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SCORPIONS Discuss Farewell Tour In New Video Interview

Vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker were interviewed by the Scorpions.gr web site prior to the band's May 8, 2010 concert at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany. Watch the chat in two parts below. According to Billboard.biz, SCORPIONS recently signed an exclusive publishing deal with BMG...
June 23, 2010
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TARJA TURUNEN To Release 'Falling Awake' Single In July

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen will release a new single, "Falling Awake", in the U.K. on July 19 exclusively as a 10-inch vinyl via Spinefarm Records. This highly collectible format will be limited to 1,000 copies, all of them pressed onto "marbled" vinyl and numbered by hand, and will be av...
June 23, 2010
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Full Of Hell

One of the highlights from my trip to this year's SXSW (South By Southwest) festival was the Relapse Records showcase. Already exhausted from an afternoon full of music, beverage and the sweltering Texas heat, the mere thought of seeing KILL THE CLIENT, TOMBS and the almighty VOIVOD on one stage was...
June 20, 2010
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SCORPIONS Guitarist Discusses Career Highlights

Deb Rao of Hardrock Haven recently conducted an interview with SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Hardrock Haven: The new album, "Sting In The Tail", is phenomenal. One of the great aspects of this tour and album is that the SCORPIONS will be playin...
June 19, 2010
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SCORPIONS Sign Publishing Deal With BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

Wolfgang Spahr of Billboard.biz reports that German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have signed an exclusive publishing deal with BMG Rights Management in Berlin. This agreement includes the rights to the current album "Sting in the Tail" (Columbia/Sony) which has already gone gold in several countries...
June 16, 2010
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SCORPIONS: New Single Going For Radio Adds

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have chosen the title track of their new album, "Sting In The Tail", to be the CD's next single. The song, which goes for radio adds on June 21, is all about attitude. Lead singer Klaus Meine wails "I'm driving out of town, just follow my heart/I think I'm gonna ....
June 9, 2010
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PHILIP ANSELMO: RONNIE JAMES DIO Was 'One Of The Coolest Motherf**kers In The Biz'

Johnny Firecloud of Antiquiet and CraveOnline.com recently conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA vocalist Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Antiquiet/CraveOnline.com: Where are you right now? Phil Anselmo: Down in Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans. It's like...
June 2, 2010
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SCORPIONS Interviewed By French Fan Club

On March 20, the SCORPIONS' French fan club Crazyscorps conducted individual interviews with four of the five bandmembers at the Hôtel du Louvre in Paris. The interviews can now be viewed below. After a triumphant tour kick-off and a gold album from their home country Germany for "Sting in the Tail"...
May 30, 2010
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SCORPIONS To Perform At Indonesia's Borobudur Temple

The Jakarta Globe reports that German hard rockers SCORPIONS will play a concert under the shadows of the stunning ninth-century Borobudur Temple as part of their "Get Your Sting and Blackout" farewell world tour tour. Agus Canny, marketing director of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur, Prambanan and...
May 24, 2010
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SCORPIONS Presented With 'World Music Award'

After a triumphant tour kick-off and a gold album from their home country Germany for "Sting in the Tail", the rockers were honored anew: the SCORPIONS received the World Music Award at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club on May 18 in presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco. Back in 1992 and again in 1994,...
May 24, 2010
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TAPROOT Song Selected For TNA's 'Slammiversary' Event

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling continues its partnership with Victory Records, announcing the selection of TAPROOT's single "Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)" as the theme song for the TNA blockbuster pay-per-view summer event "Slammiversary". Live from Universal Studios in Orlando, Flor...
May 21, 2010
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SCORPIONS Team Up With SIMFY LIVE For 'Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour'

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have teamed up with Simfy Live to record the band's "Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour", which is the last chance for all fans around the globe to experience the band live. Simfy Live features high-quality live audio recordings of this very last tour. (Pre-)o...
May 12, 2010
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SCORPIONS Interviewed On French TV Show 'Taratata'

Vocalist Klaus Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS were interviewed on the May 11, 2010 edition of the French TV show "Taratata" on the France 4 channel. You can now watch the chat below. "Taratata" is a French TV show showcasing live and pre-recorded footage o...
May 12, 2010
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Sting in the Tail

So this is really it, the final SCORPIONS album? After all those years, since the formation by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in 1965 on through the release of 1972's "Lonesome Crow" album after vocalist Klaus Meine and Rudolf's little brother Michael had joined. On through great albums like "Lovedrive"...
May 9, 2010
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SCORPIONS Drummer Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak, who also fronts the band KOTTAK under the name Jimmy Ratchitt, was interviewed on this past Sunday's (May 2) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. "Sting In The Tail",...
May 5, 2010