{"id":3783,"date":"2016-04-28T13:08:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2016-04-28T13:08:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:08:23","slug":"mikkey-dee-stepping-in-for-james-kottak-for-upcoming-usa-showsdue-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/?p=3783","title":{"rendered":"Mikkey Dee stepping in for James Kottak for upcoming USA shows(due to illness)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpions recruit <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mikkeydeeofficial\/\">Mikkey Dee<\/a>\u00a0to fill in on U.S. Dates!<\/p>\n<p>Iconic rockers SCORPIONS will hit the road in May for twelve North American headlining dates wit<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">h Mikkey Dee formerly of <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OfficialMotorhead\/\">Mot\u00f6rhead<\/a> sitting in on drums for James Kottak, announced today. Kottak is currently on break while he seeks medical attention. Swedish-born Mikkey Dee joined Mot\u00f6rhead in 1992 and is well-respected among the rock and metal community.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>Scorpions singer Klaus Meine states \u201cWe would like to continue our Return to Forever tour with James, but we have to realize that his health is priority. We wish James a speedy recovery and he will be back to Rock with us very soon! We look forward to seeing all our fans this month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scorpions kick off the 2016 U.S. leg with twelve dates in May beginning at Carolina Rebellion in Charlotte, NC on May 6th and includes a Las Vegas residency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fash1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xlf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/13083088_1611669965745140_1160897797230686645_n.jpg?oh=6d8fdda296374d43047b1c79c0c905ce&amp;oe=57B1006F\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpions recruit Mikkey Dee\u00a0to fill in on U.S. Dates! Iconic rockers SCORPIONS will hit the road in May for twelve North American headlining dates with Mikkey Dee formerly of Mot\u00f6rhead sitting in on drums for James Kottak, announced today. Kottak is currently on break while he seeks medical attention. Swedish-born Mikkey Dee joined Mot\u00f6rhead in [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3784,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions\/3784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scorpsnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}