Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

Get Your Sting and Blackout

World tour by Scorpions
Associated album	Sting in the Tail, Comeblack, Scorpions Live In 3D, MTV Unplugged - In Athens, Return to Forever, Scorpions 50th Anniversary Box Set (8 Classic Album 1977-1988)
Start date	15 March 2010
End date	Ongoing
Legs	28
Number of shows	365 (2010: 88, 2011: 46, 2012: 76, 2013: 22, 2014: 27, 2015: 55, 2016: 51)
Scorpions concert chronology

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 last 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
• Johann Franzon– drums, percussion, backing vocals (filling for James Kottak from April 2014 to September 2014)

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	Arena Leipzig
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	Alpharetta		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	Las Vegas		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		iWireless Center
21 August 2010	Rosemont		Rosemont Theatre
4 September 2010	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena
7 September 2010	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes
South America
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	Chișinău	Moldova	Zimbru Stadium
17 October 2010	Amnéville	France	Galaxie Amnéville
19 October 2010	Dijon		Le Zénith
20 October 2010	Clermont-Ferrand		Zénith d'Auvergne
22 October 2010	Nantes		Zénith de Nantes
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		Palace of Sports
10 November 2010	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
12 November 2010	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena
13 November 2010	Cologne		Lanxess Arena
19 November 2010	Hamburg		O2 World
21 November 2010	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
25 November 2010	Nuremberg	Germany	Nuremberg Arena
27 November 2010	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
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	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace
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		Arena Omsk
24 May 2011	Kazan		TatNeft Arena
26 May 2011	Moscow		Olympic Stadium
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	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
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-Plouguer	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-Napoca	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 de Toulouse
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		Zénith d'Auvergne
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	Las Vegas		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	İzmir	Turkey	İzmir 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	Saint 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	Arena Riga
12 November 2013	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Arena
13 November 2013	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
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
7 March 2014	Madrid	Spain	Palacio Vistalegre
8 March 2014
10 March 2014	Lisbon	Portugal	Meo Arena
18 March 2014	Krasnodar	Russia	Baskethall (with Orchester)
22 March 2014	Rostov on Don		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
24 March 2014	Volgograd		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
26 March 2014	Saratov		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
28 March 2014	Nizhni Novgorod		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
30 March 2014	Samara		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
2 April 2014	Ekatarienburg		Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
Middle East
5 April 2014	Sakhier	Bahrain	2014 Formuala One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Europe 13th leg
28 April 2014	Kempten	Germany	bigBOX Allgäu (MTV Unplugged)
29 April 2014	Munich		Olympiahalle (MTV Unplugged)
1 May 2014	Cologne		Lanxess Arena (MTV Unplugged)
2 May 2014	Hamburg		O2 World (MTV Unplugged)
4 May 2014	Stuttgart		Hans-Martin Schleyer Halle (MTV Unplugged)
13 June 2014	Murten	Switzerland	Stars of Sounds
16 June 2014	Budapest	Hungary	Hősök tere
20 June 2014	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Spain	Azkena Rock Festival
11 July 2014	Rättvik	Sweden	Dalhalla
12 July 2014	Lahti	Finland	Lahti Festivals
18 July 2014	Piazzola sul Brenta	Italy	Hydrogen Festival
26 July 2014	Kuopio	Finland	Kuopiorock Festival
1 August 2014	Schwarlsee	Austria	Seerock-Festival
13 September 2014	La Courneuve	France	Fête de l'humanité
27 November 2014	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
29 November 2014	Brussels	Belgium	Palais 12
Return to Forever / 50th Anniversary Tour
Asia 4th Leg
1 May 2015	Zhenjiang	China	Chang Jiang International Music Festival
Europe 14th leg
8 May 2015	Pardubice	Czech Republic	CEZ Arena
9 May 2015	Łódź	Poland	Atlas Arena
14 May 2015	Novosibirsk	Russia	Ice Palace "Siberia"
16 May 2015	Tyumen		Sports Palace
18 May 2015	Yekaterinburg		Arena "Uralets"
20 May 2015	Perm		Sport Palace "Molot"
25 May 2015	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace
27 May 2015	Moscow		"Olimpiyskiy"
29 May 2015	Ufa		Ufa Arena
31 May 2015	Kazan		Tatneft Arena
3 June 2015	Nizhny Novgorod		Stadium "Trud"
5 June 2015	Voronezh		Ice Palace Sports
7 June 2015	Krasnodar		Basket Hall
10 June 2015	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk Arena
20 June 2015	Clisson	France	Hellfest
21 June 2015	Dessel	Belgium	Graspop
2 July 2015	Hérouville-Saint Claire	France	Festival Beauregard
18 July 2015	Sion	Switzerland	Plaine de Tourbillon (with Gotthard)
19 July 2015	Saint-Julien-en-Genevois	France	Guitare en scène Festival
23 July 2015	Barcelona	Spain	Rock Fest
25 July 2015	Maidstone	United Kingdom	Ramblin' Man Fair (Mote Park)
31 July 2015	Hamina	Finland	Bastioni
1 August 2015	Jakobstad		Keskuskentta
Asia 5rd leg
