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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.”

1. Hour I
2. Coming Home
3. Bad Boys Running Wild
4. The Zoo
5. No Pain No Gain
6. Coast To Coast
7. Send Me An Angel
8. Holiday (full version)
9. You&I
10. Hey You
11. Loving You Sunday Morning
12. I’m Leaving You
13. 321
14. Kottack Attack&Scorps Attack
15. Blackout
16. Dynamite
17. Big City Nights
Encores:
18. Still Loving You
19. Wind Of Change
20. Humanity
21. Rock You Like A Hurricane
22. When The Smoke Is Going Down

Youtube videos
Hour 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKuj4xfcqWE
Wind Of Change – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4ZUcwqENg

August 22- Istanbul,Turkey Set List:
Hour 1
Coming Home http://rapidshare.com/files/141393695/S … 8.mp3.html
Bad Boys Running Wild http://rapidshare.com/files/141397813/S … 8.mp3.html
The Zoo
No Pain No Gain
Coast to Coast
Send me an Angel http://rapidshare.com/files/141391852/S … 8.mp3.html
Holiday
You and I
Loving You Sunday Morning
Humanity
321
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Big City Nights
ENCORE:
Still Loving You
No One like you
Wind of Change http://rapidshare.com/files/141399072/S … 8.mp3.html
Rock You Like A Hurricane
When the Smoke Is Going down

Photos from the Istanbul show:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55514&l=3900e&id=750603135
(Thank you Erdal Mahir Curan)

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