SCORPIONS Frontman's Illness Forces Athens Cancelation
October 6, 2010According to Scorpions.gr, tonight's (Wednesday, October 6) SCORPIONS concert in Athens, Greece at Peace And Friendship Stadium has been postponed. The band's frontman, Klaus Meine, was diagnosed with acute laryngitis and the doctors suggested he take a break for a week. Promoters Detox and Sportsunited have announced that the show will be rescheduled to a later date.
A video message from the band apologizing for the cancelation can be viewed below.
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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