SCORPIONS – 50th Anniversary World Tour – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA!

Shane | 23 July 2016 | Reply

SCORPIONS – 50th Anniversary World Tour – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA!

German heavy rock icons, SCORPIONS, will be bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to Melbourne for their first-ever Australian show. At this stage no other shows have been announced, to the disappointment of the rest of the country’s rock fans.

In 1988, the Hanoverian pioneers were the first Western rock band to play five consecutive sold-out shows in then Soviet Leningrad. Returning the following year to play the Moscow Music Peace festival, Scorpions ultimately conquered Russia, inspiring frontman Klaus Meine to write the track that became a theme song to the Iron Curtain’s final fall: ‘Wind of Change’.

Travelling to Australia for the first time in the 50-year history of the band, Scorpions, comprising Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (guitar), Matthias Jabs (guitar), Mikkey Dee (drums) & Pawel Maciwoda (bass), will play their debut Australian show at Melbourne’s Palais Theatre on Tuesday October 18.

Five decades have passed by since the days the juvenile Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs wandered the streets of Hanover, then just awakening from post war paralysis, with a barrow carrying their instruments and amplifiers. In those 50 years, they have become arguably Germany’s most successful rock band, accumulating unit sales of more than 100 million, including certified album sales exceeding 22 million.

1979s Lovedrive was the band’s first album to reach the Billboard 200, followed by the Top Ten hits Savage Amusement (1988), Love At First Sting (1984) and Blackout (1982). Top Ten Billboard hard rock albums include Sting In The Tail, Comeblack and MTV Unplugged.

The band’s 1991 mega-hit ballad ‘Wind Of Change’ peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart and hit #1 in seven countries, while the anthemic ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’ has been covered more than 150 times by different musicians.

Scorpions’ had further Top Ten hits, including: #1 ‘No One Like You’ (1982), ‘I Can‘t Explain’ (1989), ‘Rhythm Of Love’ (1988), ‘Tease Me, Please Me’ (1990), ‘Send Me An Angel’ (1991) and ‘Alien Nation’ (1993).

Few rock bands of this caliber take to the stage as often as Scorpions, embodying a much envied reputation as one of those very rare bands that have transcended time and risen far above the crowd.

PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE – TUESDAY OCTOBER 18

TICKETS ON SALE 10AM FRIDAY JULY 29