Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour

Get Your Sting and Blackout
World tour by Scorpions
Associated album Sting in the Tail, Comeblack, Scorpions Live In 3D, MTV Unplugged - In Athens, Return to Forever
Start date 15 March 2010
End date Ongoing
Legs 25
Shows 320
(2010: 88, 2011: 46, 2012: 76, 2013: 22, 2014: 27, 2015: 52, 2016: 9)
Scorpions concert chronology
Humanity World Tour
(2007-09)
Get Your Sting And Blackout World Tour
(2010-16)

Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour is a worldwide concert tour by German rock band Scorpions. It follows the release of the album Sting in the Tail.

The European dates were followed by dates in North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.[1] Shortly before the tour began, members of the Scorpions announced that this would be their last world tour before retirement.[2][3] However, they have retracted this decision.

The successive tour legs run as mentioned:

In 2010, the band sales reached $32.7 million in concert and in 2012 $35.4 million.

Personnel

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
Europe[4]
15 March 2010PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena
18 March 2010MoscowRussiaMegasport Arena
10 April 2010MonsBelgiumPower Prog & Metal Festival
22 April 2010OstravaCzech RepublicProkešovo Náměstí
29 April 2010MinskBelarusMinsk-Arena
7 May 2010LeipzigGermanyLeipzig Arena
8 May 2010MunichOlympiahalle
12 May 2010FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt
14 May 2010StuttgartSchleyerhalle
15 May 2010LongirodSwitzerlandLong 'I' Rock Music Open Air
19 May 2010ParisFranceL'Olympia
21 May 2010LiévinStade Couvert Régional
22 May 2010StrasbourgZénith de Strasbourg
29 May 2010BerlinGermanyO2 World
30 May 2010ZwickauZwickau Stadthalle
1 June 2010HanoverTUI Arena
5 June 2010IoanninaGreeceZosimades Stadium
7 June 2010ThessalonikiMakedonikos Stadium
9 June 2010PatrasPampeloponnisiako Stadium
12 June 2010RecklinghausenGermanyStadtgarten am Festspielhaus
North America
18 June 2010HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts Center
19 June 2010ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
22 June 2010WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater
23 June 2010GilfordMeadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
25 June 2010Quebec CityCanadaPavillon de la Jeunesse
26 June 2010MontrealBell Centre
27 June 2010TorontoMolson Amphitheatre
1 July 2010ClarkstonUnited StatesDTE Energy Music Theatre
2 July 2010MilwaukeeSummerfest
5 July 2010PittsburghChevrolet Amphitheatre
6 July 2010ClevelandTime Warner Cable Amphitheater
8 July 2010SarniaCanadaSarnia Bayfest
10 July 2010NashvilleUnited StatesBridgestone Arena
11 July 2010MemphisMud Island Amphitheatre
14 July 2010AtlantaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
16 July 2010MiamiBayfront Park Amphitheatre
17 July 2010Tampa1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
19 July 2010New OrleansMahalia Jackson Theater
21 July 2010Grand PrairieNokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
23 July 2010San AntonioAT&T Center
24 July 2010Oklahoma CityZoo Amphitheater
26 July 2010AlbuquerqueJournal Pavilion
27 July 2010PhoenixDodge Theatre
29 July 2010OntarioCitizens Business Bank Arena
31 July 2010Los AngelesNokia Theatre
1 August 2010ConcordSleep Train Pavilion
3 August 2010Las VegasThomas & Mack Center
4 August 2010West SacramentoRaley Field
6 August 2010RoseburgDouglas County Fairgrounds
7 August 2010RidgefieldThe Amphitheater at Clark County
9 August 2010CalgaryCanadaSouthern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
10 August 2010EdmontonShaw Conference Centre
13 August 2010SturgisUnited StatesSturgis Motorcycle Rally
14 August 2010BillingsMontana State Fair
16 August 2010West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre
17 August 2010Broomfield1stBank Center
20 August 2010Molinei wireless Center
21 August 2010RosemontRosemont Theatre
4 September 2010MonterreyMexicoArena Monterrey
7 September 2010Mexico CityPalacio de los Deportes
South America
9 September 2010BogotáColombiaSimón Bolívar Park
11 September 2010João PessoaBrazilSun Rock Festival
13 September 2010Buenos AiresArgentinaLuna Park
