{"id":54174,"date":"2025-12-19T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/scorpions-bounce-back-from-challenging-year-with-2026-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:40:03","slug":"scorpions-bounce-back-from-challenging-year-with-2026-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/scorpions-bounce-back-from-challenging-year-with-2026-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorpions Bounce Back From Challenging Year With 2026 Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/scorpions\/\">Scorpions<\/a> have already booked a big summer festival date for next year, following a string of mostly European shows. <\/p>\n<p>Their appearance at Estonia&#8217;s Tallinn Rock Festival will follow early 2026 concerts in Belgium, Hungary and Finland. The Scorpions don&#8217;t have a return date to their native Germany on the schedule just yet, but they do plan to make multiple stops in France and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale through the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scorpions.com\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scorpions web site<\/a>. See all of their confirmed dates, cities and venues below, along with a continuously updated list of 2026&#8217;s biggest rock tours. <\/p>\n<h3>When Does the Scorpions&#8217; 2026 Begin?<\/h3>\n<p>They&#8217;re touring behind <em>Coming Home Live<\/em>, a No. 2 smash in Germany. The album commemorates the Scorpions&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-60th-anniversary-show\/\">60th anniversary return<\/a> on July 5, 2025, to their hometown of Hanover. Special guests at the emotional concert included <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/alice-cooper\/\">Alice Cooper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/judas-priest\/\">Judas Priest<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-songs\"> Top 10 Scorpions Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The energy you gave us that night was truly incredible,&#8221; Scorpions said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-scorpions.com\/coming-home-live-is-out-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">official statement<\/a>. &#8220;This album is the attempt to capture exactly that feeling, that sound, that homecoming \u2013 and give it back to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer aligncenter\" style=\"max-width:1600px\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">A classic-era Scorpions concert. (Chris Walter \/ WireImage, Getty Images)<\/span><\/p><figcaption>A classic-era Scorpions concert. (Chris Walter \/ WireImage, Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The band was also the subject of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-wind-of-change-cast\/\">recently released biopic<\/a> <em>Wind of Change<\/em>, named after the Scorpions&#8217; international <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-wind-of-change-history\/\">chart-topping single<\/a> from 1990&#8217;s <em>Crazy World<\/em>. But 2025 certainly didn&#8217;t begin with the promise of so many signature moments. <\/p>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-postpone-vegas-residency\/\">began the year<\/a> by postponing a <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-60th-anniversary-las-vegas-residency-2025\/\">residency in Las Vegas<\/a> as drummer <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/mikkey-dee\/\">Mikkey Dee<\/a> recovered from a battle with sepsis. He described himself as <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/mikkey-dee-near-death-sepsis\/\">near death<\/a>. Then they <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-cancel-shows-klaus-meine-unable-to-sing\/\">canceled a trio of shows<\/a> in April and May after a nasty case of laryngitis left singer Klaus Meine unable to sing.<\/p>\n<h3>Scorpions 2026 Tour Dates<\/h3>\n<p>3\/31 \u2013 Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National<br \/>5\/3 \u2013 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates @ Etihad Arena<br \/>6\/20 \u2013 Budapest, Hungary @ MVM Dome<br \/>6\/27 \u2013 Sofia, Bulgaria @ Arena 8888<br \/>6\/30 \u2013 Bratislava, Slovakia @ Tipos Arena<br \/>7\/8 \u2013 Lisbon, Portugal @ Meo Arena<br \/>7\/11 \u2013 Vicenza, Italy @ AMA Music Festival<br \/>7\/14 \u2013 Lyon, France @ LDLC Arena<br \/>7\/17 \u2013 Paris, France @ AccorHotels Arena<br \/>7\/20 \u2013 Strasbourg, France @ Zenith Europe<br \/>7\/23 \u2013 Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena<br \/>7\/25 \u2013 Lodz, Poland @ Atlas Arena<br \/>7\/28 \u2013 Helsinki, Finland @ Veikkaus Arena<br \/>7\/31 \u2013 Tallinn, Estonia @ Tallinn Rock Festival<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Listen to James Michael on the &#8216;UCR Podcast&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">2026&#8217;s Biggest Rock Tours<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Rock reunions are creating some of the biggest headlines for 2026 \u2013 but there are lots of other huge shows on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/author\/nickderiso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=160&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/scorpions-2026-tour\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scorpions have already booked a big summer festival date for next year, following a string of mostly European shows. 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