Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

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Get Your Sting and Blackout
World tour by Scorpions
Associated albumSting in the Tail, Comeblack
Start date15 March 2010
End dateOngoing
Legs20
No. of shows240
(2010: 88, 2011: 46, 2012: 76, 2013: 22, 2014: 8) 156 in Europe
62 in North America
15 in South America
6 in Asia
1 in Africa
Scorpions concert chronology

Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour (Nov 2011-Dec. 2012: Final Sting World Tour, Since 2013: Rock 'n' Roll Forever Tour) is a worldwide concert tour by German rock band Scorpions. It follows the release of the album Sting in the Tail. The European dates were followed by dates in North America, South America, Asia and Africa.[1] Shortly before the tour began, members of the Scorpions announced that this would be their last world tour before a retirement;[2][3] however, they have retracted this decision. In 2010 the Band sales 32,7 Millionen Dollars with their Concerts, 2012 35,4 Millionen Dollar.

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
Europe[4]
15 March 2010 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
18 March 2010 Moscow Russia Megasport Arena
10 April 2010 Mons Belgium Power Prog & Metal Festival
22 April 2010 Ostrava Czech Republic Prokešovo Náměstí
29 April 2010 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena
7 May 2010 Leipzig Germany Leipzig Arena
8 May 2010 Munich Olympiahalle
12 May 2010 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
14 May 2010 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
15 May 2010 Longirod Switzerland Long 'I' Rock Music Open Air
19 May 2010 Paris France L'Olympia
21 May 2010 Liévin Stade Couvert Régional
22 May 2010 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg
29 May 2010 Berlin Germany O2 World
30 May 2010 Zwickau Zwickau Stadthalle
1 June 2010 Hanover TUI Arena
5 June 2010 Ioannina Greece Zosimades Stadium
7 June 2010 Thessaloniki Makedonikos Stadium
9 June 2010 Patras Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
12 June 2010 Recklinghausen Germany Stadtgarten am Festspielhaus
North America
18 June 2010 Holmdel United States PNC Bank Arts Center
19 June 2010 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
22 June 2010 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
23 June 2010 Gilford Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
25 June 2010 Quebec City Canada Pavillon de la Jeunesse
26 June 2010 Montreal Bell Centre
27 June 2010 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
1 July 2010 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
2 July 2010 Milwaukee Summerfest
5 July 2010 Pittsburgh Chevrolet Amphitheatre
6 July 2010 Cleveland Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
8 July 2010 Sarnia Canada Sarnia Bayfest
10 July 2010 Nashville United States Bridgestone Arena
11 July 2010 Memphis Mud Island Amphitheatre
14 July 2010 Atlanta Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
16 July 2010 Miami Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
17 July 2010 Tampa 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
19 July 2010 New Orleans Mahalia Jackson Theater
21 July 2010 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
23 July 2010 San Antonio AT&T Center
24 July 2010 Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheater
26 July 2010 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion
27 July 2010 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
29 July 2010 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena
31 July 2010 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre
1 August 2010 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion
3 August 2010 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
4 August 2010 West Sacramento Raley Field
6 August 2010 Roseburg Douglas County Fairgrounds
7 August 2010 Ridgefield The Amphitheater at Clark County
9 August 2010 Calgary Canada Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10 August 2010 Edmonton Shaw Conference Centre
13 August 2010 Sturgis United States Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
14 August 2010 Billings Montana State Fair
16 August 2010 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
17 August 2010 Broomfield 1stBank Center
20 August 2010 Moline i wireless Center
21 August 2010 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
South America
4 September 2010 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
7 September 2010 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
9 September 2010 Bogotá Colombia Simón Bolívar Park
11 September 2010 João Pessoa Brazil Sun Rock Festival
13 September 2010 Buenos Aires Argentina Luna Park
14 September 2010 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
16 September 2010 La Paz Bolivia Estadio Hernando Siles
18 September 2010 São Paulo Brazil Credicard Hall
19 September 2010
21 September 2010 Curitiba Expotrade Arena
22 September 2010 Brasília Ginásio Nilson Nelson
24 September 2010 São Luís Centro Histórico
Europe 2nd Leg
2 October 2010 Istanbul Turkey Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park
4 October 2010 Tel Aviv Israel Nokia Arena
14 October 2010 Chişinău Moldova Zimbru Stadium
17 October 2010 Amnéville France Galaxie Amneville
19 October 2010 Dijon Le Zénith
20 October 2010 Clermont-Ferrand Le Zénith
22 October 2010 Nantes Le Zénith
25 October 2010 Sofia Bulgaria Akademik Stadium
27 October 2010 Athens Greece Peace and Friendship Stadium
2 November 2010 Kiev Ukraine International Expo Center
4 November 2010 Odessa Sports Palace
10 November 2010 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
12 November 2010 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
13 November 2010 Cologne Lanxess Arena
19 November 2010 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg
21 November 2010 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
25 November 2010 Nuremberg Germany Nuremberg Arena
27 November 2010 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
Asia
10 February 2011 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena
Europe 3rd Leg
7 April 2011 Crans-Montana Switzerland Caprices Festival
15 April 2011 Saarbrücken Germany Saarlandhalle
12 May 2011 St. Petersburg Russia Ledovi Dvorets (Arena)
14 May 2011 Krasnodar Dvorets Sporta OLYMP
15 May 2011 Rostov-on-Don Dvorets Sporta DON
17 May 2011 Krasnoyarsk Dvorets Sporta Yarygina
19 May 2011 Novosibirsk Dvorets Sporta Sibir
20 May 2011 Magnitogorsk Arena Metallurg
22 May 2011 Omsk Omsk Arena
24 May 2011 Kazan TatNeft Arena
26 May 2011 Moscow SC Olympisky
30 May 2011 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
3 June 2011 Ostrava Czech Republic Bazaly
4 June 2011 Bratislava Slovakia Incheba Expo Aréna
6 June 2011 Budapest Hungary Papp László Budapest Sportaréna
9 June 2011 Bucharest Romania Zone Arena
