50th Anniversary World Tour

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50th Anniversary World Tour
Tour by Scorpions
50th Anniversary World Tour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationAsia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Associated album Return to Forever
Start dateMay 1, 2015 (2015-05-01)
End dateDecember 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)
Legs16
No. of shows126
Box office$48,600,000
(According to Pollstar )
Scorpions concert chronology
  • Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
    (2010–2014)
  • 50th Anniversary World Tour
    (2015–2016)
  • Crazy World Tour
    (2017–2020)

The 50th Anniversary World Tour (or sometimes called Return to Forever Tour) was a worldwide tour by German rock band Scorpions. It started on 1 May 2015 in Zhenjiang and finished in Berlin on 2 December 2016. It was in the support of band's eighteenth studio album Return to Forever and it was also celebration of band's fifty years in music business. Tour was ranked by Pollstar at No. 79 at their "Top 100 Worldwide Tour" chart for 2015 with total gross of $22,400,000 and total of 375.576 tickets sold from 51 concerts. It was also ranged by Pollstar at No. 68 at their "Top 100 Worldwide Tour" chart for 2016 with total gross of $26,200,000 and total of 383,398 tickets sold from 59 concerts. It was, also, the last Scorpions worldwide tour to feature James Kottak and first worldwide tour to feature Mikkey Dee as a band's official drummer.

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Background

In 2010 Scorpions announced farewell tour. Before they retire, they wanted to release a bonus track album from leftovers from seventies and eighties just for the fans. After playing the final show in Munich in December 2012, band planned to take a break and go on vacation. In January 2013, MTV contacted the band and asked if they are interested in doing the MTV Unplugged album. They agreed on doing that project and turned out to be successful. That whole thing pushed back the bonus track project. As soon as they have finished the MTV Unplugged project, band immediately went back to studio to work on bonus track project. Band was listening the recordings they have already prepared for the project. They were happy with the result and Rudolf Schenker said that he has a tape with some songs that they could also use for this project. While searching for the tape, Schenker found an old ledger in which his mother enumerated the loans that his father provided to him, so he could buy all the equipment and establish the band. He looked into the book and it said: "September, 1965". He went back to the studio and told the band what he found and their manager said that it would be great idea to celebrate 50th Anniversary since they are the only German band who is 50 years in music and one of the few in the world along with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. Manager suggested to the band that they contact the promoters and see if they were interested in the band doing the 50th Anniversary Tour. Then Schenker suggested that if the band was going to do a 50th Anniversary Tour, then the band needed to release a brand new studio album. So the band went again into the listening process of bonus track material that they had already prepared and see if they could improve something, like choruses and riffs. After that, they re-recorded the old stuff and started to write new songs with the producers Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen. The result was the album Return to Forever . [1]

On 16 August 2014 Scorpions released through their social media a promotional picture with which they announced 50th Anniversary Tour and new studio album for 2015. [2] On 18 December 2014, band announced 2015 spring and summer European tour dates as well as German tour dates for the March 2016. [3] North American dates for September and October 2016 with special quest Queensrÿche were announced on 16 June 2015, on very same day when were released North American release dates for the album Return to Forever (2015) and first single "We Built This House". [4] On 1 May 2015, band performed on Changjiang International Music Festival in front of 100,000 people, making this their first performance in China in their career. [5] Between 13 and 21 May 2016, Scorpions have performed their first time ever concert residency at The Joint in Las Vegas. Originally, the band received an offer to do a full month residency concert, but it didn't work out for various reasons, so the band was only able to perform five shows. [6] On 18 October 2016, Scorpions performed in Palais Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, marking their first concert in Australia in their career. [7] A concert in Bangkok scheduled for 26 October 2016 was cancelled because of the death of king Bhumibol Adulyadej. [8]

Stage and performances

Show set was designed by Günter Jäckle and Rainer Becker designed lighting. Manfred Nikitser, associated lighting designer and director also joined production team. Nikitser chose two GrandMA2 full-size desks, one grandMA2 light, 2 MA VPU plus MK2 video processing units, 2 MA NPU network processing units and 2 MA network switches. The lights used consist of 36 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s, 8 Sharpy Wash 330s, 10 Mythos units and 20 Stormy CCs. Stage design also consists of a big L.E.D. back screen, a set screen, and two IMAG screens. The set also has four crossbars and ladders. Stage also features flying platform with drum kit with the Sharpy Wash lights placed underneath. Nikister said that those lights were chosen because those lights are the best from point of compactness, high output and speed. PRG Nocturne provided all the equipment. MANIK Show Lighting and Manfred Nikitser managed the Lighting control console and MA VPUs. The visual content was dealt with by Hans-Otto Richter and Nikitser. [9]

