The following story is courtesy of India's Moneycontrol.com:

Fans of rock music in the country are in for a feast, as the SCORPIONS are going to 'Rock You Like A Hurricane'. As part of the legendary rock band’s Humanity World Tour 2007-08, Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, is bringing Scorpions for pulsating live concerts in Mumbai and Bangalore this month.

Fans have been eagerly looking forward to see the iconic German band, whose latest album Humanity – Hour I, released in May this year, has gone on to become a huge hit worldwide. The latest album comes 35 years after they hit global headlines with their debut album Lonesome Crow in 1972. Scorpions will perform at Mumbai on December 14th, and in Bangalore on December 16th. Humanity World Tour 2007/2008 takes the Scorpions right through Europe, North and South America and Asia.

“Direct contact with our fans is our biggest source of inspiration,” says the band’s front-man Klaus Meine.

“Music has been an integral part of our communication with the youth. And what better way to connect with our fans than to bring their all-time favourite band Scorpions closer to them! This is going to be a high point for music lovers in the country, after the very popular ‘Hero Honda Campus Rock Idols’, a nationwide contest of amateur rock bands.”

“There are a lot of people who say that the classic concept album is dead. We don’t see it that way, so we are swimming against the tide again with our new Humanity – Hour I which is a mature album, with lyrics that are often provocative and deal with the dark sides of the world we live in. At the same time though, we are sending our fans a positive musical message, telling them not let the insanity going on around us every day get them down”, explains Klaus Meine, who considers Humanity – Hour I to be the most powerful album since the global success of Crazy World in 1991.

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