17 June 2011 Oberursel Germany Hessentag
18 June 2011 Clisson France Hellfest Summer Open Air
22 June 2011 Freiburg Germany Messe Freiburg
24 June 2011 Dessel Belgium Graspop Festival
25 June 2011 Papenburg Germany Meyer Werft
1 July 2011 Tarnów Poland Mościce
Asia 2nd leg
4 July 2011 Byblos Lebanon Byblos International Festival
6 July 2011
7 July 2011
Europe 4th Leg
11 July 2011 Berlin Germany Gendarmenmarkt (with Orchester)
14 July 2011 Carhaix France Vieilles Charrues Festival
16 July 2011 Schweinfurt Germany Willy-Sachs-Stadion
17 July 2011 Bielefeld Ravensberger Park
22 July 2011 Lappeenranta Finland Saimaa Gardens
23 July 2011 Tuuri Miljoona Rock
3 August 2011 Avenches Switzerland Rock Oz' Arenes
5 August 2011 Colmar France Theatre De Plein Air Parc Expos
30 September 2011 Donetsk Ukraine RSC Olimpiyskiy
8 October 2011 Cluj Romania Cluj Arena
Final Sting World Tour
Europe 5th leg
4 November 2011 Geneva Switzerland SEG Geneva Arena
11 November 2011 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
14 November 2011 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
16 November 2011 Toulon Zénith Omega
17 November 2011 Toulouse Le Zénith
19 November 2011 Bordeaux Patinoire de Mériadeck
20 November 2011 Montpellier Parc & Suites Arena
23 November 2011 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 November 2011 Rouen Zénith Rouen
26 November 2011 Brussels Belgium Forest National
Europe 6th leg
28 January 2012 Tours France Parc des expositions
30 March 2012 Amiens Le Zénith
1 April 2012 Saint-Étienne Le Zénith
2 April 2012 Chambéry Le Phare
4 April 2012 Caen Le Zénith
6 April 2012 Rennes Music Hall
7 April 2012 Brest Penfeld
17 April 2012 Saint Petersburg Russia Yubileyny Sports Palace
19 April 2012 Novokuznetsk Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace
21 April 2012 Yekaterinburg Dvorets Sporta KRK Uralets
22 April 2012 Chelyabinsk Yunost Sport Palace
24 April 2012 Samara Dvorets Sporta CSK Air Force
26 April 2012 Moscow Crocus City Hall
27 April 2012
29 April 2012
7 May 2012 Tel Aviv Israel Nokia Arena
12 May 2012 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
13 May 2012 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
Africa
24 May 2012 Rabat Morocco OLM Souissi
Europe 7th leg
26 May 2012 Nice France Palais Nikaia
28 May 2012 Le Mans Antarès
30 May 2012 Clermont-Ferrand Le Zénith
1 June 2012 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
2 June 2012 Nancy France Amphitheatre Exterieur
North America 2nd leg
8 June 2012 Reno United States Reno Events Center
9 June 2012 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
11 June 2012 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
12 June 2012 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
14 June 2012 Albuquerque The Pavilion
15 June 2012 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
17 June 2012 Tucson Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
20 June 2012 San Diego Valley View Casino Center
22 June 2012 Los Angeles Staples Center
23 June 2012 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
26 June 2012 San Antonio Alamodome
27 June 2012 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
29 June 2012 Chicago Charter One Pavilion
30 June 2012 Milwaukee Summerfest
2 July 2012 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
3 July 2012 Montreal Bell Centre
6 July 2012 Holmdel United States PNC Bank Arts Center
7 July 2012 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
9 July 2012 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
11 July 2012 Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts
12 July 2012 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
Europe 8th leg
4 August 2012 Wacken Germany Wacken Open Air
31 August 2012 Wrocław Poland Zajezdnia MPK
North America 3rd leg
5 September 2012 Monterrey Mexico Monterrey Arena
6 September 2012 Mexico City Mexico City Arena
South America 2nd leg
11 September 2012 Belo Horizonte Brazil Chevrolet Hall
12 September 2012 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
14 September 2012 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
20 September 2012 São Paulo Brazil Credicard Hall
21 September 2012
Europe 9th leg
17 October 2012 Izmir Turkey Izmir Arena
19 October 2012 Istanbul Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park
21 October 2012 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena
24 October 2012 Kharkiv Ukraine Palace of Sports
27 October 2012 Lviv Velotrek SKA
29 October 2012 Kiev Palace of Sports
31 October 2012 Dnipropetrovsk Meteor Sport Complex
7 November 2012 Lille France Zénith de Lille
9 November 2012 Limoges Zénith de Limoges
10 November 2012 Pau Zénith de Pau
16 November 2012 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
21 November 2012 Dijon France Zénith de Dijon
22 November 2012 Reims Parc des Expositions
24 November 2012 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg
27 November 2012 Orléans Zénith d'Orléans
28 November 2012 Nantes Zénith de Nantes
30 November 2012 Marseille Le Dôme de Marseille
1 December 2012 Ischgl Austria Sportplatz
8 December 2012 Sandviken Sweden Göransson Arena
10 December 2012 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
15 December 2012 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena
17 December 2012 Munich Olympiahalle
Rock 'n' Roll Forever Tour
Europe 10th leg
14 July 2013 Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Best City Festival
Asia 3rd Leg
26 July 2013 Byblos Lebanon Byblos International Festival
27 July 2013
Europe 11th Leg
11 September 2013 Athens Greece Mount Lycabettus (MTV Unplugged)
12 September 2013
14 September 2013
27 September 2013 Sotchi Russia Investforum
19 October 2013 Minsk Belarus Minsk Arena (with Orchester)
22 October 2013 Moscow Russia Crocus Hall (with Orchester)
23 October 2013
26 October 2013 Kazan Tatneft Arena (with Orchester)
29 October 2013 St. Petersburg Ice Arena (with Orchester)
5 November 2013 Odessa Ukraine Odessa Sports Palace (with Orchester)
7 November 2013 Kiev Opera Theatre (with Orchester)
9 November 2013 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
10 November 2013 Riga Latvia Riga Arena
12 November 2013 Tallinn Estonia Saku Arena
13 November 2013 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
15 November 2013 Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Arena
16 November 2013 Oulu Oulun Energia Areena
14 December 2013 Bucharest Romania Romexpo
16 December 2013 Sofia Bulgaria Armeets Arena
Europe 12th leg
8 March 2014 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
19 March 2014 Krasnodar Russia (with Orchester)
22 March 2014 Rostov (with Orchester)
24 March 2014 Volgograd (with Orchester)
26 March 2014 Saratov (with Orchester)
28 March 2014 Nizhny Novgorod (with Orchester)
30 March 2014 Samara (with Orchester)
2 April 2014 Yekaterinburg (with Orchester)

