The latest Scorpions release, MTV Unplugged, has been certified gold in Germany.

On September 11th and 12th, 2013, Klaus Meine (vocals, guitar), Rudolf Schenker (guitar, vocals), Matthias Jabs (guitar), Pawel Maciwoda (bass), and James Kottak (drums) played the first open air MTV Unplugged session ever, delighting not only the fans at the Lycabettus Theater of Athens.

The presentation of the awards already took place in Füssen on August 29th. Unfortunately, the long-time Scorpions manager Peter F. Amend was not able to attend the big success due to illness, and to everyone’s shock unexpectedly passed away a few days later. Apart from the band, the event was attended by the responsible representatives of Sony Music Germany, MTV Europe, RTL Music for Millions, the promoter of the German Scorpions MTV Unplugged tour Dieter Semmelmann, and the MTV Unplugged concert’s Greek promoter Tassos Alexopoulos.

 

 

Manfred Rolef (Vice President AOR Label Group GSA): “Everything the Scorpions touch turns to gold, just like their MTV Unplugged album now. We are happy to have reached gold status and are now heading towards platinum! We would also like to thank MTV Europe and the media group RTL Music for Millions for the great collaboration.”

Mara Ridder-Reichert (Director Talent & Music Northern Europe MTV, VIVA, VH-1, TMF) comments on behalf of MTV: “The collaboration of all parties involved in this exceptional MTV Unplugged project was very intense. MTV and the Scorpions both are worldwide brands, which managed to make the MTV Unplugged of a German band successful all over the world. We can build on this success now.” Her colleague Sebastian Kahlich (Head of Sales MTV and VIVA) adds: “The brand MTV Unplugged in Germany once again proved being a recipe for success. Thanks to the Scorpions for the great collaboration, to Sony Music, and the colleagues at RTL.”

Uli Mücke (Music for Millions) states: “Being one of the first projects of the label, founded by media group RTL in 2013, Music for Millions is especially happy about this joint success with Sony Music and

Viacom.”

 

 

MTV Unplugged by the Scorpions is available as 2CD, DVD, Blu-ray, vinyl, Limited Tour Edition, Limited Amazon Box, Limited Saturn Edition, iTunes Exclusive, and download.

(Photos - Dominik Beckmann)