Scorpions announce 19th album 'Rock Believer' and 2022 European tour

They hit the road next year

Scorpions
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 29th Sep 2021
Last updated 29th Sep 2021

German hard rock legends Scorpions will release their 19th studio album ‘Rock Believer’ on 11th February 2022.

The follow-up to February 2015’s ‘Return to Forever’ was recorded in Scorpions’ home town of Hanover during the coronavirus pandemic.

“The album was written and recorded in the Scorpions DNA with core Schenker/Meine compositions,” says Klaus Meine. “We recorded the album as a band live in one room, like we did in the 80s.”

‘Rock Believer’ will be preceded by the single ‘Peacemaker’, which lands on Friday 21st October 2021.

Scorpions will kick off their Rock Believer World Tour with a nine-date Las Vegas residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Hotel in March 2022 before embarking on a European tour in May.

Taking in Portugal, France, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Finland, Germany and Spain, the extensive run of shows continues through to early July.

Support on the German dates comes from Mammoth WVH, and there are currently no UK shows as part of the touring itinerary.

Scorpions last played the UK in August 2019 when they brought Bloodstock festival to an emphatic close. Scorpions’ last headline UK tour took place way back in October 2008.

Scorpions' European tour dates:

MAY 2022

Altice Arena / Lisbon, Portugal – 10th

Zenith Toulouse Metropole / Toulouse, France – 13th

Zenith De Lille / Lille, France – 15th

Accorhotels Arena / Paris, France – 17th

Hallenstadion / Zurich, Switzerland – 21st

Arena Di Verona / Verona, Italy – 23rd

O2 Arena / Prague, Czech Republic – 26th

Tauron Arena / Kraków, Poland – 28th

Laszlo Papp Sports Arena / Budapest, Hungary – 30th

Rockfest / Helsinki, Finland – 3rd

JUNE 2022

Schleyerhalle / Stuttgart, Germany – 8th

Olympiahalle / Munich, Germany – 10th

Festhalle / Frankfurt, Germany – 12th

Mercedes-Benz Arena / Berlin, Germany - 15th

Zag Arena / Hannover, Germany - 17th

Westfalenhalle / Dortmund, Germany - 19th

Hellfest / Clisson, France – 23rd

Rock Imperium Festival / Cartagena, Spain – 25th

Palais Nikaia / Nice, France – 28th

Le Galaxie / Amneville, France – 30th

JULY 2022

Zenith D’Auvergne / Clermont-Ferrand, France – 2nd

Scorpions Rock Believer World Tour

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