Songs performed

Average setlist

  • "Sting in the Tail"
  • "Make It Real"
  • "Is There Anybody There?" / "Bad Boys Running Wild"
  • "The Zoo"
  • "Coast to Coast"
  • "Loving You Sunday Morning"
  • "Living for Tomorrow" (in Russia)
  • "The Best Is Yet to Come" / "Rhythm of Love"
  • "Send Me an Angel" / "Always Somewhere"
  • "Holiday"
  • "Raised on Rock"
  • "Tease Me Please Me"
  • "Hit Between the Eyes" / "Dynamite"
  • "Kottak Attack"
  • "Blackout"
  • "Six String Sting"
  • "Big City Nights"

Encore:

  • "Still Loving You"
  • "Wind of Change"
  • "No One Like You" (in America)
  • "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  • "When the Smoke Is Going Down"

MTV Unplugged-Live in Athens

[5]

  • Sting in the Tail
  • Can’t Live Without You
  • Pictured Life
  • Speedy’s Coming
  • Born To Touch Your Feelings
  • The Best Is Yet To Come
  • Dancing With The Moonlight (new song)
  • In Trance
  • When You Came Into My Life
  • Delicate Dance (new song) (Matthias Jabs Solo)
  • Love Is The Answer (new song) ( Rudolf Schenker Solo)
  • Follow Your Heart (new song) (Klaus Meine Solo)
  • Send Me An Angel
  • Where The River Flows
  • Passion Rules The Game
  • Rock You Like A Hurricane
  • Hit Between The Eyes

