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James Kottak returns to the Scorpions this week to play the last two shows of 2014.

November 27- Rotterdam, Netherlands – Ahoy
November 29- Brussels, Belgium- Palais 12

The Scorpions are about to celebrate their 50th anniversary with the recording of a new album in Stockholm Sweden and a worldwide tour starting spring 2015. Parts of the World Famous band are in Bromma to lay the drums for the new album that at the moment is called “Return to forever” together with their Swedish producers Mikael “Nord” Andersson and Martin Hansen. Svip.se had the pleasure to have an exclusive interview with the guitarist Mr. Matthias Jabs, currently recovering from the flu… check below link for Full interview:

http://www.svip.se/in-english/scorpions-matthias-jabs-2/

The countdown for the heaviest metalfest of 2015 starts today! We’re celebrating two decades of Graspop Metal Meeting next year and that calls for a super heavy line-up. With Kiss, Slipknot, Scorpions, Korn and Judas Priest, five out of six headliners for the two main stages have already been confirmed. Other top acts include Alice Cooper, Motörhead, In Flames, Bodycount, Within Temptation, Five Finger Death Punch and Godsmack, supplemented with 35 other names.

https://www.graspop.be/en/poster – 2015 Graspop Festival poster

July 25th 2015 – Maidstone – United Kingdom – Mote Park – Ticketmaster – Ramblin’ Man Fair

http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/1F004D5BB6B08DE3?camefrom=CFC_UK_BUYAT_220331

From left to right:

Ingo Powitzer (Scorpions guitar tech), Mikael “Nord” Andersson, (producer/arranger), Matthias Jabs (Scorpions lead guitar), Peter Kirkman (Scorpions guitar tech), Hans-Martin Buff, (sound engineer)

Gibson Les Pauls from left to right: “Lesley” 2002 Historic, 1959 Bigsby Burst, 1958 Burst, 1972 Deluxe, 2012 “Don Felder” #4

Celebrating Mikael “Nord” Andersson`s birthday as well as the last day of guitar recordings for the upcoming Scorpions album at Scorpio Sound Studio. — with Hans-Martin Buff and 2 others at Hannover.

The Scorpions’ official French fan-club, Crazyscorps recently conducted an interview with Scorpions frontman Klaus Meine, who is currently in Sweden recording the band’s new album,. In the audio clip below Meine speaks about the new Scorpions record, drummer James Kottak’s rehab process, feeling ridiculous on stage and his first groupie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow.

About the new record: “A few years ago, when we thought about this album, about putting out something for the die-hard fans, we were thinking about using some good old material from the 80’s, find some old diamonds and pearls, and we did ! But between 2011 and now, and even this year, we kept on writing. This album is not so much about old material, in the end it’s much more about new songs, and that feels really good.”

About drummer James Kottak’s rehab: “We told him ‘At this point, it’s good if you take a break, not so much for us but for yourself. And not so much about being the drummer of the Scorpions but for yourself being a family man. You should go into a rehab, clean out yourself and come back the same James we know for so many years, not only our drummer but also a friend, and a great guy.'”

http://bravewords.com/news/scorpions-frontman-klaus-meine-talks-new-studio-album-and-drummer-james-kottaks-rehab-in-new-audio-interview