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Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s leading music company, today announced the launch of Six-String on the App Store. Six-String is a new iPhone and iPod touch music app that delivers a dynamic guitar experience and includes chart-topping hits culled from real studio masters.
Six-String authentically recreates the guitar playing experience using tracks gathered from the real studio masters. So for the first time ever, players are provided with a truly engaging musical experience as they are required to pluck, strum and change chords. And since no experience is required, anyone anywhere can now play the guitar like a pro along with their favorite songs instantly!
Six-String comes with six chart-topping tracks, but players can easily add songs from the in-app store as they progress. The tracks included are: BON JOVI‘s “You Give Love A Bad Name”; TOM PETTY’s “Runnin’ Down A Dream”; FALL OUT BOY’s “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”; PETER FRAMPTON’s “Show Me The Way”; and ORIANTHI’s “According To You”. It also contains the SCORPIONS’ “Raised on Rock”, from their new album, “Sting in the Tail”, being released on March 23, which will be the first time a SCORPIONS recording has been included in any of the music game franchises.

Icon vs. Icon: What can we expect from RATT in regards to your tour plans?

Blotzer: We’re touring, we’ve got a bunch of shows going all through April and a bunch in May that are kind of fly-out stuff. Then, June 8th we leave for Europe for six weeks. Playin all these huge festivals all over the place over there. We’ll come back here and there’s a big tour coming out. Actually I’m sitting here talking to you and I’m hearing “Click, click”, it’s e-mails coming in and I’m waiting for news of the announcement of this tour that we’re going to be doing starting in July and into August. It’s going to be a big tour. And I just got this announcement! I can let you in on, the SCORPIONS are who we’re going to be touring with this year.

Icon vs. Icon: Is that going to be a U.S. tour?

Blotzer: Yes, a U.S. tour later with the SCORPIONS. But anyhow, once we go through summer here and Europe and then back here we’re going to go through South America, Australia, Japan and Canada.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Molson-Canadian-Amphitheatre-2010-Season-Preview-1128599.htm

June 27 – Toronto, Canada – venue – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

(More North American dates coming in the next few weeks)

http://rocklineradio.com/

Veteran German hard rockers SCORPIONS will guest on the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline” with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, April 7 at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to speak with SCORPIONS by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625).

http://www.kiisfm.com/new2/artists/scorpions

Blackout: Scorpions Reach Tail End of Career (full interview below)

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/features/article_1536468.php/Blackout-Scorpions-Reach-Tail-End-of-Career

The first single for the Scorpions final studio album, “Raised on Rock”, is now available for purchase from Amazon.com as an mp3.

http://www.amazon.de/Sting-Tail-Scorpions/dp/B0032SK71E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1267096528&sr=8-1

http://www.wlup.com/airstaff/blogs/byrd/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10098983

From the blog of Byrd, DJ at WLUP in Chicago:”The very first interview granted by the Scorpions since they announced their impending retirement, along with a listen to what will be their final studio album “Sting In The Tail” next Tuesday (3/2) at 8:30am on my show. The announcement of a Chicago farewell show will be announced at this time as well. Don’t miss it!

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