via Seattle Music Insider

German rockers Scorpions have been churning out records and tours for nearly six decades. They get better and better over time and their near capacity performance at the Tacoma Dome during their ‘Rock Believer’ tour was no exception.

The band performed an exceptional list comprised of 17 songs spanning the course of 90 minutes that was close to perfection. For a band that has been around for decades and with members in their late sixties to early seventies, the members of Scorpions had great energy and enthusiasm, and they looked to be having an awesome time. They performed to a crowd that spanned a wide range of people, from those seeing the band for the first time to the umpteenth time, many with their children and some with their grandchildren!

Though Scorpions has had lineup changes, the current band members – founder Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Pawel Maciwoda (bass) have been the mainstays of the band for the past twenty years, only having been recently joined by Mikkey Dee (drums) in 2016, and they performed as a well-oiled machine.

The band is touring the world in support of their latest release Rock Believer, though the set also leant some focus to their most popular releases Love at First Sting and Crazy World.

Meine’s voice still sounds great after all these years. He loves to interact with the crowd, and the crowd loved it when he tossed drums sticks out to select areas around the stage and catwalk as well as posing for the crowd to thunderous ovations.

Schenker, Jabs and Maciwoda were tight knit and total hams for the crowd. Dee was a beast on the drums and, since joining the band, he has rekindled the fire that drives the band’s motivation.

Though there was a great response to whatever Scorpions song was performed, the bigger and louder responses came when the band played their biggest hits and fan favorites such as “The Zoo”, “Bad Boys Running Wild”, “Winds of Change”, “Big City Nights” and “Rock You Like a Hurricane”.

Unfortunately the original opening act, Whitesnake, had to drop off of the tour. Thundermother, who hail from Stockholm, were a great replacement and did a superb job of getting the show started.

Scorpions Setlist:

1. Gas in the Tank
2. Make It Real
3. The Zoo
4. Coast to Coast
5. Seventh Sun
6. Peacemaker
7. Bad Boys Running Wild
8. Delicate Dance
9. Send Me an Angel
10. Wind of Change
11. Tease Me Please Me
12. Rock Believer
13. New Vision
14. Big City Nights
    Encore
15. No One Like You
16. Rock You Like a Hurricane

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Long nights at the Lexington Queen, a famous club in Tokyo at the time, made us all forget that we already had our next gig the next day …. Back at the hotel Rudolf called Klaus and said … Klaus … look at the sunrise … as if the sky is on fire … just awesome … Big City Nights was inspired by that night in Tokyo. Our new single “Out Go The Lights” is a homage to Japan and great memory of our first unforgettable shows in the land of the rising sun.

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Via Goldmine Mag

The Scorpions, in the middle of their own Rock Believer 2022 World Tour, appeared at the less-than-a-year-old UBS Arena at Belmont Park in downtown Elmont, New York, on September 7. The beautiful new arena is located right next to the Cross Island Parkway for a very convenient entrance and exit of this venue. The 19,000 seat arena (for concerts) was not filled to capacity for the Scorpions since the tour was originally a dual headliner with Whitesnake. Since Whitesnake’s cancellation, the Scorpions have headlined the entire tour.

Scorpions released their latest studio album Rock Believer in February of this year, and when vocalist Klaus Meine, guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs, bassist Pawel Maciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee hit the stage it was with the energetic Rock Believer song “Gas in the Tank.” The stage lit up with an amazing amount of lights and visuals — a giant black metallic scorpion and a huge pile of TV sets appeared behind drummer Mikkey Dee (who replaced longtime Scorpions drummer James Kottak).

The band would go to their 1980 release Animal Magnetism for back-to-back songs, “Make it Real” and “The Zoo,” as the twin axe-attack of Jabs and Schenker made itself known at the end of the band’s extended stage that reached 10 rows into the seated crowd. Bassist Maciwoda would then take over for Jabs, jamming with Schenker. Meine wandered around, hitting his tambourine, and tossing drumsticks out to fans surrounding the front part of the stage. Then “Coast to Coast” kicked in, representing the band’s 1979 release, Lovedrive.

The Scorpions would continue on into their latest release with the singles from Rock Believer: “Seventh Sun” and “Peacemaker,” then back to their 1984 release Love at First Sting with “Bad Boys Running Wild.” The band would have a good part of the UBS arena on their feet during “Bad Boys Running Wild.” They followed this up with a tune from their MTV Unplugged in Athens (live) release, “Delicate Dance.” Another couple of slower songs followed: “Send Me an Angel” and “Wind of Change.” Meine encouraged the UBS Arena crowd to sing parts of the popular “Wind of Change.” Schenker began the first part of the song on an acoustic guitar, as visuals of flying lanterns and birds appeared on the back screen, with a round peace sign intermittently flashing (Klaus Meine wore a denim vest during this part of the show with the same round peace symbol on the back of it).

The Scorpions kicked it back up a couple notches with a 1990 favorite from the Crazy World release, “Tease Me Please Me.” During the song, Jabs cranked out the leads while Rudolph did Pete Townshend-style windmills with his guitar. Jabs, Meine, Maciwoda and Schenker then lined up on the side of the stage for one of their famed performance poses, heading into to the title song “Rock Believer” — a song dedicated to all their fans, as Meine pointed out to the crowd a giant metallic hand with horns surrounded by Marshall stacks and guitars. Maciwodal made the transition to the instrumental “New Vision,” leading Mikkey Dee to a powerful drum solo, which ended with an eruption of cheers from the Scorpions fans.

