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Scorpions MTV Unplugged charts at #113 on the billboard charts

Scorpions “Holiday” unplugged video clip from USA today.

SCORPIONS: 'Holiday' Unplugged Performance Clip

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scorpions-holiday-unplugged-performance-clip/

SCORPIONS fans worldwide can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the brand new live performance video for “Holiday” on USAToday.com. The never-before-seen (or heard) video is taken from the beautifully orchestrated stripped-down concerts that became the SCORPIONS’ forthcoming CD/DVD and Blu-ray release, “MTV Unplugged”, but does not appear on any configuration of the releases.

Due in North America on January 21, 2014 via Sony International, material for SCORPIONS’ “MTV Unplugged” is taken from the band’s first-ever “MTV Unplugged” show and features new acoustic versions of best-loved classic hits, as well as five brand new songs. “MTV Unplugged” will be available in two formats — a standard CD and a deluxe version featuring CD + DVD. “MTV Unplugged” will be released in 50 countries, a testament to the German band’s iconic status worldwide.

Recorded and filmed just a few months ago on September 11 and September 12 of last year, “MTV Unplugged” was culled from two dynamic acoustic sets at the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens, Greece. The spectacular open-air theatre, situated 300 meters above the city, was an impressive backdrop for the first-ever open-air show in the history of “MTV Unplugged” (the theatre also shares a birth year with the SCORPIONS themselves, having been built in 1965, the same year the SCORPIONS formed). Of the choice to film/record “MTV Unplugged” at the Lycabettus Theatre, SCORPIONS’ singer/guitarist Klaus Meine commented, “We have fabulous fans all over the world, but the Greeks are absolute die-hards fans.”

SCORPIONS is Klaus Meine (vocals/guitar), Rudolf Schenker (guitars/vocals), Matthias Jabs (guitars), Pawel Maciwoda (bass) and James Kottak (drums); additional musical support on “MTV Unplugged” includes contributions from Swedish musicians and producers Mikael Nord Andersson (guitars, mandolin, lap steel, vocals) and Martin Hansen (guitars, harmonica, vocals). The duo is also responsible for the arrangements on “MTV Unplugged”.

Happy 51st Birthday to James Kottak

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES!!!!!!

For the 1st time the Scorpions and Accept share the same stage

Hard Rock History was made on Wednesday November 13th in Helsinki,Finland at the SOLD OUT Hartwell Areena. For the first time in the Scorpions and Accept long legendary history the two biggest German Rock bands of all time played on the same stage. Below i have included set lists and live videos from both bands.

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Scorpions Set list – 1 hour 45 minutes
Sting in the Tail
Make It Real
Is There Anybody There?
The Zoo
Coast to Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Best Is Yet to Come
Send Me an Angel
Holiday
Raised on Rock
Tease Me Please Me
Hit Between the Eyes
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Encore:
Still Loving You
Wind of Change
Rock You Like a Hurricane

Accept Set List – 1 hour
Hung, Drawn and Quartered
Stalingrad
Restless and Wild
Breaker
Princess of the Dawn
Bulletproof
Pandemic
Metal Heart
Teutonic Terror
Balls to the Wall

Scorpions Live Videos

Sting in the Tail – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VUVg-woZLI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtSqIT3zkzqkucZn6j4S6BA
Make it Real – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftRTJZb-bUk
Is there anybody there?-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgnGEmt8Zf0
The Zoo- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2JJg_nO5SI
Coast to Coast – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWeXahovYQ
Tease Me Please Me/Hit Between the Eyes- http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ozsSlS9JyE
Six String Sting/Big City Nights- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YbD0fcB-U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUsPQUNgSJVZtnaAjMUJzwqA
Raised on Rock- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6739kgI8XEc
Blackout- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPadlS5MmPw
Send Me An Angel- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SJefWvrLZg
Still Loving You- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9gDq4eUhdA
Wind of Change- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZeZsIqXqE&feature=c4-overview&list=UUtSqIT3zkzqkucZn6j4S6BA
Rock You Like a Hurricane- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4BezphY6uE
Kottak Attack- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdwQJ1g-VQo