Percussion Medley

  • Rock & Roll Band (new song)
  • Blackout

Encore:

  • Still Loving You
  • Big City Nights
  • No One Like You
  • When The Smoke Is Going Down

Encore 2:

  • Holiday (performed on 12th September 2013 only)

Guests - MTV Unplugged

Additional Bandmembers:

  • Mikael Nord Andersson (Guitars, Mandolin etc.)
  • Martin Hansen (Guitars, Vocals etc.)
  • Ola Hjelm (Guitars, Vocals)
  • Hans Gardemar (Keybord etc.)
  • PITTI Hecht (Percussion)
  • The Strings from Heaven (Stringensemble)
  • Dimitra Kokkori (Spoken Words)

Guestvocals:

  • 11,12,14 September 2013 - Morten Harket for Wind of Change
  • 11,12,14 September 2013 - Johannes Strate (Revolverheld) for "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  • 11,12,14 September 2013- CÄTHE for In Trance

Guest appearances

  • 19 June 2010 - Vince Neil for "Another Piece of Meat"
  • 7 August 2010 - Don Dokken for "Another Piece of Meat"
  • 16 August 2010 - Tesla for "Another Piece of Meat"
  • 21 August 2010 - Michael Schenker for "Another Piece of Meat" and Carmine Appice for "No One Like You"
  • 11 September 2010 - Andreas Kisser from Sepultura for "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  • 21 November 2010 - Herman Rarebell for "No One Like You"

The Sofia Symphonic Orchestra on 19, 22, 23, 26, 29 October, 5 and 7 November 2013 and on 19, 22, 24, 28 ,30 March and 2 April 2014

Supporting Acts (Selection)

Blu-ray 3D/Double Livealbum

  • Scorpions Live In 3D - Get Your Sting and Blackout (Concert 15 April 2011- Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle)

Documentary

Guest appearances by Scorpions

  • 6 February 2010 - San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina - Scorpions played a special acoustic concert for a Volkswagen commercial and promotion of the new Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour, they played 10 acoustic songs that night - "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame", a cover of the song of Del Shannon, later made famous by Elvis Presley, and 9 of Scorpions' biggest hits - "Loving You Sunday Morning", "The Zoo", "Always Somewhere", "Holiday", "Big City Nights", "Wind of Change", "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You" and "When the Smoke is Going Down", Mario accompanied them on percussion, James Kottak and Paweł Mąciwoda did not perform, as they were busy with other musical projects
  • 27 March 2010 - The Scorpions there Guests on the German TV-Show Wetten, dass..?- They Played the Song The Good Die Young from Sting in the Tail- Album with Tarja Turunen.
  • 10 May 2010 - The Scorpions There Guests on the France TV-Show Taratata and Played some Songs.
  • 30 March 2011 - London, England, Royal Albert Hall - Scorpions played "Wind of Change" and "Rock You Like a Hurricane" accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra. This was at Mikhail Gorbachev's Birthday Party
  • 8 November 2011 - Paris, France, Le Grand Journal (Canal+) - Scorpions played "Still Loving You", "Sting in the Tail" and "Rock You Like a Hurricane" on a French TV show called Le Grand Journal
  • 9 November 2011 - Camden Town, London, England - Scorpions were awarded with a Metal Guro Award
  • 1 January 2012 - Berlin, Germany, Brandenburg Gate - A short part of the tape of the instrumental Orchestra version of "Wind of Change" played right after midnight at New Year's Eve, right before Scorpions lip-synched "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and a cover of the popular Gloria Jones song "Tainted Love"
  • 30 January 2012 - Cologne, Germany, TV total - Scorpions played short versions of "Tainted Love" and Rock You Like a Hurricane" live on the German late-night television comedy
  • 3 August 2012 - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Sporting Summer Festival - Scorpions played an acoustic rendition of their hit ballad "Still Loving You"
  • 21 January 2013 - Moscow, Russia, Private Party for Gazprom, they Played a 15 Songs Acoustic-set.

Cancelled/Postponed dates

  • 9 October 2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Akademik Stadium (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to October 25)
  • 22 November 2011 - Tours, France - Parc des expositions (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to December 10)
  • 10 December 2011 - Tours, France - Parc des expositions (Postponed again due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to January 28)
  • 10 April 2012 - Reims, France - Parc des Expositions (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to November 22)
  • 13 October 2012 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle (Postponed due to construction of the Olympiahalle till October 19, rescheduled to December 17)

References

  1. ^ "Scorpions Official Website". The-scorpions.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  2. ^ Scorpions: 'We Have Reached The End Of The Road'
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ "Scorpions Tourdates". The-scorpions.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  5. ^ http://www.bravewords.com/news/210294
  6. ^ http://specials.dw.de/scorpions-de/der-film/