Scorpions would start their next song and title track of their 1982 album release Blackout. Running out to the edge of the extended stage, Schenker came out crankin’ the opening notes with his smokin’ tailpipe flying V guitar filling the space around him, and Jabs in a thick amount of smoke, as both of them would move around the stage and the smoke would continue pouring out from Schneker’s guitar throughout the song. This led into the hit “Big City Nights” to end the set.

As the band came back onstage for an encore, vocalist Klaus Meine said, “What can I say after all these years. We love you, America! There is …’No One Like You’.” and the band launched into one of their biggest hit songs. The crowd became very amped and shouted out the chorus of the song with everything they had. To begin their final song for the night, “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” Maciwoda joined Dee on the drum riser, getting the crowd to keep the clapping going while smoke filled the stage floor. Jabs and Schenker cranked out the opening riff as the song title flashed in big words on the back screen. Lights, smoke, visuals and all the last-minute insanity the band could throw out to the Long Island crowd (like Schenker running to end of the stage taking a leap into the air, landing on the stage and pointing into the crowd) ended this incredible night of Scorpions entertainment.

Via Northeast Rock Review

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -The legendary German Hard Rock / Heavy Metal band, the Scorpions brought their Rock Believer tour to the Premier Theatre at Foxwoods Casino in support of their new release Rock Believer. The band’s current lineup is: Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) (1965–present), Klaus Meine (lead vocals) (1969–present), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar, backing vocals)(1978–present), Paweł Mąciwoda (bass guitar, backing vocals) (2003–present), Mikkey Dee (drums) (2016–present).

The band hit the stage with a brand new song “Gas in the Tank,” from their current release Rock Believer (2022), and then following it up with two classics “Make it Real” and “The Zoo,” both from Animal Magnetism (1980). I was quite amazed on how well singer Klaus Meine sounded on vocals. At 74 years old Klaus sounds better than many singers half his age. This is quite an amazing feat considering that he has been the singer for the Scorpions for over 53 years (since 1969).

Next up was “Coast to Coast,” an instrumental from Lovedrive (1979) in which Klaus strapped on a guitar and rocked out with his bandmates. They then introduced two more new songs, “Seventh Sun” and “Peacemaker,” from Rock Believer (2022) before hitting back with another deep cut with “Bad Boys Running Wild” from Love at First Sting (1984).

After playing “Delicate Dance” the guys decide to slow it down a little with “Send Me an Angel” and “Wind of Change,” both from Crazy World (1990). The lyrics of “Wind of Change” had been changed to show their support for Ukraine. This was a powerful message considering Klaus Meine wrote the song after performing at the Moscow Music Peace Festival in August of 1989 and his experience leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

The band sped it back up with “Tease Me Please Me” and “Rock Believer.” After that bassist Paweł Mąciwoda kicked into a bass solo with drummer Mikkey Dee backing him as the others left the stage. At the end of the bass solo Pawel left the stage as Mikkey continued on to do his drum solo. The full band returned to the stage for “Blackout” from Blackout (1982) and “Big City Nights” from Love at First Sting (1984) before taking their bows and leaving the stage. After a few minutes, the band came back out to close the night out with legendary classics “No One Like You” and “Rock You Like A Hurricane”

It truly amazes me that after 57 years the Scorpions are still writing good music and are performing great live shows. I was truly pleased with the stage setup, the lighting, the tv screens, the setlist and the performance. I hope these guys continue to tour because I’d love to see them again.

Scorpions kick off the North America leg of the Rock Believer World Tour in Toronto.

 

German hard rock band Scorpions, who released their newest album, Rock Believer, on February 25^th, 2022, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night (Aug 21^st).

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Hammersmith is an event venue located in the London district with the same name. Some artists who performed there were The Who, Queen, AC/DC, Motörhead, Metallica and Scorpions. 

The new single by the SCORPIONS is not just an anthem to an iconic music venue, it is also a contemporary manifesto, showing just how much enthusiasm they still have for hard rock, the roots of their fame and original metal. “The song,” says Klaus Meine, “takes us back to a time when we played in the smallest clubs, just dreaming about being able to perform in the Temple of Rock, the Hammersmith Odeon.” The music, composed by SCORPIONS-founder Rudolf Schenker, drummer Mikkey Dee and Magnus Ax, gives singer Klaus Meine (lyrics) a great opportunity to prove that not only he can perfectly intonate the balladesque tones of the great SCORPIONS songs, but that his rock voice is incredible as well. An almost brutal start, in which the great ex-Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee is already letting off steam, followed by driving guitar sounds, opens the stage for Klaus Meine’s vocal excursion. Mixed with harmonic riffs, repeatedly interrupted by aggressive drumming, “Hammersmith” is something very special in the rock band’s brand-new repertoire. One of the highlights is when lead guitarist Matthias Jabs masterfully rocks his instrument until the song reaches its finale. As Klaus Meine sums it up: “Rocks Like Hell!”

“Hammersmith” will be released as a digital single on August 12^th 2022 through Universal Vertigo