“Dear fans, when James Kottak arrived in Dubai on April 3th, he ran into problems at immigrations and got busted. Whatever happened is totally out of our control and we don’t know any details about it at this point. For the concerts in Germany, Johan Franzon, a Swedish drummer, will take James’ seat. Please understand, we keep you posted.”
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Here is my two cents. Even though James is a great drummer and has been with the band for 18 years. If he made those comments about Muslims. The band has no choice but let him go. The band will become a terror target at every show going forward if he stays in the band. Here is the Scorpions chance to reach out to Herman Rarebell and bring back the greatest drummer the Scorpions have ever had in their 43 year history. Anyone who has seen Herman play in the last couple years with Michael Schenker knows he can still play the drums real well live in concert. Plus the band doesn’t play anymore then 50-70 shows a year these days. So age should not matter anymore. If the band is indeed on their farewell tour. They can’t bring in a new guy to play drums. Herman has expressed the last 5 years that he would like to rejoin the Scorpions if James left. This is the perfect opportunity for the Scorpions to conclude the farewell tour with a past member who had a huge hand in their career success.