Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

Get Your Sting and Blackout World 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 the world tour before retirement.^[2][3] However, they have retracted this decision.

The successive tour legs run as mentioned:

• March 2010–Oct. 2011: Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour,
• Nov. 2011–Dec. 2012: Final Sting World Tour,
• July 2013–Nov. 2014: Rock 'n' Roll Forever Tour,
• May 2015–Dec. 2016: Return to Forever / 50th Anniversary Tour.

Personnel

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Paweł Mąciwoda – bass, backing vocals
• James Kottak – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Johan Franzon– drums, percussion, backing vocals (filling for James Kottak from April 2014 to September 2014)
• Mikkey Dee - drums, percussion (since May 2016 for James Kottak)

Tour dates

Cancelled/Postponed dates

• 20 April 2010 - Minsk, Belarus - Minsk Arena (Postponed due to flight problems for drummer James Kottak, rescheduled to 29 April)
• 30 June 2010 - Columbus, Ohio, United States - Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (Cancelled due to illness of Klaus Meine)
• 6 October 2010 - Athens, Greece - Peace and Friendship Stadium (Postponed due of illness to Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 27 October)
• 9 October 2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Akademik Stadium (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 25 October)
• 22 November 2011 - Tours, France - Parc des expositions (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 10 December)
• 10 December 2011 - Tours, France - Parc des expositions (Postponed again due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 28 January)
• 9 April 2012 - Lille, France - Zénith de Lille (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 7 November)
• 10 April 2012 - Reims, France - Parc des Expositions (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 22 November)
• 12 April 2012 - Limoges, France - Zénith (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 9 November)
• 13 April 2012 - Pau, France - Zénith (Postponed due to illness of Klaus Meine, rescheduled to 10 November)
• 10 September 2012 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Chevrolet Hall (Postponed due to equipment transport issues, rescheduled to 11 September)
• 18 September 2012 - Asunción, Paraguay - Jockey Club del Paraguay (Cancelled due to heavy weather)
• 13 October 2012 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle (Postponed due to construction of the Olympiahalle till 19 October, rescheduled to 17 December)
• 15 August 2015 - Eckernförde,Germany - Rock am Strand (Cancelled due Technical problems with the Stage)
• 3 November 2015 - Berlin, Germany - 50th Anniversary Club Show (Cancelled due Technical and Equiqment Problems)
• 26 October 2016 - Bangkok, Thailand - International Trade & Exhibition Centre 102 & 103 (Cancelled due to the bereavement of Bhumibol Adulyadej)^[6]

Songs performed

• From In Trance: "In Trance", "Top Of The Bill"
• From Fly to the Rainbow: "Speedy's Coming"
• From Virgin Killer: "Pictured Life", "Catch Your Train"
• From Taken by Force: "We'll Burn the Sky", "He's a Woman - She's a Man", "Steamrock Fever"
• From Lovedrive: "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Another Piece of Meat", "Always Somewhere", "Coast to Coast", "Is There Anybody There?", "Holiday"
• From Animal Magnetism: "Make It Real", "The Zoo", "Animal Magnetism"
• From Blackout: "Blackout", "No One Like You", "Dynamite", "Arizona", "When the Smoke Is Going Down"
• From Love at First Sting: "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Coming Home", "Big City Nights", "Crossfire", "Still Loving You", "I'm Leaving You"
• From World Wide Live: "Six String Sting"
• From Savage Amusement: "Rhythm of Love", "Passion Rules the Game"
• From Crazy World: "Tease Me Please Me", "Wind of Change", "Hit Between the Eyes", "Send Me an Angel", "Crazy World", "Don't Believe Her"
• From Live Bites: "Living for Tomorrow"
• From Pure Instinct: "You and I"
• From Moment of Glory: "We Don't Own the World", "Midnight in Moscow"
• From Acoustica: "Dust in the Wind"
• From Unbreakable: "New Generation"
• From Humanity: Hour I:"321"
• From Live at Wacken Open Air 2006: "Kottak Attack"
• From Sting in the Tail: "Raised on Rock", "Sting in the Tail", "The Good Die Young", "The Best Is Yet to Come"
• From Comeblack: "Tainted Love"
• From Return to Forever: "Going Out with the Bang", "We Built This House", "Eye of the Storm", "Rock'n Roll Band"

Setlists

2010 Setlist - Hanover, Tui Arena 1 June

• Sting in the Tail
• Make It Real
• Bad Boys Running Wild
• Is There Anybody There?
• The Zoo
• Coast to Coast
• Loving You Sunday Morning
• We'll Burn the Sky
• The Best Is Yet to Come
• Send Me an Angel
• Holiday
• The Good Die Young
• Raised on Rock
• Tease Me Please Me
• 321
• Kottak Attack
• Blackout
• Six String Sting
• Big City Nights

Encore:

• Still Loving You
• Wind of Change
• Rock You Like a Hurricane

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

^[7]

• 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
• Wind of Change
• No One Like You
• When The Smoke Is Going Down

Encore 2:

• Holiday (performed on 12 September 2013 only)

MTV Unplugged Guests

Additional Bandmembers:

