The Scorpions' hurricane force rock hits DTE on Thursday.
After 40+ years in the music business, the band that brought German hard rock to the masses for the first time is starting to wind down their career. In 2009, the band announced to fans that the band had written their last album and was gearing up for a lengthy farewell tour.
The Scorpions released their final album, “Sting In The Tail”, back in March to positive reviews and showed that the band is still putting out quality music, even as the founding and longtime members of the group pushing the age of 60. And fans seemed to be pleased, as the album debuted here in the States at #23 upon its release- which became the band’s highest charting debut since 1991’s huge album “Crazy World”.
But now that the band has released their album, the band is going out on the road for a tour that the band plans to extend into at least 2012. Except the band to hit a huge amount of cities and festivals in this time, so you should get a chance to see the band before they call it a day.
The band’s first leg of their “Get Your Sting & Blackout Tour” will take place in the U.S. through August 21st, and one of the early dates on the tour will come to DTE Energy Music Theater as the band plays on Thursday, July 1st. Long time hair metal band Cinderella opens the show as you will get to hear the new and old from these bands.
Given the fact that the tour plans on going until at least 2012, it is likely that it won’t be the very, very last time the Scorpions play Detroit- but you never know. Instead of taking a chance on a future show, make sure to get out to Clarkston and hear the numerous hits and hear the band’s new “Sting”.
The Scorpions play at DTE Energy Music Theater on Thursday, July 1st. Tickets range from $35-45 for pavilion seats and $10 lawn tickets are available. Additional dates and band info are available at www.the-scorpions.com.