14 September 2010SantiagoChileMovistar Arena
16 September 2010La PazBoliviaEstadio Hernando Siles
18 September 2010São PauloBrazilCredicard Hall
19 September 2010
21 September 2010CuritibaExpotrade Arena
22 September 2010BrasíliaGinásio Nilson Nelson
24 September 2010São LuísCentro Histórico
Europe 2nd Leg
2 October 2010IstanbulTurkeyMaçka Küçükçiftlik Park
4 October 2010Tel AvivIsraelNokia Arena
14 October 2010ChişinăuMoldovaZimbru Stadium
17 October 2010AmnévilleFranceGalaxie Amneville
19 October 2010DijonLe Zénith
20 October 2010Clermont-FerrandLe Zénith
22 October 2010NantesLe Zénith
25 October 2010SofiaBulgariaAkademik Stadium
27 October 2010AthensGreecePeace and Friendship Stadium
2 November 2010KievUkraineInternational Expo Center
4 November 2010OdessaSports Palace
10 November 2010ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
12 November 2010MannheimGermanySAP Arena
13 November 2010CologneLanxess Arena
19 November 2010HamburgO2 World Hamburg
21 November 2010Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
25 November 2010NurembergGermanyNuremberg Arena
27 November 2010DortmundWestfalenhalle
Asia
10 February 2011BangkokThailandImpact Arena
Europe 3rd Leg
7 April 2011Crans-MontanaSwitzerlandCaprices Festival
15 April 2011SaarbrückenGermanySaarlandhalle
12 May 2011St. PetersburgRussiaLedovi Dvorets (Arena)
14 May 2011KrasnodarDvorets Sporta OLYMP
15 May 2011Rostov-on-DonDvorets Sporta DON
17 May 2011KrasnoyarskDvorets Sporta Yarygina
19 May 2011NovosibirskDvorets Sporta Sibir
20 May 2011MagnitogorskArena Metallurg
22 May 2011OmskOmsk Arena
24 May 2011KazanTatNeft Arena
26 May 2011MoscowSC Olympisky
30 May 2011VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena
3 June 2011OstravaCzech RepublicBazaly
4 June 2011BratislavaSlovakiaIncheba Expo Aréna
6 June 2011BudapestHungaryPapp László Budapest Sportaréna
9 June 2011BucharestRomaniaZone Arena
17 June 2011OberurselGermanyHessentag
18 June 2011ClissonFranceHellfest Summer Open Air
22 June 2011FreiburgGermanyMesse Freiburg
24 June 2011DesselBelgiumGraspop Festival
25 June 2011PapenburgGermanyMeyer Werft
1 July 2011TarnówPolandMościce
Asia 2nd leg
4 July 2011ByblosLebanonByblos International Festival
6 July 2011
7 July 2011
Europe 4th Leg
11 July 2011BerlinGermanyGendarmenmarkt (with Orchester)
14 July 2011CarhaixFranceVieilles Charrues Festival
16 July 2011SchweinfurtGermanyWilly-Sachs-Stadion
17 July 2011BielefeldRavensberger Park
22 July 2011LappeenrantaFinlandSaimaa Gardens
23 July 2011TuuriMiljoona Rock
3 August 2011AvenchesSwitzerlandRock Oz' Arenes
5 August 2011ColmarFranceTheatre De Plein Air Parc Expos
30 September 2011DonetskUkraineRSC Olimpiyskiy
8 October 2011ClujRomaniaCluj Arena
Final Sting World Tour
Europe 5th leg
4 November 2011GenevaSwitzerlandSEG Geneva Arena
11 November 2011LisbonPortugalPavilhão Atlântico
14 November 2011LyonFranceHalle Tony Garnier
16 November 2011ToulonZénith Omega
17 November 2011ToulouseLe Zénith
19 November 2011BordeauxPatinoire de Mériadeck
20 November 2011MontpellierParc & Suites Arena
23 November 2011ParisPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 November 2011RouenZénith Rouen
26 November 2011BrusselsBelgiumForest National
Europe 6th leg
28 January 2012ToursFranceParc des expositions
30 March 2012AmiensLe Zénith
1 April 2012Saint-ÉtienneLe Zénith
2 April 2012ChambéryLe Phare
4 April 2012CaenLe Zénith
6 April 2012RennesMusic Hall
7 April 2012BrestPenfeld
17 April 2012Saint PetersburgRussiaYubileyny Sports Palace
19 April 2012NovokuznetskKuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace
21 April 2012YekaterinburgDvorets Sporta KRK Uralets
22 April 2012ChelyabinskYunost Sport Palace
24 April 2012SamaraDvorets Sporta CSK Air Force
26 April 2012MoscowCrocus City Hall
27 April 2012
29 April 2012
7 May 2012Tel AvivIsraelNokia Arena
12 May 2012StuttgartGermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
13 May 2012FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt
Africa
24 May 2012RabatMoroccoOLM Souissi
Europe 7th leg
26 May 2012NiceFrancePalais Nikaia
28 May 2012Le MansAntarès
30 May 2012Clermont-FerrandLe Zénith
1 June 2012AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis
