GIG - Scorpions @ Hammersmith Apollo, 30 July 2007
Posted by Adrian | Posted in hammersmith , scorpions | Posted on 19:30
This night it was another in the continuing series of Eighties heavy metal acts you think you remember. Tonight - the Scorpions.
For me, Scorpions are fairly summed up by the tune "Rock You Like A Hurricane". This is an absolute head banging tennis racket smashing testosterone festival of a tune, and when I was more acne than human many years ago I simply adored it. And to be fair, I still do.
Scorpions are Germany's most famous rock act, featuring not one but two legendary guitarists (Uli Roth and Rudi Schenker, and the other, Matthias Jabs, ain't bad neither) not to mention the career spanning three, no, four decades.
At this gig they ably demonstrated why they still deserve your most serious respect.
They did a long professional set with a big encore and played all my favourite tracks. Big City Nights, Still Loving You, and the big one "Rock You Like A Hurricane" saved up for last. Use the following link to see all 7 photos from this show.
It was one of those gigs where you get back on the bus still air guitaring and singing along with the tracks. J loved it, and she'd never even heard of them.
Here is a review of this gig. It gets a solid 4 out of 5, noone left disappointed, a master class in how to thrill a loyal crowd 30 years on.
Setlist, well pretty much like this:
1 - Hour1
2 - Coming Home
3 - Bad Boys Running Wild
4 - The Zoo
5 - No Pain No Gain
6 - Coast to Coast
7 - Send me an Angel
8 - Holiday (full version)
9 - Hey you
10- In Trance
11- Im leaving you
12 - Alien Nation
13- 321
14- Blackout
15- Dynamite
16- Big City Nights
*** Encore ***
17- Still loving you
18- Wind of Change
19- Humanity
20- No one like you
21- Rock you like a Hurricane