Few bands get to celebrate their 50th anniversary, so Scorpions are making the most of their opportunity with a new album and European tour.
The "Rock You Like a Hurricane" hitmakers collected charting singles in four different decades, with 2004's "You Are the Champion" being their most recent success. Now, they've got a new single, "We Built This House," to serve as a preview for their first album in five years (Return to Forever, scheduled for Feb. 23).
"In the end, it tells our story," singer Klaus Meine said of the new song (via Ultimate Classic Rock). "We've built this house called Scorpions brick by brick and often quite arduously. From the first days in Hannover, the first concerts abroad, until this very day. We've weathered severe storms, but the house withstood everything, turned out to be wheatherproof and stable. However, building the house was never just cumbersome, but joyful as well."
Here's the Return to Forever [Deluxe Edition] tracklist:
01. Going Out with a Bang
02. We Built This House
03. Rock My Car
04. House of Cards
05. All for One
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6. Rock 'N' Roll Band
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7. Catch Your Luck and Play
08. Rollin' Home
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9. Hard Rockin' the Place
10. Eye of the Storm
11. The Scratch
12. Gypsy Life
13. The World We Used to Know
14. Dancing with the Moonlight
15. When the Truth Is a Lie
16. Who We Are
The group has no North American dates currently planned, but they've already announced several European engagements. Check those out below (via Ultimate CR):
05/08: Pardubice, Czech Republic
05/09: Lodz, Poland
06/20: Clisson, France
06/21: Dessel, Belgium
07/18: Sion, Switzerland
07/19: Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
07/25: Maidstone, United Kingdom
08/15: Eckernförde, Germany
08/21: Coburg, Germany
11/28: Zurich, Switzerland
03/14/16: Stuttgart, Germany
03/16/16: Munchen, Germany
03/18/16: Dortmund, Germany
03/19/16: Mannheim, Germany
03/21/16: Hamburg, Germany
03/23/16: Berlin, Germany
03/24/16: Leipzig, Germany
03/26/16: Frankfurt, Germany