Accept Live Videos
Stalingrad- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clfKf2_8Oec 
Pandemic- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7OwRLjUz3c&feature=c4-overview&list=UUsPQUNgSJVZtnaAjMUJzwqA
Princess Of The Dawn- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJOvWT0E_XY
Balls to the Wall- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6R1gvmUzI
Message from Wolf Hoffman- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OBcK2AhHhw

Live photos of Accept – https://www.facebook.com/mpesso/media_set?set=a.10151708448260881.1073741846.706510880&type=1

North American release date announced for MTV unplugged

Sony International has announced the release of legendary international hard rockers SCORPIONS’ new offering MTV Unplugged. Due out in North America on January 21st, material from MTV Unplugged is taken from the Scorpions’ first-ever MTV Unplugged show and features new acoustic versions of best-loved classic hits, as well as five brand new songs. MTV Unplugged will be available in two formats – a standard CD and a deluxe version featuring CD+DVD. MTV Unplugged will be released in 50 countries, a testament to the German band’s iconic status worldwide. The album cover for MTV Unplugged can be seen below.

Recorded and filmed just a few months ago on September 11th and September 12th of this year, the Scorpions’ MTV Unplugged was culled from two dynamic acoustic sets at the Lycabettus Theatre in Athens, Greece. The spectacular open-air theatre, situated 300 meters above the city, was an impressive backdrop for the first-ever open-air show in the history of MTV Unplugged (the theatre also shares a birth year with the Scorpions themselves, having been built in 1965, the same year the Scorpions formed). Of the choice to film/record MTV Unplugged at the Lycabettus Theatre, Scorpions’ singer/guitarist Klaus Meine commented, “We have fabulous fans all over the world, but the Greeks are absolute die-hards fans.”

Scorpions are Klaus Meine (vocals/guitar), Rudolf Schenker (guitars/vocals), Matthias Jabs (guitars), Pawel Maciwoda (bass) and James Kottak (drums); additional musical support on MTV Unplugged includes contributions from Swedish musicians and producers Mikael Nord Andersson (guitars, mandolin, lap steel, vocals) and Martin Hansen (guitars, harmonica, vocals). The duo is also responsible for the arrangements on MTV Unplugged.
In other news, the Scorpions are still in the midst of their epic Farewell World Tour; the tour has been going on for more than three years now. To the delight of their fans there is no end in sight, as to date the band has only played 23 out of the 38 countries planned on the itinerary.
Scorpions are returning to Germany to play four exclusive shows in spring 2014. Dubbed MTV Unplugged Live 2014, the band will “deliver all their classic hits and a few songs you never heard before, featuring an extraordinary set and various guests,” according to a press release.

MTV sneak peek preview trailer – http://www.bravewords.com/news/213746

“MTV Unplugged” North American track listing:

CD

01. Sting In The Tail
02. Can’t Live Without You
03. The Best Is Yet To Come
04. Dancing With The Moonlight (new song)
05. Delicate Dance – new song
06. Love Is The Answer (new song)
07. Follow Your Heart (new song)
08. Send Me An Angel
09. Where The River Flows
10. Rock You Like A Hurricane
11. Blackout
12. Still Loving You
13. Big City Nights
14. Wind Of Change
15. No One Like You

DVD

01. Sting In The Tail
02. Can’t Live Without You
03. Pictured Life
04. Speedy’s Coming
05. Born To Touch Your Feelings
06. The Best Is Yet To Come
07. Dancing With The Moonlight (new song)
08. In Trance
09. When You Came Into My Life
10. Delicate Dance – new song
11. Love Is The Answer (new song)
12. Follow Your Heart (new song)
13. Send Me An Angel
14. Where The River Flows
15. Passion Rules The Game
16. Rock You Like A Hurricane
17. Hit Between The Eyes
18. Drum-Athenica
19. Rock N’ Roll Band (new song)
20. Blackout
21. Still Loving You
22. Big City Nights
23. Wind Of Change
24. No One Like You
25. When The Smoke Is Going Down

 

Happy 58th Birthday to Matthias Jabs

Matthias Jabs

Scorpions in the studio with Michael Schenker

German hard rock legends the SCORPIONS have posted a picture of Michael Schenker meeting his brother Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine and producer Mikael “Nord” Andersson (Sting In The Tail) in the studio.