7 August 2015	Incheon	South Korea	Pentaport Rock Festival
Europe 15th leg
21 August 2015	Coburg	Germany	Schlossplatz
North America 4th leg
10 September 2015	Boston	United States	Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
12 September 2015	Brooklyn		Barclays Center
13 September 2015	Gilford		Meadwobrook
16 September 2015	Moncton	Canada	Moncton Coliseum
18 September 2015	Toronto		Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
19 September 2015	Montreal		Bell Centre
22 September 2015	Columbus	United States	LC Pavilion
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		Fiddlers Green Amphittheatre
1 October 2015	San Jose		SAP Center at San Jose
3 October 2015	Inglewood		The Forum
6 October 2015	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl
7 October 2015	Las Vegas		The Joint
9 October 2015	Kent		ShoWare Center
Europe 16th leg
9 November 2015	Rome	Italy	Palalottomatica
11 November 2015	Milan		Mediolanum Forum
13 November 2015	Trieste		Palasport
21 November 2015	Lille	France	Zénith de Lille
22 November 2015	Antwerpen	Belgium	Sport Palais
24 November 2015	Paris	France	Bercy
26 November 2015		Straßbourg	Zenith Europe
28 November 2015	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
30 November 2015	Lyon	France	Hall Tony Garnier
1 December 2015	Montpellier		Park & Suites Arena
3 December 2015	Bordeaux		Patinoire Meradeck
4 December 2015	Toulouse		Zenith
6 December 2015	Grenoble		Palais des Sports
8 December 2015	Geneve	Switzerland	Geneva Arena
Europe 17th leg
17 February 2016	Odessa	Ukraine	Odessa Sports Palace
19 February 2016	Kiev		Palace of Sports
22 February 2016	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga
24 February 2016	Kaunas	Lithuania	Žalgirio Arena
27 February 2016	Prague	Czech Republik	O2 Arena
29 February 2016	Budapest	Hungary	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
2 March 2016	Kosice	Slovakia	Steel Arena
4 March 2016	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena
12 March 2016	Esch-Sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
14 March 2016	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
16 March 2016	Munich		Olympiahalle
18 March 2016	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
19 March 2016	Mannheim		SAP Arena
North America 5th leg
6 May 2016	Concord, North Carolina	United States	Carolina Rebellion
7 May 2016	Atlanta, GA, United States		Chastain Park Amphitheater
9 May 2016	Nashville, Tennessee		Grand Ole Opry
10 May 2016	St. Louis, Missouri		Fox Theatre
13 May 2016	Las Vegas		The Joint (Blacked Out in Vegas)
14 May 2016
18 May 2016
20 May 2016
21 May 2016
24 May 2016	El Paso, Texas		Don Haskins Arena
25 May 2016	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Isleta Amphitheater
28 May 2016	Pryor, Oklahoma		Rocklahoma
29 May 2016	San Antonio, Texas		River City Rockfest
1 June 2016	Monterrey	Mexico	Monterrey Arena
3 June 2016	Mexico City		Mexico City Arena
4 June 2016	Guadalajara		Telmex Auditorium
Europe 18th leg
18 June 2016	Hinwil	Switzerland	Rock The Ring
20 June 2016	Tilloloy	France	Château de Tilloloy
23 June 2016	Copenhagen	Denmark	Copenhell Festival
28 June 2016	Lisbon	Portugal	Meo Arena
30 June 2016	Bilbao	Spain	Arena Miribilla
2 Juli 2016	Cordoba		Plaza de Toros
3 Juli 2016	Madrid		Barclaycard Arena
12 Juli 2016	[Istanbul	Turkey	Küçükçiftlik Park
14 Juli 2016	Tel Aviv	Israel	Menora Mivtachim Arena
16 Juli 2016	Bucharest	Romania	Romexpo
17 Juli 2016	Sofia	Bulgaria	Armeets Arena
20 Juli 2016	Athens	Greece	Plateia Nerou Faliro
23 Juli 2016	Regensburg	Germany	Castle Thurn und Taxis
29 Juli 2016	Kaarina	Finland	Hovirinnan Ranta
30 Juli 2016	Nilsia		Tahko Spa Arena
1 August 2016	Carcassone	France	Festival de Carcassone
2 August 2016	Monte-Carlo	Monaco	Sporting Summer Festival
23 November 2016	Cologne	Germany	Lanxesse Arena
25 November 2016	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig
27 November 2016	Frankfurt		Festhalle
29 November 2016	Hamburg		Barclaycard-Arena
2 December 2016	Berlin		Mercedes Benz Arena

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, 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)

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 Fewer"
• 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", "Dont Stop at the Top", "We Let it Rock You Let it Roll"
• 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

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• 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"
• "Crazy World"/ "No One Like You" (dropped after 24 November 2015)
• "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^[6]
• 2011: $29.5 million from 45 shows^[7]
• 2012: $32.7 million from 74 shows^[8]
• 2014: $7.4 million from 17 shows^[9]
• 2015: $22.4 million from 51 shows^[10]

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

Documentary

• Between 2010 to 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.^[11]
• 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

1. "Scorpions Official Website". The-scorpions.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
2. Scorpions: 'We Have Reached The End Of The Road'
4. "Scorpions Tourdates". The-scorpions.com. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
5. http://www.bravewords.com/news/210294
6. http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2010/2010YearEndTop50WorldwideConcertTours.pdf
7. http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2011/2011YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
8. http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2012/2012YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
9. http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2014/2014MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
10. http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
11. http://specials.dw.de/scorpions-de/der-film/