The official website for former SCORPIONS guitarist ULI JON ROTH has issued the following year-end update:

"Uli Jon Roth is wishing you an inspirational and fulfilling year. May your dreams come true in 2012!

On January 14th, Uli will hold a masterclass and clinic in Plymouth, England at World Class Music.

Uli will embark on a North American tour early in 2012.

We hope to see you there! Please don't miss this chance to see Uli and his Band of Sky in concert. The programme will feature music from most of his albums and includes pieces from early Scorpions to ELECTRIC SUN and SKY OF AVALON. As always, Uli will also perform some music by JIMI HENDRIX. We are proud to announce that we have a very special guest of honor for some of the East-Coast shows: none other than Mr. LESLIE WEST! Leslie will perform some songs on his own as well as with Uli and his Band Of Sky. Uli and his band are particularly looking forward to this, especially since these will be the first on-stage appearances by Leslie following his operation, which ultimately resulted in the unfortunate cancellation of the 3 Guitar Heroes Tour last fall.

Visit our concert and tours page here for all the dates and venues.

Uli will also do signings at the Winter NAMM show in Los Angeles for Dean Guitars, who have the limited signature model edition

of the Uli Jon Roth - Sky Guitars on display. Uli will also do a signing at the Black Star Amps booth.

Uli Jon Roth will also take part in the NAMM Jam at Hollywood's Key Club and at Ramona, Main Stage, together with TONY MACALPINE, RITCHIE KOTZEN and BRUCE KULICK. Uli will be backed by Tony's band. Prior to that he will take part in a Jam Band scenario at Corona del Mar.

Additionally to the concerts there are no less than seven introductory Sky Academy Seminars to be held during the course of the tour! The first one is to take place in Anaheim on Jan 23rd, 2012 and is an all day inclusive event. The other six seminars are taking place at the venues of the shows, on the same days and prior to the concerts.

These seminars are interesting to players and non-players alike, because Uli is talking about the deeper mysteries of music and how this relates to our musicianship as well as our lives. He gives very personal insights into his approach to playing and will perform some pieces which are not featured in

the evening’s programmes.

All players are invited to bring an instrument. Sky Academy is not for guitar-players only!

Some of the participants may perform in front of Uli to be part of the master class, but we cannot guarantee that everybody will get a chance to play. This will depend on the circumstances of the event. The style of the seminars is very spontaneous and completely unscripted, but always inspirational. It is literally different each time, and therefore it is ultimately up to Uli’s discretion to decide how many people and who gets to play.

For further information and enrolment in Sky Academy please click the link here."