 

SCORPIONS To Release ‘MTV Unplugged’ In November/North American release TBA

SCORPIONS To Release 'MTV Unplugged' In November

The greatest delight for the SCORPIONS fans, of which there are several million throughout the world, is the fact that there is no end in sight for the farewell world tour, even though this has been continuing for three years now.

SCORPIONS still are Germany’s internationally most popular rock band ever in the history of music, and of the 38 countries where farewell shows are planned, only 23 have been covered to date. On top of this, the band has found the time and energy to bring to life a very special event: their first “MTV Unplugged” show. On September 11 and September 12, 2013, Klaus Meine (vocals, guitars), Rudolf Schenker (guitars, vocals), Matthias Jabs (guitars), Pawel Maciwoda (bass) and James Kottak (drums) played two fantastic acoustic sets in the Lycabettus theatre of Athens. The open-air theatre, which was designed by the Greek architect Takis Zenetos in 1965 — and thus is just the same age as the story of the SCORPIONS — is situated on Mount Lycabettus, at 300m height, and offers an impressive view of the Greek metropolis. But the spectacular scenery is not the only reason that convinced the SCORPIONS to choose Athens for the first ever open-air show in the history of “MTV Unplugged”.

“When we were approached with the idea of playing an unplugged show, we immediately thought of Greece,” Klaus Meine recalls. Matthias Jabs adds, “We have fabulous fans all over the world, but the Greeks are absolute die-hard fans.” Concerning the choice of venue, the Lycabettus theatre, Meine explains, “We played here many years ago. It is a beautiful place. I can remember that even back then the fans climbed onto the surrounding rocks. Of course we played some of the greatest classics this time, but we also performed a few new songs as well as material that we had never played live up to then. Those are songs which are very popular with the fans but which somehow never made it onto the set lists.”

More than ten years ago, the SCORPIONS had already played a few acoustic sets, the result of which, “Acoustica”, was released on CD and DVD in 2001, with great international success. However, the current program, including a total of two dozen songs, is virtually completely different. First of all, we have the band’s brand new songs, whose stunning live debut filled the audience with instant enthusiasm. Alongside “Dancing With The Moonlight” and “Rock’n’Roll Band”, both of which can be easily imagined in perfect rock versions, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs presented one song each penned by every artist himself. The instrumental track “Delicate Dance” with Matthias Jabs as leader is based on guitar spheres which could easily settle in between the psychedelic glamour of PINK FLOYD and the boogie folk of LED ZEPPELIN. “Love Is The Answer” is a ballad for which Rudolf Schenker took over as lead vocalist — a feat that does not happen very often. And immediately after this, Klaus Meine surprises us with the world premiere of “Follow Your Heart”, another power ballad destined for the charts.

The show is opened by “Sting In The Tail”, arranged in Cajun style. This song, taken from the eponymous album of 2010, bears witness to how deeply the SCORPIONS are rooted in rock’n’roll and blues, virtually the topsoil and nurture of hard rock. The same applies to the set of classics that follow, such as “Pictured Life”, “Speedy’s Coming” or the hymnal “Born To Touch Your Feelings”, in which the Greek actress Dimitra Kokkori surprises with a truly heart-wrenching spoken-word part. It goes without saying that the beautiful lady is not the only guest starring at this exceptional event. On the nights featured here, the five SCORPIONS can count on the relentless support of the Swedish musicians and producers Mikael Nord Andersson (guitars, mandolin, lap steel, vocals) and Martin Hansen (guitars, harmonica, vocals), who are also responsible for the arrangements made specifically for the “MTV Unplugged” show, and who also produced the latest SCORPIONS studio album.