2 June 2012NancyFranceAmphitheatre Exterieur
North America 2nd leg
8 June 2012RenoUnited StatesReno Events Center
9 June 2012Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre
11 June 2012West Valley CityUSANA Amphitheatre
12 June 2012MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre
14 June 2012AlbuquerqueThe Pavilion
15 June 2012PhoenixComerica Theatre
17 June 2012TucsonAnselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheater
20 June 2012San DiegoValley View Casino Center
22 June 2012Los AngelesStaples Center
23 June 2012Las VegasThomas & Mack Center
26 June 2012San AntonioAlamodome
27 June 2012Grand PrairieVerizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
29 June 2012ChicagoCharter One Pavilion
30 June 2012MilwaukeeSummerfest
2 July 2012TorontoCanadaMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
3 July 2012MontrealBell Centre
6 July 2012HolmdelUnited StatesPNC Bank Arts Center
7 July 2012WantaghNikon at Jones Beach Theater
9 July 2012UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena
11 July 2012PhiladelphiaMann Center for the Performing Arts
12 July 2012ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion
Europe 8th leg
4 August 2012WackenGermanyWacken Open Air
31 August 2012WrocławPolandZajezdnia MPK
North America 3rd leg
5 September 2012MonterreyMexicoMonterrey Arena
6 September 2012Mexico CityMexico City Arena
South America 2nd leg
11 September 2012Belo HorizonteBrazilChevrolet Hall
12 September 2012Santa Cruz de la SierraBoliviaEstadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
14 September 2012SantiagoChileMovistar Arena
20 September 2012São PauloBrazilCredicard Hall
21 September 2012
Europe 9th leg
17 October 2012İzmirTurkeyİzmir Arena
19 October 2012IstanbulMaçka Küçükçiftlik Park
21 October 2012MinskBelarusMinsk-Arena
24 October 2012KharkivUkrainePalace of Sports
27 October 2012LvivVelotrek SKA
29 October 2012KievPalace of Sports
31 October 2012DnipropetrovskMeteor Sport Complex
7 November 2012LilleFranceZénith de Lille
9 November 2012LimogesZénith de Limoges
10 November 2012PauZénith de Pau
16 November 2012Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
21 November 2012DijonFranceZénith de Dijon
22 November 2012ReimsParc des Expositions
24 November 2012StrasbourgZénith de Strasbourg
27 November 2012OrléansZénith d'Orléans
28 November 2012NantesZénith de Nantes
30 November 2012MarseilleLe Dôme de Marseille
1 December 2012IschglAustriaSportplatz
8 December 2012SandvikenSwedenGöransson Arena
10 December 2012OsloNorwayTelenor Arena
15 December 2012OberhausenGermanyKönig Pilsener Arena
17 December 2012MunichOlympiahalle
Rock 'n' Roll Forever Tour
Europe 10th leg
14 July 2013 DnipropetrovskUkraineBest City Festival
Asia 3rd Leg
26 July 2013ByblosLebanonByblos International Festival
27 July 2013
Europe 11th Leg
11 September 2013AthensGreeceMount Lycabettus (MTV Unplugged)
12 September 2013
14 September 2013
27 September 2013SotchiRussia Investforum
19 October 2013MinskBelarusMinsk Arena (with Orchester)
22 October 2013MoscowRussiaCrocus Hall (with Orchester)
23 October 2013
26 October 2013KazanTatneft Arena (with Orchester)
29 October 2013St. PetersburgIce Arena (with Orchester)
5 November 2013OdessaUkraineOdessa Sports Palace (with Orchester)
7 November 2013KievOpera Theatre (with Orchester)
9 November 2013VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena
10 November 2013RigaLatviaRiga Arena
12 November 2013TallinnEstoniaSaku Arena
13 November 2013HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena
15 November 2013Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Arena
16 November 2013OuluOulun Energia Areena
14 December 2013BucharestRomaniaRomexpo
16 December 2013SofiaBulgariaArmeets Arena
Europe 12th leg
7 March 2014MadridSpainPalacio Vistalegre
8 March 2014
10 March 2014LisbonPortugal Meo Arena
18 March 2014KrasnodarRussia Baskethall (with Orchester)
22 March 2014Rostov on Don Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
24 March 2014VolgogradPalace of Sports (with Orchester)
26 March 2014Saratov Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
28 March 2014Nizhni Novgorod Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
