SCORPIONS news site Scorps News has revealed that the band have updated their live itinerary with the following dates:

July

17 - Venue TBA - Gaia-Oporto, Portugal
25 - Rock am Denkmal - Hötensleben, Germany

The complete Scorpions tour schedule can be found at this location.

Deutshe Welle's Culture & Lifestyle recently issued the following report from Margarita Kalz-Mihajlova / Kate Bowen:

Scorpions' Klaus Meine says no one could have guessed what an impact 'Wind Of Change' would have. The 1989 song foreshadowed the fall of the Iron Curtain, taking on special meaning for many in borth the East and West.

Deutsche Welle: Why have you stayed in Hanover? Many stars choose to move to LA or New York, yet you have chosen to stay in a relatively small German city.

Klaus Meine: "The most important thing is to have a place you can come back to, where your roots, family and friends are. Those are things you can't transplant. We're cosmopolitan and have been traveling around the world for so many years.

Wherever we are, the music helps us to feel connected and we never really feel like strangers, whether we're in Siberia or the Amazon. But it's really important to be able to come back to the place where your roots are, where your family and friends are."

Deutsche Welle: You recently received an Echo music award for your life's work. Does that make you feel old?

Klaus Meine: "No, not at all. We're very honored. The Echo is a very important award and it's a big honor to receive one. We don't see it as a final cadence, but rather as an incentive, or motivation to keep playing for our fans in the coming years and to do that which has kept us going for so many years - that is, living our dream of making rock music."

Deutsche Welle: What are you currently working on?

Klaus Meine: "We're working in the studio at the moment and preparing a new project. After a very turbulent 2008 with 60 shows in 22 countries, we're now trying to breathe a bit and charge our batteries - but also to be creative.

We're working on new songs that will hopefully come out towards the end of the year. That's really a lot of fun, after doing all those concerts."

Read more at Deutshe Welle.