{"id":53790,"date":"2017-10-08T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=53790"},"modified":"2018-05-16T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:48:14","slug":"news-scorpions-tour-north-america-in-autumn-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-scorpions-tour-north-america-in-autumn-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"SCORPIONS Forced To Cancel Remainder Of North American Tour With MEGADETH (October 8th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCORPIONS Forced To Cancel Remainder Of North American Tour With MEGADETH<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 8th, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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German heavy metal \/ hard rock group Scorpions have been forced to cancel the remaining five dates of their current North American tour.<\/p>\n

Scorpions issued to following statement: \u201cThe Scorpions regretfully announce that due to severe laryngitis, the remainder of the U.S. 2017 tour will be cancelled. Klaus Meine has been advised by top throat specialist in Los Angeles to rest his voice. If he continues the tour, he could risk permanent vocal damage. The band stated, \u2018[We] truly hate to disappoint our fans, and hope to come back to America soon, but this time we have no choice but to cancel\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ticket refunds for the cancelled shows in Phoenix, San Antonio, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa can be obtained at points of purchase.<\/p>\n

Scorpions had been performing in North America as part of a package dubbed Crazy World Tour to celebrate the band\u2019s 1990 album of the same name. Special guests on the trek were Los Angeles, California-born thrash metal band Megadeth.<\/p>\n

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The full list of scheduled dates were as follows;<\/p>\n

Sep 14 – Reading, Pennsylvania, Santander Arena
\nSep 16 – New York, New York, Madison Square Garden
\nSep 19 – Laval, QC, Canada, Place Bell
\nSep 22 – Toronto, ONT, Canada, Budweiser Stage
\nSep 23 – Chicago, Illinois, All State Arena
\nSep 25 – Broomfield, Colorado, 1stBank Center
\nSep 26 – West Valley City, Utah, USANA Amphitheatre
\nSep 29 – Spokane, Washington, Spokane Arena
\nSep 30 – Seattle, Washington, Tacoma Dome
\nOct. 03 – Reno, Nevada, Grand Sierra Resort
\nOct. 04 – Oakland, California, Oracle Arena
\nOct. 07 – Los Angeles, California, The Forum
\nOct. 08 – Phoenix, Arizona, Talking Stick Arena *
\nOct. 11 – San Antonio, Texas, Freeman Coliseum *
\nOct. 12 – Dallas, Texas, Pavilion at The Music Factory *
\nOct. 14 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, BB&T Center *
\nOct. 15 – Tampa, Florida, Amalie Arena *<\/p>\n

* Show cancelled<\/p>\n

Eighteenth Scorpions studio record Return To Forever<\/em> was released in February 2015 via UME in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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