SCORPIONS Cancel German Shows Due To Injury Sustained By MATTHIAS JABS

August 22, 2024

German hard rock legends SCORPIONS have been forced to cancel their previously announced tour dates in their home country due to an injury sustained by guitarist Matthias Jabs. Jabs's injury requires surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.

The following concerts are affected:

Sep. 11 - Nuremberg, Germany @ Arena Nurnberger Versicherung
Sep. 13 - Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
Sep. 15 - Leipzig, Germany @ Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Sep. 18 - Cologne, Germany @ LANXESS Arena
Sep. 20 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle

The cancellation hits the SCORPIONS hard, as they were in the final stretch of their "Love At First Sting" world tour. They deeply regret this decision and apologize to the more than 40,000 fans who have already purchased tickets, as well as to the event organizers.

The band said in a statement: "We deeply regret, especially Matthias Jabs, that due to the accident of our friend and SCORPIONS lead guitarist, the five concerts on our German tour cannot take place in September as planned and we will work closely with the tour organizer to announce new information as soon as possible. We kindly ask for your understanding from all our fans, all the Rock Believers in Germany who were looking forward to the shows with us."

Ticket holders will receive further information directly from their point of purchase shortly.

SCORPIONS' only continuous member has been guitarist Rudolf Schenker, although singer Klaus Meine has appeared on all of the band's studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016, respectively.

SCORPIONS' latest album, "Rock Believer", was released in February 2022. The LP was recorded primarily at Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany and was mixed at the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin, Germany with engineer Michael Ilbert, who has earned multiple Grammy nominations for his mix work with producer Max Martin on albums by Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.

⚠️ SCORPIONS sagen Deutschland-Termine im September 2024 ab. 📷: (C) Frank C. Duennhaupt
Posted by Scorpions on Thursday, August 22, 2024

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