Scorpions - Return To Forever

Queensryche has been confirmed for the opening act on the upcoming North American Scorpions tour. More dates to be announced...

Sep. 10 - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion - Boston, MA
Sep. 12 - Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY
Sep. 13 - Meadowbrook - Gilford, NH
Sep. 18 - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre - Toronto, ON
Sep. 19 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
Sep. 22 - LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH
Sep. 23 - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica - Cleveland, OH
Sep. 25 - Caesar’s Windsor - Windsor, ON
Sep. 26 - Allstate Arena - Chicago, IL
Oct. 01 - SAP Center - San Jose, CA
Oct. 03 - The Forum - Los Angeles, CA

Hope they end up in my area. As it stands , Cleveland and Columbus would be the 2 closest venues.

Hoping for something closer to me too

thejokeriv wrote:

Hoping for something closer to me too

Same here.

Excellent, I'll be at the Chicago show! I'm surprised by the venue choice. In 2010 they played a much smaller amphitheater with Ratt and even that didn't seem close to sold out. I can't imagine them doing well in an arena in 2015.

Is there an official US release of this album..I am only finding it on Amazon .... my local record stores dont even have it on their release schedules or in store..

brokentulsa wrote:

Is there an official US release of this album..I am only finding it on Amazon .... my local record stores dont even have it on their release schedules or in store..

I thought it was out already, but checking the Best Buy website, they're saying April 2nd.

Unbelievably I got my hands on a copy of this...so I have given it a good listen several times and I regret to say it is so far my vote for the worst album I have bought in along time...3/4 of this album is modern ballads and I only hear one song that could have come from an older album...really really disappointed..

I've heard it, it's decent, but not as good as Sting in the Tail. Some of the riffs sounds like left overs from the early 80's, but with "modern production"

I picked this up the other night in a store and then put it back down when I saw the price tag. $25.99 for the regular edition is way too much money.

I think it's a great album

MetalGuy71 wrote:

brokentulsa wrote:

Is there an official US release of this album..I am only finding it on Amazon .... my local record stores dont even have it on their release schedules or in store..

I thought it was out already, but checking the Best Buy website, they're saying April 2nd.

Same thing happened with Humanity Hour I - it was out in Europe/the rest of the world at least a month before the U.S.

Not sure why the North American release is being pushed to September 11th when it's been out for awhile now everywhere else, but you get some bonus tracks if you wait it out...

"Return To Forever" North American edition track listing:

01. Going Out With A Bang
02. We Built This House
03. Rock My Car
04. House Of Cards
05. All For One
06. Rock 'N' Roll Band
07. Catch Your Luck And Play
08. Rollin' Home
09. 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
17. Crazy Ride (exclusive)
18. One And One Is Three (exclusive)
19. Delirious (exclusive)

Nice!

It's got all seven bonus tracks from all the editions, which is awesome. Better for me since I haven't bought the album yet.

It's about damn time! Sheesh.

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Not sure why the North American release is being pushed to September 11th when it's been out for awhile now everywhere else

Because the suits at their U.S. label probably didn't even know they had an album out.

"Wait... the Scorpions are still a thing? And they're on our label roster? Really? No sh*t. Well, I guess we should put it out, huh??"

I would venture that Scorpions record sales at this juncture don't exactly have labels beating down their doors for the rights to release their albums in the states.  *I'm in no way commenting on the quality of their music, just the commercial potential.*

S.D. wrote:

I would venture that Scorpions record sales at this juncture don't exactly have labels beating down their doors for the rights to release their albums in the states.  *I'm in no way commenting on the quality of their music, just the commercial potential.*

I would agree.... as for the quality, not as good as Sting In the Tail

I have to say that I am in the disappointed category with this one and I thought Sting was a letdown too. I really feel like there's something holding the last 2 albums back. I can't really explain it. The songs are good and well crafted, but they just seem sorta bland...like it's the Scorpions on auto pilot.