Scorpions are finishing up a new album and have announced plans for a lengthy world tour beginning in the spring. The "Get Your Sting and Blackout" tour will begin in the venerable hard rockers' home country, Germany and will, according to the band's website, continue for the next two years. The new album, Sting in the Tail is expected to be released prior to the beginning of the tour in May.
Dio Down
Ronnie James Dio has been so active on the hard rock scene for so long (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell, and his own band, Dio) we tend to forget that he's a mere mortal. The 67-year-old singer-songwriter has been hospitalized and the upcoming Dio tour of Europe canceled.
Dio's wife (and manager) Wendy reports on the Dio website: "Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic."
Scorpions photo by Jo Hale / Getty Images; Ronnie James Dio photo by Paul Kane / Getty Images
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