Every show started with a sound of sirens and curtain falling down. After that, band opened show with song "Going Out With a Bang" following with songs "Make It Real" and "The Zoo". During the performance of the song "The Zoo", Meine would tossing his cowbell drumsticks into the crowd. That song was followed by an instrumental "Coast to Coast" which lead to so-called "70's Medley" during which the band performed snippets of the songs "Top of the Bill", "Steamrock Fever", "Speedy's Coming" and "Catch Your Train". Medley was followed by performance of the song "We Built This House" and electric guitar instrumental "Delicate Dance" during which Matthias Jabs plays electric guitar with a guest guitar player,his technician,Ingo Powitzer. "Delicate Dance" was followed with an "Acoustic Medley" during which band plays acoustic versions of the songs "Always Somewhere", "Eye of the Storm" and "Send Me an Angel". That followed with "Wind of Change", "Rock 'n' Roll Band" and "Dynamite". After that James Kottak played his drum solo while his drum platform was risen above the stage. During his performance, pictures of all band's album covers were shown on the screen. When Kottak finished with his drum solo, band would return to stage to play "Blackout" during which Rudolf Schenker played electric guitar with dry ice dispenser. Band finished concert with "No One Like You" and "Big City Nights". After the concert was done, band return to stage to play "Still Loving You" and "Rock You Like a Hurricane". [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] During the concert in Barclays Center In Brooklyn on 12 September 2015, 12-year old guitarist Brandon Niederauer joined the band on stage to play guitar on song "No One Like You". [15]

Live streaming and recordings

Scorpions teamed up with Yahoo! for their first global live streaming. Yahoo! streamed band's live performance on 12 September 2015 at 9:10 p.m. ET from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Live streaming was available for desktop computers on Yahoo! Screen website and through Yahoo! Screen application for mobile devices with iOS and Android or connected devices (Apple TV, Roku, Xbox). [16] On 22 April 2016, band released version of the album Return to Forever (2015) called Return to Forever: Tour Edition which has seven bonus tracks and two bonus DVD's. Those DVDs include full performances of the band on Barclays Center, full band's performance on Hellfest on 20 June 2015 and documentary called On the Road in America directed by Dennis Dirksen. Filmed in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Las Vegas, documentary takes a look at the group's impressive longevity and continued popularity in the United States. [17]

Klaus Meine health issues and departure of James Kottak

On 21 March 2016, 30 minutes into the concert at Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Klaus Meine complained about sore throat. Band was forced to stop the concert and Meine went for medical exam. He was diagnosed with advanced viral infection and larynx and trachea inflammation. To get whole health situation under control, Meine went under the medical treatment and doctors banned him to sing for several weeks and because of that, concerts at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Festhalle in Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin and Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg had to be postponed. [18] Around that time, James Kottak had some personal issues and he went to Eric Claptons's Crossroads Centre in Antigua for one month rehab treatment. While staying there, Kottak decided to stay for two more weeks with a plan to go back on the tour with the band right after the treatment. Band members advised him to take advantage of this treatment and that he stays longer. They said that they will call Mikkey Dee to replace him as a drummer on the upcoming tour dates and Kottak agreed on that. He stayed in Crossroads Centre until end of July 2016 and he stayed there for total of 92 days. Since the next batch of concerts was in South America in September 2016, all the band's sound equipment and instruments were transporting there at that time. Since swapping Dee's drums and equipment with Kottak's would cost between 25,000-$30,000, Kottak and rest of the band agreed that is better for Dee to finish rest of the tour since there were only small number of shows left. Kottak decided to stay at home for a little while and next time when he and band talked, they mutually agreed that it just doesn't make any sense for him to continue playing with the band. [19]

Critical and commercial reception

Seb Male from The Edge said about the band's performance on Ramblin' Man Fair in 2015: " Scorpions were nearly half an hour late on stage, prompting some disappointed fans to head over to watch Camel on the Prog Stage instead, but when they finally did arrive they were definitely on form. Klaus Meine remains pitch-perfect after all these years". [20] Jason MacNeil from Toronto Sun said about the concert in Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on 18 September 2015 that "it seems the band is running on fumes". [10] Mark LePage from Montreal Gazette said about the concert in Bell Centre on 19 September 2015 that "At 67, Meine could easily have passed for a decade younger in both appearance and voice. Hell, the whole band was in fighting trim, from drummer James Kottak to guitarists Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker. Metal makes old bones, and metal rules". [11] Alan Cox from Denver Post said about the concert in Greenwood Village on 29 September 2015 that "It was symbolic of how, despite the many years of playing, the band is still out on the road and still giving their fans what they want–to be rocked like a hurricane". [12] Raymond Ahner from National Rock Review gave positive review about concert SAP Center at San Jose on 1 October 2015 stating that "it was clear that even after fifty years, the Scorpions still know what it takes to deliver a big arena rock show". [13] Cassandra Miasnikov from Santa Barbara Independent praised the show in Santa Barbara Bowl on 6 October 2015 by saying "The Scorpions proved that they deserve every bit of credit they've achieved as one of the most prominent and longest lasting rock bands in the world". [14]

