Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs has detailed the injury that forced his band to cancel all of their September tour dates.
“Dear fans and friends, as you might have heard already, I had a bad accident in my rented summer house,” the rocker explained in a social media post. “I fell down the stairs with 16 steps and broke my left pinky twice and I also broke my left heel. I had surgeries on both, hand and foot, by the best specialists I could find in Hamburg. Now it is time to heal and start the physical rehabilitation for a speedy recovery.”
“I will try everything to be able to play guitar again on stage as soon as possible,” the guitarist continued. “I am sorry to tell you, that the shows in September won’t be happening, but I am very optimistic that we will see us again very soon. Rock n Roll forever, Yours Matthias.”
At present, no dates are listed on the Scorpions website beyond their now canceled September shows.
Statement From Scorpions
In a separate statement, released prior to Jabs’, Scorpions announced the cancelation of five shows in their home country of Germany. The impacted dates were the last scheduled stops on the band’s Love at First Sting 40th anniversary tour.
The statement reads:
We deeply regret, especially Matthias Jabs, that due to the accident of our friend and SCORPIONS lead guitarist, the five concerts on our German tour cannot take place in September as planned and we will work closely with the tour organizer to announce new information as soon as possible. We kindly ask for your understanding from all our fans, all the Rock Believers in Germany who were looking forward to the shows with us.
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Scorpions’ Canceled Dates
The five affected tour dates, all in Germany, fall between Sept. 11 and 20.
Sept. 11 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Arena Nurnberger Versicherung
Sept. 13 – Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
Sept. 15 – Leipzig, Germany @ Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Sept. 18 – Cologne, Germany @ LANXESS Arena
Sept. 20 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
Scorpions’ most recent show, which took place on Aug. 1, was at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival. They played 18 songs and even welcomed fellow German icon Doro Pesch onstage during “Big City Nights.”
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