DORO Celebrates 25th Anniversary With SCORPIONS, OVERKILL, Ex-NIGHTWISH Members

December 14, 2008

Doro Pesch celebrated her 25-year career as the reigning queen of German heavy metal by performing a three-hour set last night (Saturday, December 13) at the 20,000-capacity ISS Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. HOLY MOSES, LEAVES EYES' and ARCH ENEMY opened the show and were followed by full set by DORO herself, which included guest appearances by Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (OVERKILL),Jean Beauvoir, GRAVE DIGGER's Chris Boltendahl and guitarist Axel Rudi Pell, former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen, SCORPIONS' Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, as well as a host of other female vocalists, such as Liv Kristine (LEAVES' EYES),Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER),members of GIRLSCHOOL, Liv of SISTER SIN and Sabina Classen of HOLY MOSES.

A number of high-quality photos from last night's show can be found on Metal-Experience.com.

Some of the early fan-filmed footage of the performance is available below.

Doro's setlist was as follows:

01. Earthshaker Rock
02. I Rule The Ruins
03. You're My Family
04. The Night Of The Warlock
05. Hellraiser
06. Always Live To Win (feat. Bobby Ellsworth)
07. Above The Ashes
08. She's Like Thunder
09. Herzblut
10. Für Immer
11. Burn It Up (feat. Jean Beauvoir)
12. Metal Tango Drum Solo
13. Celebrate Full Metal Female Version
14. Love Me In Black
15. Walking With An Angel (feat. Tarja Turunen)
16. The Seer (feat. Tarja Turunen)
17. East Meets West (feat. Chris Boltendahl, Axel Rudi Pell)
18. Breaking The Law
19. Big City Nights (feat. Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker)
20. Rock You Like A Hurricane (feat. Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker)

Encore:

WARLOCK reunion (with Doro):

21. Fight For Rock
22. Burning The Witches
23. All Night
24. Midnite In China
25. True As Steel (feat. Warrel Dane)
26. Hellbound

Encore 2:

27. Warrior Soul
28. Unholy Love
29. Fight

Encore 3:

30. All We Are

"Walking With The Angels" (Doro and Tarja Turunen)

"The Seer" (Doro and Tarja Turunen)

"Rock You Like A Hurricane" finale:

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