50th Anniversary World Tour was ranked by Pollstar at #79 at their "Top 100 Worldwide Tour" chart for 2015 with total gross of $22,400,000 and total of 375.576 tickets sold from 51 concerts. [21] It was also ranged by Pollstar at #68 at their "Top 100 Worldwide Tour" chart for 2016 with total gross of $26,200,000 and total of 383.398 tickets sold from 59 concerts. [22]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
Leg 1: Asia
1 May 2015 Zhenjiang ChinaChang Jiang International Music Festival———
Leg 2: Europe
8 May 2015 Pardubice Czech Republic Tipsport Arena ———
9 May 2015 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
14 May 2015 Novosibirsk Russia Ice Sports Palace Sibir
16 May 2015 Tyumen Sports Palace Tyumen
18 May 2015 Yekaterinburg KRK Uralets
20 May 2015 Perm Universal Sports Palace Molot
25 May 2015 Saint Petersburg Ice Palace
27 May 2015 Moscow Olimpiyskiy Stadium
29 May 2015 Ufa Ufa Arena
31 May 2015 Kazan Tatneft Arena
3 June 2015 Nizhny Novgorod Trud Stadium
5 June 2015 Voronezh Ice Sports Palace Yubileyny
7 June 2015 Krasnodar Basket-Hall Krasnodar
10 June 2015 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena
20 June 2015 Clisson France Hellfest
21 June 2015 Dessel Belgium Graspop Metal Meeting
2 July 2015 Hérouville-Saint Clair France Festival Beauregard  [ fr ]
18 July 2015 Sion SwitzerlandPlaine de Tourbillon (with Gotthard)
19 July 2015 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois France Guitare En Scène Festival
23 July 2015 Barcelona SpainBarcelona Rock Fest
25 July 2015 Maidstone EnglandRamblin' Man Fair (Mote Park)
31 July 2015 Hamina FinlandBastioni
1 August 2015 Jakobstad Jakobstads Centralplan
Leg 3: Asia
7 August 2015 Incheon South Korea Pentaport Rock Festival ———
Leg 4: Europe
21 August 2015 Coburg Germany Schloßplatz  [ de ]———
Leg 5: North America [4]
10 September 2015 Boston United States Leader Bank Pavilion Queensrÿche [4] ——
12 September 2015 Brooklyn Barclays Center
13 September 2015 Gilford Meadowbrook 3,454 / 7,348 [23] $163,982 [23]
16 September 2015 Moncton Canada Moncton Coliseum ——
18 September 2015 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
19 September 2015 Montreal Bell Centre 9,507 / 9,507 [24] $514,128 [24]
22 September 2015 Columbus United States LC Pavilion 3,085 / 3,500 [25] $122,553 [25]
23 September 2015 Cleveland Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica ——
25 September 2015 Windsor Canada Caesars Windsor
26 September 2015 Rosemont United States Allstate Arena
29 September 2015 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
1 October 2015 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose
3 October 2015 Inglewood The Forum 10,572 / 10,572 [25] $889,797 [25]
6 October 2015 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl 3,988 / 4,555 [26] $311,675 [26]
7 October 2015 Las Vegas The Joint 2,920 / 2,920 [27] $342,075 [27]
9 October 2015 Kent ShoWare Center ——
Leg 6: Europe [28] [29] [30]
9 November 2015 Rome Italy PalaLottomatica Rhapsody of Fire [28] ——
11 November 2015 Milan Mediolanum Forum Gamma Ray [28]
13 November 2015 Trieste PalaTrieste Rhapsody of Fire [28]
21 November 2015 Lille France Zénith de Lille Europe [29]
22 November 2015 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis Thunder [30] 4,669 / 8,000 [31] $247,944 [31]
24 November 2015 Paris France AccorHotels Arena Europe [29] ——
26 November 2015 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg
28 November 2015 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion —
30 November 2015 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier Europe [29]
1 December 2015Montpellier Park&Suites Arena
3 December 2015BordeauxPatinoire Meradeck
4 December 2015ToulouseZenith
6 December 2015GrenoblePalais des Sports
8 December 2015GeneveSwitzerlandGeneva Arena