• Mikael Nord Andersson (Guitars, Mandolin etc.)
• Martin Hansen (Guitars, Vocals etc.)
• Ola Hjelm (Guitars, Vocals)
• Hans Gardemar (Keyboard 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

50-th Anniversary Tour setlist

• "Going Out with The Bang"
• "Make It Real"
• "Is There Anybody There?" (dropped after 10 June 2015)
• "The Zoo"
• "Coast to Coast"
• "70's Medley (Top Of The Bill/Steamrock Fever/Speedy's Coming/Catch Your Train)"
• "We Built This House"
• "Delicate Dance"
• "Acoustic Medley (Always Somewhere/Eye of The Storm/Send Me An Angel)"
• "Wind Of Change"
• "Rock 'n' Roll Band"
• "Raised on Rock" (dropped after 10 June 2015)
• "Dynamite"
• "In The Line Of Fire"
• "Kottak Attack"/"Drum Solo" by Mikkey Dee
• "Overkill" (Motörhead song,from 03 September 2016)
• "Crazy World"/ "No One Like You"
• "Blackout"
• "Big City Nights"

Encore:

• "Still Loving You"
• "Rock You Like a Hurricane"

Guest appearances

• 19 June 2010 - Vince Neil for "Another Piece of Meat"
• 24 July 2010 - Michael Schenker for "Another Piece of Meat" and Herman Rarebell for "No One Like You"
• 3 August 2010 - Vinnie Paul for "No One Like You"
• 4 August 2010 - Jeff Keith from Tesla and Stephen Pearcy from Ratt for "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and Warren DeMartini and Bobby Blotzer from Ratt for "No One Like You"
• 7 August 2010 - Don Dokken for "No One Like You"
• 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"
• 22 July 2011 - Tarja Turunen for "The Good Die Young"
• 2 June 2012 - Uli Jon Roth for "We'll Burn the Sky"
• 19 October 2013 - "The Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus"
• 22, 23, 26 & 29 October 2013 - "SOFIA Symphony Orchestra" (from Moscow)
• 5 and 7 November 2013 - "National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine"
• 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 March 2014 - "Krasnodar Philharmonic Orchestra"
• 2 April 2014 - "Chamber Orchestra B-A-C-H"
• 5 April 2014 - Marc Cross for James Kottak
• 28, 29 April, 1, 2, 4 May, 13, 16, 20 June, 11,12,18,26 July, 1 August and 13 September 2014 - Johan Franzon for James Kottak

Supporting Acts (Selection)

• 2010 - Edguy (Special Guests on German Dates), Karelia, Cinderella, Ratt, Great White, Dokken and others
• 2011 - My inner Burning and others
• 2012 - The Electric Ducks (France Dates), 12 & 13 May, 15 & 17 Dec 2012 - Eisbrecher, 8 December 2012 - Sandviken - Skunk Anansie, North America Dates: Tesla, Queensryche and others
• 13 November 2013 - Accept (Special Guests)
• 13 June 2014 - Gotthard
• 16 June 2014 - Omega
• 18 July 2014 - H.E.A.T
• 9 November 2015 - Rhapsody of Fire
• 21, 24, 26, 30 November, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 December 2015 - Special Guest Europe
• Queensryche - Special Guest on USA/Canada Dates 2015 and Blacked Out in Vegas Shows May 13–21, 2016
• Beyond The Black- German Tour dates 14–27 March 2016

Blu-ray 3D/Double Livealbum

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

Grossing

• 2010: $35.4 million from 76 shows^[8]
• 2011: $29.5 million from 45 shows^[9]
• 2012: $32.7 million from 74 shows^[10]
• 2014: $7.4 million from 17 shows^[11]
• 2015: $22.4 million from 51 shows^[12]

Total available grossing: 127.4 million from 263 shows (314 shows played 2010 - 2015)

Documentary

• Between 2010 and 2014 the Tour was filmed by Deutsche Welle in cooperation with Nordmedia and ZDF - Director Katja von Garnier - and will be seen at Cinemas and Television in 2015. The Documentary will be published on DVD in 2015.^[13]
• 7 December 2013 - 40 Jahre Weltstars - Die Scorpions Story (Forty Years Worldstars - The Scorpions Story) - 3 Hours Documentation at German TV Stations Vox and N-TV (8 December)

Guest appearances by Scorpions (Talkshows and TV)

• 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.
• 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
• 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
• 29 November 2013 MTV - MTV Unplugged (repetitions on VIVA TV, RTL)
• 30 November 2013 - Guests (Interview and Music) at the German TV Show Ina's Nacht - Scorpions played the MTV-Unplugged versions of Where the River Flows with Host Ina Müller and In Trance with CÄTHE.
• 20 December 2013 - Kölner Treff (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, German Interview-and Personality Show) - WDR
• 10 January 2014 - NDR Talk Show (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, German Interview-and Personality Show) - NDR

Private Shows and others

• 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
• 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
• 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.
• 22 September 2014 - „Work it - rock it“- Welcome Night“ von Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, IAA Hannover, TUI Arena (Full Unplugged-Show)

References