Promoter: SCORPIONS' Sofia Concert To Go Ahead
October 7, 2010According to Novinite.com, SCORPIONS' October 9 concert in Sofia, Bulgaria will go ahead despite the cancelation of the band's gig in Athens, Greece.
SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine has reportedly been diagnosed with acute laryngitis and the doctors suggested he take a break for a week.
Petar Haralampiev, a.k.a. Haro, one of the organizers of the concert in Bulgaria, has assured fans that the SCORPIONS' Athens cancelation would not affect their performance in Sofia.
"There is no problem for the concert of Sofia on October 9. The stadium is at its final part of preparations. The stage is constructed in 3-4 days," he said.
The farewell tour by the iconic band — Klaus Meine (vocals),Matthias Jabs (lead guitar),Rudolf Schenker (guitar),James Kottak (drums) and Pawel Maciwoda (bass) — is in support of their latest album, "Sting In The Tail" (Universal Music Enterprises). It entered the U.S. chart at No. 23, marking the band's highest chart debut in over 20 years.
The SCORPIONS' tour — in celebration of 40-plus years in music— has been a massive success in a soft touring economy, with the group filling many of the arenas they performed at in the United States and Canada.
In a recent interview with Billboard's Ray Waddell, Meine said, "What can I say? It's a celebration… We feel we owe it to our fans and ourselves to keep this energy level. What we pull off every night on this tour, we want to keep it that way to the very last show. We don't want to see ourselves rocking like a hurricane when it's not a hurricane anymore."
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