Despite the surprising short nine songs set-list, and the somewhat shocking absence of long-time guitarist Parker Lundgren, – sitting out this run of dates and momentarily replaced by Mike Stone, who joined Queensrÿche for the 2003 album Tribe and stayed with the band for six years – the Seattle rockers were as good as you can possibly remember them. The 3,600-seat venue located in the northwest corner of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood – which soon will be razed and replaced with a state-of-the-art 6,500-plus-seat venue in a theater-style configuration – is an iconic entertainment destination, located minutes from Fort Lauderdale’s world-famous beach, and has hosted some of the hottest musical acts such as John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel and more.Īs they have done during the last tours, Scorpions brought Queensrÿche again as their opening act. At this point, it doesn’t make sense to say goodbye to all this, which is, after all, our lives.” The band has been honoring the previously cancelled North American tour dates due to the laryngitis, which affected Meine last October of 2017 and they recently made an appearance at the Hard Rock Event Center. But seven years later, that still goes as well” recently said guitarist Matthias Jabs “We realized there’s still more gas in the tank. “We thought, rationally, it might be a good idea to say ‘bye bye’ while we were still in the best shape, leave the scene with the best impression and be remembered as a band that runs around like crazy. “We were tired of touring and playing 100 shows a year in 30 countries”.įortunately, – for the delight of millions of their fans worldwide –, the band reconsidered that decision and retracted from it, and they have continue touring.

Judging by singer’s Klaus Meine’s own words, the members of the band fully intended to retire from the road. For long-time Scorpions followers like me, the news were disheartening, and when the band included the at-that-time called Bayfront Park Amphitheater – located in the heart of Miami downtown – as one of the venues for their East coast appearances, it was a no-brainer for me to attend. Shortly before the tour began in March of 2010, the band declared that it would be their last ever tour before retirement. I vividly remember when Scorpions announced the “Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour”, following the release of their studio album Sting in the Tail.

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