Scorpions announce 19th album 'Rock Believer' and 2022 European tour
They hit the road next year
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