
Canada: #47
Czech Republic: #47
Spain: #59
United States: #63
Netherlands: #91
Mexico: #97

http://sootoday.com/content/arts/details.asp?c=20095

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The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending September 2, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

SCORPIONS – “Humanity – Hour 1”: 10,500 (#63) this is the highest chart position for the Scorpions in the USA since Face The Heat in 1993..

First-week numbers of artist most recent release:
SCORPIONS – “Unbreakable” (2004): 4,500 (no chart position)

To all North American Fans…Best Buy is selling Humanity Hour 1 with the bonus track “Cold ” at all of their stores. Please pick up a copy with the bonus track…

http://www.wrif.com/sound/
A 13-and-a-half-minute audio interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine, conducted last month by Doug Podell of Detroit’s WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media).

http://metaluniverse.net/compterendu/categories.php?cat_id=301