Scorpions To Retire After New Album And Long World Tour

World Tour 2009 - Gdansk, Poland fan photo from Scorpions photo gallery.

Yes, it is rather sad news. Scorpions, one of the best and most memorable rock bands, will soon be no more. The German bad boys, a fantastic group of lovely and lively guys, are to retire.

They will do so after a huge world tour in support of their new album, 'Sting In The Tail' (Due out March 19, 2010). It's being called the 'Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour 2010 / 2011', but it will probably go on into at least 2012. The tour starts in March, and then leads them across the globe over the next few years. Visit the band's Tour Page for updates. These lads put on amazing live shows, so go see them in concert, when they come around your area for the last time. See the note posted to their web site below.


Important Message to our Fans

posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 3:13:36 AM

It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and we were fortunate enough to make music for you - whether it was live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs.

While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was – and how much fun we were still having, in the process. But there was also something else: We want to end the Scorpion’s extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we’ve always had since the beginning. This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years.

We want you, our fans, to be the first to know about this. Thank you for your never-ending support throughout the years!

We uploaded the very first snippets from our new album for you.

And now... let’s get the party started and get ready for a “Sting in the Tail”!

See you on the world tour,

Yours Scorpions

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New Album: Sting In The Tail
Release: March 19th 2010















Listen to the Snippets:

○ Raised On Rock
○ The Good Die Young

Today's Tune: "I'm Goin' Mad" By Scorpions

The very first suspected case of Mad Cow Disease in the USA was reported by our government on December 23, 2003. Most cases have occurred in the United Kingdom, but some cases have shown up elsewhere, including America.

Mad Cow, or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that manifests in cattle. It causes a degeneration in the brain and spinal cord, which makes the animal go a bit "wonky" (technical term). Usually, it shows up in adult cattle at about four to five years old.

Sometimes we humans feel like we've been driven to madness, while trying to deal with the landmines life sometimes presents to us. Germany's most famous rock band, the Scorpions touched on this with their first single. Our 'Today's Tune' is "I'm Goin' Mad" (1971), from the 'Lonesome Crow' (1972) album. The lineup for this album didn't stay together. It included Klaus Meine (Lead Vocals), Michael Schenker (Lead Guitar), Rudolf Schenker (Rhythm Guitar), Lothar Heimberg (Bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (Drums).

Scorpions - "I'm Goin' Mad" (Full length audio version)



Scorpions - "I'm Goin' Mad"
(Short available music video clip)

Today's Tune: "Robot Man" By The Scorpions

Original version of cover for 1975 Scorpions album 'In Trance'.

American film and television actress Linda Hamilton was born on September 26, 1956. So, happy birthday to Linda. She was born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland. Hamilton even stayed in the Eastern Shore side of the Chesapeake Bay, although a good bit North of Salisbury, when Hamilton attended college at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. After two years, she went much further up the nation's East coast to study acting in New York, NY.

Linda Hamilton has been involved in fairly equal amounts of television and film work. Her biggest TV role was probably when she starred alongside Ron Perlman in Beauty And The Beast. Hamilton is mostly known for her portrayal of the character Sarah Connor, in the 'Terminator' series of films, of which the fourth one was in theatres earlier this year.

With big, bad and scary robots in mind, our 'Today's Tune' is called "Robot Man", as we get a taste of German rock 'n roll with the Scorpions, from their 1975 studio album called 'In Trance'.

Scorpions - "Robot Man"