Leg 7: Europe
17 February 2016OdessaUkraineOdessa Sports Palace———
19 February 2016KievPalace of Sports
22 February 2016RigaLatviaArena Riga
24 February 2016KaunasLithuaniaŽalgirio Arena
27 February 2016PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena
29 February 2016BudapestHungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
2 March 2016KosiceSlovakiaSteel Arena
4 March 2016KrakówPoland Tauron Arena
12 March 2016Esch-Sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
14 March 2016StuttgartGermanySchleyerhalle
16 March 2016MunichOlympiahalle
18 March 2016DortmundWestfalenhallen
19 March 2016MannheimSAP Arena
21 March 2016HamburgBarclaycard Arena6,444 / 9,905$418,765
Leg 8: North America
6 May 2016 Concord United States Carolina Rebellion —90,091/96,000 [32] $5,063,330 [32]
7 May 2016 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater——
9 May 2016 Nashville Grand Ole Opry 1,994/4,404 [33] $185,890 [33]
10 May 2016 St. Louis Fox Theatre ——
13 May 2016 Las Vegas The Joint (Blacked Out in Vegas)11,537/13,278 [34] $1,294,975 [34]
14 May 2016
18 May 2016
20 May 2016
21 May 2016
24 May 2016 El Paso Don Haskins Arena——
25 May 2016 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
28 May 2016 Pryor Creek Rocklahoma 63,993/72,000 [32] $3,200,219 [32]
29 May 2016 San Antonio River City Rockfest——
1 June 2016MonterreyMexicoMonterrey Arena
3 June 2016Mexico CityMexico City Arena
4 June 2016 Guadalajara Telmex Auditorium
Leg 9: Europe
18 June 2016HinwilSwitzerlandRock The Ring———
20 June 2016TilloloyFranceChâteau de Tilloloy
23 June 2016 Copenhagen Denmark Copenhell Festival
28 June 2016LisbonPortugalMeo Arena
30 June 2016BilbaoSpainArena Miribilla
2 July 2016CordobaPlaza de Toros
3 July 2016Madrid Barclaycard Arena
12 July 2016IstanbulTurkeyKüçükçiftlik Park
14 July 2016 Tel Aviv Israel Menora Mivtachim Arena
16 July 2016BucharestRomaniaRomexpo
17 July 2016SofiaBulgariaArmeets Arena
20 July 2016AthensGreecePlateia Nerou Faliro
23 July 2016RegensburgGermanyCastle Thurn und Taxis
29 July 2016KaarinaFinlandHovirinnan Ranta
30 July 2016NilsiaTahko Spa Arena
1 August 2016CarcassonneFranceFestival de Carcassonne
2 August 2016Monte-CarloMonacoSporting Summer Festival
Leg 10: Asia
14 August 2016BeijingChinaWorker's Gymnasium———
Leg 11: Europe
20 August 2016BatumiGeorgia Black Sea Arena ———
Leg 12: South America
1 September 2016São PauloBrazilCredicard Hall—16,637/20,022 [35] $1,367,060 [35]
3 September 2016
4 September 2016
8 September 2016 Fortaleza Arena Do CFO10,995/12,726 [35] $753,313 [35]
11 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan 5,871/8,384 [35] $519,671 [35]
13 September 2016SantiagoChileMoviestar Arena10,940/14,974 [35] $646,718 [35]
15 September 2016Buenos AiresArgentinaMicroestadio Cubierto Malvinas Argentinas——
18 September 2016AsunciónParaguayJockey Club
Leg 13: Asia
3 October 2016 Taipei TaiwanNangang Exhibition Hall———
6 October 2016TokyoJapanZepp Divercity
8 October 2016 Saitama Saitama Super Arena (Loud Park Festival)
11 October 2016OsakaGrand Cube
Leg 14: Oceania
15 October 2016 Nouméa New CaledoniaHippodrome Henri Milliard———
18 October 2016 Melbourne AustraliaPalais Theatre—2,896 / 2,896—
Leg 15: Asia
21 October 2016 Singapore SingaporeSuntec Convention and Exhibition Centre———
23 October 2016 Hanoi VietnamMonsoon Music Festival – The Citadel of Thăng Lon [36]
29 October 2016 Selangor Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
Leg 16: Europe
20 November 2016 Dijon FranceZenith———
23 November 2016CologneGermanyLanxesse Arena
25 November 2016LeipzigArena Leipzig
27 November 2016FrankfurtFesthalle
29 November 2016HamburgBarclaycard-Arena6,444/9,905 [37] $418,765 [37]
2 December 2016BerlinMercedes Benz Arena——

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