30 March 2014Samara Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
2 April 2014Ekatarienburg Palace of Sports (with Orchester)
Middle East
5 April 2014SakhierBahrain2014 Formuala One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Europe 13th leg
28 April 2014KemptenGermany bigBOX Allgäu ( MTV Unplugged)
29 April 2014MunichOlympiahalle (MTV Unplugged)
1 May 2014CologneLanxess Arena (MTV Unplugged)
2 May 2014Hamburgo2 World (MTV Unplugged)
4 May 2014StuttgartHans-Martin Schleyer Halle (MTV Unplugged)
13 June 2014MurtenSwitzerland Stars of Sounds
16 June 2014BudapestHungaryHősök tere
20 June 2014 Vitoria-GasteizSpain Azkena Rock Festival
11 July 2014 RättvikSweden Dalhalla
12 July 2014 LahtiFinland Lahti Festivals
18 July 2014 Piazzola sul Brenta (Padua)Italy Hydrogen Festival
26 July 2014 KuopioFinland Kuopiorock Festival
1 August 2014Schwarlsee (Graz)Austria Seerock-Festival
13 September 2014La CourneuveFrance Fête de l'humanité
27 November 2014RotterdamNetherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
29 November 2014BrüsselBelgium Palais 12
Return to Forever / 50th Anniversary Tour
Asia 4th Leg
1 May 2015ZhenjiangChina Chang Jiang International Music Festival
Europe 14th leg
8 May 2015PardubiceCzech Republic CEZ Arena
9 May 2015ŁódźPoland Atlas Arena
14 May 2015NovosibirskRussia Ice Palace "Siberia"
16 May 2015Tyumen Sports Palace
18 May 2015Yekaterinburg Arena "Uralets"
20 May 2015Perm Sport Palace "Molot"
25 May 2015St. Petersburg Ice Palace
27 May 2015Moscow "Olimpiyskiy"
29 May 2015Ufa Ufa Arena
31 May 2015Kazan Tatneft Arena
3 June 2015Nizhny Novgorod Stadium "Trud"
5 June 2015Voronezh Ice Palace Sports
7 June 2015Krasnodar Basket Hall
10 June 2015MinskBelarus Minsk Arena
20 June 2015ClissonFrance Hellfest
21 June 2015DesselBelgien Graspop
2 July 2015Hérouville-Saint ClaireFrance Festival Beauregard
18 July 2015SionSwitzerland Plaine de Tourbillon (with Gotthard)
19 July 2015Saint-Julien-en-GenevoisFrance Guitare en scène Festival
23 July 2015BarcelonaSpain Rock Fest
25 July 2015MaidstoneGreat Britain Ramblin' Man Fair (Mote Park)
31 July 2015HaminaFinlandBastioni
1 August 2015PietarsaariKeskuskentta
15 August 2015EckernfördeGermany Rock am Strand
21 August 2015CoburgGermany Schlossplatz
North America 4th leg
10 September 2015BostonUnited StatesBlue Hills Bank Pavilion
12 September 2015New York CityBarclay's Center
13 September 2015GilfordMeadwobrook
16 September 2015MonctonCanadaMoncton Coliseum
18 September 2015TorontoMolson Canadian Amphitheatre
19 September 2015MontrealBell Centre
22 September 2015ColumbusUnited StatesLC Pavillion
23 September 2015ClevelandJacobs Pavilion at Nautica
25 September 2015WindsorCanadaCaesars Windsor
26 September 2015ChicagoUnited StatesAllstate Arena
29 September 2015DenverFiddlers Green Amphittheatre
1 October 2015San JoseSAP Center
3 October 2015Los AngelesThe Forum
6 October 2015Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara Bowl
7 October 2015Las VegasHard Rock Hotel
Europe 15th leg
9 November 2015RomeItaly Palalottomatica
11 November 2015Mailand Mediolanum Forum
13 November 2015Trieste Palasport
21 November 2015LilleFrance Zenith
24 November 2015Paris Bercy
26 November 2015Straßbourg Zenith Europe
28 November 2015ZürichSwitzerland Hallenstadion
30 November 2015LyonFrance Hall Tony Garnier
1 December 2015Montpellier Park & Suites Arena
3 December 2015Bordeaux Patinoire Meradeck
4 December 2015ToulouseZenith
6 December 2015Grenoble Palais des Sports
Europe 16th leg
14 March 2016StuttgartGermany Schleyerhalle
16 March 2016MunichOlympiahalle
18 March 2016Dortmund Westfalenhalle
19 March 2016MannheimSAP Arena
21 March 2016HamburgO2 World
23 March 2016BerlinMercedes-Benz Arena
24 March 2016LeipzigArena
26 March 2016FrankfurtFesthalle
27 March 2016CologneLanxesse Arena

Cancelled/Postponed dates

Songs performed

Setlists

2010 Setlist - Hanover, Tui Arena 1 June

Encore:

Average setlist

Encore:

MTV Unplugged-Live in Athens

[5]

Percussion Medley

Encore:

Encore 2:

MTV Unplugged Guests

Additional Bandmembers:

Guestvocals:

Guest appearances

Supporting Acts (Selection)

Blu-ray 3D/Double Livealbum

Documentary

Guest appearances by Scorpions (Selections)

References