Further Swedish support comes in the shapes of Ola Hjelm (guitars, vocals) and Hans Gardemar (keyboards, accordion, vocals), as well as from percussionist PiTTi Hecht from Hannover, who is renowned as one of the best percussionists in Europe. To round off this magnificent cast performing at the Lycabettus theatre, there is a string ensemble consisting of eight Greek ladies, whom Klaus Meine introduces as “The Strings from Heaven.” Indeed, a truly heavenly performance is offered by Klaus Meine and Hamburg-based Cäthe with their version of “In Trance”. Cäthe, who released her second album, “Verschollenes Tier”, this summer, shows all her charisma in this true seventies classic. “Rock You Like A Hurricane”, one of the most popular rock songs by the SCORPIONS, and frenetically applauded by the audience, features REVOLVERHELD’s Johannes Strate as guest vocalist battling with Klaus Meine, and the ultimate world hit “Wind Of Change” offers a unique aha-experience in its own right when Morten Harket comes on stage for this encore.

Throughout its two and a half hours, the show captivates with its numerous intimate moments and infectious adrenaline rushes (such as during a percussion solo). And there are even more nuggets from the sheer endless stock of hits — such as “Still Loving You” and “Big City Nights”, “No One Like You” and “When The Smoke Is Going Down” — as well as a few welcome surprises to dazzle the connoisseur. “When You Came Into My Life”, where Rudolf Schenker plays a sitar, is one of those tracks which the SCORPIONS had never before played live, as are “Where The River Flows” and “Passion Rules The Game”. In view of this unplugged marathon with the stunning emotional momentum it conveys, it is difficult to pinpoint single highlights, but what can be stated with certainty is that the SCORPIONS evidently enjoyed this musical rollercoaster ride through their own history. It is equally obvious that both rock songs and power ballads display their class and style even when rendered as acoustic versions. The melodies maintain their timeless compositional appeal and the quality of the performance proves time and again that the SCORPIONS are blessed — this time especially by the Greek gods, it seems.

Let us glance into the future: “MTV Unplugged” will be released in 50 countries and promises to be yet another success story in the sheer limitless SCORPIONS saga. Fans can also look forward to the documentary motion picture, “Big City Nights”, by Katja von Garnier, whose band portrait will be shown in cinemas before it is later released on DVD.

“MTV Unplugged” by the SCORPIONS is released on November 29, available as double CD, DVD, Blu-ray and in various other digital and physical configurations.

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                                                                                                               Tracklisting:

  1. Sting In The Tail
  2. Can’t Live Without You
  3. Pictured Life
  4. Speedy’s Coming
  5. Born To Touch Your Feelings
  6. The Best Is Yet to Come
  7. Dancing With The Moonlight
  8. In Trance (with CÄTHE)
  9. When You Came Into My Life
  10. Delicate Dance (Matthias Solo)
  11. Love Is The Answer (Rudolf Solo)
  12. Follow Your Heart (Klaus Solo)
  13. Send Me An Angel
  14. Where The River Flows
  15. Passion Rules The Game
  16. Rock You Like A Hurricane (with Johannes Strate)
  17. Hit Between The Eyes
  18. Drum-Athenica, PiTTi vs. James
  19. Rock ‘n’ Roll Band
  20. Blackout
  21. Still Loving You
  22. Big City Nights
  23. Wind Of Change (with Morten Harket)
  24. No One Like You
  25. When The Smoke Is Going Down

On August 31st Rudy Schenker turned 65

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUDY!!!!!

Rudolf Schenker

Matthias Jabs is celebrating 35 years in the Scorpions

Today, June 18  marks the 35th anniversary of Matthias Jabs joining the Scorpions as their lead guitar player. All Scorpions fans around the world would like to thank Matthias for all his great guitar work throughout his career with the Scorpions. Without Matthias the Scorpions would not be where they are today in the Rock World.

Matthias pictured here, in 2012, with a PGG “Explorer 90-HSS”, played by Marco of IN TRANCE.

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