To all… i went to the M3 festival in Columbia, Maryland Saturday night ( 16 hair metal bands from the 80’s)

http://www.myspace.com/m3rockfestival

Janie Lane was playing the festival..so guess who was playing drums…JAMES KOTTAK…So after their set James was signing autographs…..I did approach James and ended up talking to him for about 10 minutes. He gave me a copy of his bands demo CD and he signed my concert ticket. He was a very pleasant and gracious human being… So i decided to ask him some questions about the future of the Scorpions.

1- When will the Scorpions do a FULL USA TOUR?? he confirmed they will be doing a full tour of North America next summer 2010 supporting the 25th anniversary of World Wide Live..and he commented that he was hoping they could put together a package tour with Def Leppard and Extreme..Extreme was playing that day and he was going to talk to them.. he also commented that if it was up to him they would play a full tour of America every year. But that topic was out of his hands.

2- Any USA tour dates in 2009?? he said none this year..

3- I asked about the new studio CD…and he commented that it will Rock..but no confirmed release date..but he did say it would be a package deal with the re-released WWL in 2010..

4- How many dates was he was doing with Janie?? he said only 2 dates..

He was flying out Sunday to Poland for the benefit Scorpions show on June 4 and then he was getting prepared for the stadium shows in Russia with Alice Cooper throughout June. I would like to thank James for being a real nice guy that day….

THANK YOU JAMES!!!!!!!

To the Scorpions we “NORTH AMERICANS” are already getting geared up for 2010..