SCORPIONS Backpedalling On Retirement Plans - "With All The Best Parties It’s Sometimes Hard To Find The Door"
January 6, 2013, 11 years ago
It comes as no surprise to learn that, during an interview with Classic Rock Magazine, SCORPIONS frontman Klause Meine revealed the band has more or less scrapped plans to call it quits.
Meine: "As the emotion built, it (not retiring) became a gradual decision. It’s one thing to say, 'This is going to be the end of the Scorpions' and another to do it. Our Sting In The Tail album (2010) was such a success that a whole new generation of fans joined the party. It was amazing. And you know that with all the best parties it’s sometimes hard to find the door?”
There are plans for a new Scorpions album, featuring leftovers from the early 1980s.
"We started that over a year ago," Meine confirmed. "It will be material that was never finished; songs with pure Scorpions DNA from a very exciting time. Once we close the book on the crazy touring schedule that’s something we’ll pick up again."There may also be an album of all-new Scorpions material in the pipeline.
"At this point nothing is out of the question," Meine said. "When we said adios with SITT, our label, Sony Music, cried: 'No, no, no… what about this idea? What about that idea?' There are some offers you just can’t refuse. I don’t want to say too much right now but I can reassure you there is still life in those bloody old Scorpions."Pollstar recently revealed the Top 50 Worldwide Tours list, with the Scorpions making the cut::
#3 - ROGER WATERS
#8 - METALLICA
#10 - RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
#15 - VAN HALEN
#38 - SCORPIONS
#44 - AEROSMITH
