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The Scorpions Announce First Dates for 50th Anniversary Tour he Scorpions will celebrate their 50th anniversary pretty much the same way they’ve spent all the other ones: on the road. The band has announced the first dates for its upcoming half-century celebration, which begins with a May 8 show in the Czech Republic and runs through spring 2016.

Although there’s a significant number of stops on the tour, they’re also fairly spaced out, presumably allowing for additions along the way — and although the entire itinerary at present is restricted to Europe, there’s definitely room on the calendar for North America if the band sees sufficient demand. Ticket information for the shows can be found at the official Scorpions website. Take a look at the complete list of currently announced dates below. Read More: Scorpions Announce First Dates for 50th Anniversary Tour

Inside the Basement with Rolling Stone

“It’s really remarkable”, says Rudolf Schenker, for example, “how well and mostly unharmed we’ve survived those years, in which our kind of music seemed to have gotten out of style completely. When the grunge wave hit the shore, we simply went to Asia to tap new markets and gain new fans. We were able to continue playing and keep on winning new friends for our music.” “Today”, they all marvel, “we’re not only as hip as we were at our best times, our audience is becoming younger and younger as well.”

The insight that new generations worldwide are just now discovering the Scorpions inspires them. In 2010, the band had reached a point where the perpetual cycle of studio sessions, album releases, and subsequent mega tours had in the end worn them out to such an extent that they seriously considered winding down and planned to retire with a farewell tour. 2013 however, a world tour later, brought a breath of fresh air. The sensational “MTV Unplugged” concert at the Lycabettus open-air theater in Athens was the most urgent reminder of how dreamlike and inteen.