KISSin' UK

We filmed the tour’s big finale in Munich which was very emotional.”

Finale? Has this tour come to an end with no UK shows?

I saw them at Wacken

Well who would have thought that ? You at Wacken, well I never.

check out the line-up for this year, you'll see why -

Deep Purple
Alice Cooper
Thunder
Motorhead
Doro
Rammstein
Alestorm
Sabaton
Sonata Arctica
Anthrax
Chrome Molly
Pretty Maids

And Scott Ian doing a spoken word set.

Those are just the bands I like!!

And more announcements to come. Wacken is sold out - but I paid 130Euro for my ticket.

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The Scorpions rejected an offer to play the Download festival this summer.

Talking to Classic Rock, guitarist Rudolf Schenker explained the band’s decision as being down to two reasons.

“We were asked to play on the first day (June 14), when Slipknot will headline. The problem was that we would have been on the second stage, not the main one. This would have meant us not having the chance to bring over a full stage set, and that isn’t something we were prepared to consider. We’d be cheating the fans, and feel we are worth a bit more than being anywhere other the main stage.

“There was also a financial problem, because what we would have been paid wasn’t very good at all. So we reluctantly turned it down.”

The band recently finished their final world tour. It lasted three years, but didn’t include a single UK show. And nobody it appears is more disappointed than the band.

“We desperately wanted to come over. We love playing in Britain. But again it was a money consideration. Everywhere we go, our fee is really excellent, and that allows us to give a full value show. But in the UK, we get very low offers, the sort we can’t really accept. That’s why we’ve not played there.”

However, there’s the possibility we will get to see the Scorps, who won the Metal Guru Award at the 2011 Classic Rock Roll Of Honour, next year.

“We hope to play a festival in 2014. We have just finished what will certainly be our last tour, but we have never said there won’t be live shows in the future. So, if the opportunity is there we will come over.”

Schenker also confirmed that while 2010’s Sting In The Tail will definitely be their farewell studio album, there will be future releases from the band.

“We are working on a live movie, and we’ve also had a fantastic offer from our record label. I can’t say what this is right now, but if it comes off it will be unique. We have never said we are splitting up, so there’s plenty to come.”

Old news...

My mate in Texas had some scorpions in his house. But the exterminator has got rid of them now.
More scorpion news when he updates me.

DaveC wrote:My mate in Texas had some scorpions in his house. But the exterminator has got rid of them now.
More scorpion news when he updates me.

Just an update on this - Scorpions are playing the Ramblin' Man Fair in Maidstone next year. Only 2015 UK show.

Stunning new album not a bad track on it.

Kev wrote:Stunning new album not a bad track on it.

Is it better than 'Sting in the Tail'?

That had way too much filler on it for me.

Kev wrote:Stunning new album not a bad track on it.

Awesome album..

Classic stuff.Playing the album over and over and over !

Pete wrote:

Kev wrote:Stunning new album not a bad track on it.

Is it better than 'Sting in the Tail'?

That had way too much filler on it for me.

Its like Blackout crashes into Animal Magnetism then they chuck in Unbreakable wtf . Get the vinyl ,worth every penny of your £20

Love it.