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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s ECHO German Music Awards. The band, whose international career began 40 years ago in Hanover, is the most successful German rock group of all time. With over 75 million recordings sold and countless platinum and gold albums, it has influenced generations of rock musicians. The SCORPIONS will accept their ECHO in person on February 21 at Berlin’s O2 World and perform an exclusive medley before 10,000 fans. With albums such as “Blackout” and “Love At First Sting”, and hit singles like “Still Loving You” and “Rock You Like a Hurricane”, the SCORPIONS not only made German rock history; the group is an international hard rock pioneer and has influenced bands like IRON MAIDEN, BON JOVI and METALLICA. The “SCORPS” are one of today’s great, legendary global acts and still enjoy huge success — whether in Russia, India, Japan, Brazil, France, Britain or the USA. During their acclaimed “Humanity – Hour 1” world tour last year they played to over 150,000 fans at concerts in South America, and campaigned massively with Greenpeace for protecting the world’s rainforests.

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WORLD WAR III, the band led by singer Mandy Lion, is scheduled to perform at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California on Saturday, February 28. The group’s lineup for the show will consist of the following musicians:
Mandy Lion – Vocals
Kurt James (STEELER, BLACK SHEEP, BLACK BART) – Guitar
Jimmy Bain (RAINBOW, DIO) – Bass
James Kottak (SCORPIONS, KINGDOM COME) – Drums

Commented Lion: “Kurt James is a cult guitar hero who came into prominence by replacing Yngwie Malmsteen in the band STEELER. He has also played with multitude of Los Angeles-based bands such as STRYPER, BLACK SHEEP, BLACK BART, etc. He appeared on the album ‘Dr. Mastermind’ with Deen Castronovo on drums and Matt McCourt on bass and vocals.”On bass we have the one and only Jimmy Bain of RAINBOW and DIO fame! Without a doubt the greatest rock bassist alive. And on drums we have super drummer James Kottak of the SCORPIONS! I am honored to be sharing the stage with these gentlemen, to say the least.”As if that was not enough, there are some rumors going around that one of rock’s greatest legends will join me on stage for a couple of songs. Who it is, I will not say, but those of you who know me already know this person to be my absolute favorite rocker out there. Maybe I will drop a couple of hints as we go along.”Lion recently collaborated with music producer Mickey James (of CRISS ANGEL fame) on some of his new material.WWIII’s first album in 12 years, “When God Turned Away”, was released in 2003. The CD featured Lion, co-producer Joe Floyd on guitar, Geezer Montez on bass and Sledge on drums.

According to Sweet Sounds Management, which represents former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell, Herman’s new project HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS will perform at this year’s Rocklahoma festival on Friday, July 10. The band will reportedly play one of the side stages after POISON’s main-stage set and before DEF LEPPARD’s performance. Other bands that are scheduled to appear at the third annual Rocklahoma — set to take place July 9-12, 2009 on the Catch The Fever Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma — include KEEL, KIX and GYPSY PISTOLEROS.

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For the eighteenth installment of the “Shockwaves Skull Sessions” podcast, host Bob Nalbandian is joined by longtime SCORPIONS drummer/songwriter Herman Rarebell along with hard rock/metal journalists/connoisseurs Jon Sutherland and John Kornarens as the four discuss the tremendous 35-year-plus career of the legendary German rockers SCORPIONS. In this episode, Herman shares for the first time some amazing and hilarious stories about his tenure with the band while all four discuss the SCORPS’ extensive catalog — from the group’s 1972 debut “Lonesome Crow” to the 1993 “Face The Heat” record.

Below Dates are not confirmed yet:

June 14 – June 28 – Russian tour:
with Special guests Alice Cooper, Whitesnake and Kingdome Come

June 14 – St. Petersburg – SCC Arena
June 16 – Rostov – Airfield
June 18 – Ekaterinburg – Sports Palace
June 20 – Novosibirsk – Hippodrome
June 24 – To be announced
June 26 – To be announced
June 28 – Moscow – Sportcomplex Olympisky

July 12 – Scorpions Festival in Greece with more cities in Greece to be announced

July 31 – Finland – MILJOONA ROCK

April, 21st- Budapest – Hungary
Syma Rendezvénycsarnok
Tickets Online

April, 23rd – Košice – Slovakia
STEEL ARÉNA
Tickets Online

An 18-minute interview with SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine conducted by the band’s webmaster Wolfgang Strauß on January 10, 2009 in Cologne, Germany can be viewed below.

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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:
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