We’ll be breaking down this review in two parts for the Whitesnake & Scorpions show.
Here we continue with Scorpions.

With Klaus Meine having been hospitalised in Melbourne, as the original Sydney show being cancelled. A lot of people seemed a little anxious mixed with excited that the rescheduled show was going ahead. Understandably a lot of people poured out their frustrations online having been out of pocket due to this, but also backed by a lot of people who echoed that the bands would not have cancelled unless it were dire. This is the unpredictable nature of all things rock’n’roll.

Following Whitesnake’s incredible performance the roar from the crowd for Scorpion’s taking the stage was massive. Last time they were here they had to cancel as Klaus had lost his voice, as especially amazing as the band is if that show had gone forward there would have been a lot of unhappy customers, more so than were happy at the cancellation. This must have plagued the minds of the band; I can only speculate the gut and heart wrenching moment they discovered that Klaus had fallen ill once more. Shock flew out amongst everyone, but the main point is, he is healthy and by all means if this all could have been prevented/avoided no doubt the whole Scorpion’s camp would’ve made it run smoothly. Rescheduling or cancelling is not something any band wants to do ever to their fans; its not just about the money, more so that they do not want to disappoint anyone.

With that out of the way, let's just focus on what these absolute legendary people brought forth to their fans.

A large Scorpions banner covered the entire stage as the second set of the night cascading to the ground as the staff of the arena hurriedly gathered it and pulled it all out of sight.

On the large screens covering the stage the image from the banner was lit as lightning flashed around it. Slowly turning into a movie scene with a helicopter buzzing around a city skyline with everyone's eyes drawn to the bustling scene.

The band glided onto the stage as if by magic throwing straight into their set with the tenacity of an ominous storm consuming the crowd in its entirety.

Smashing through their tracks ‘The Zoo’ and ‘Catch the Train’ were flawlessly flowed into the hearts of all the people in the crowd. It was brilliant watching everyone from every age bracket getting so far into the songs that everyone almost moved as one.

Meine moved around the stage with a little caution, but considering what he had been through this was entirely understandable, what made it mostly unnoticeable as the power being his voice outshone and override the fact that the man had gone through surgery. If you had no idea what he had gone through you would never really have noticed any difference as he performed spectacularly.

Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs proficiently and flawlessly played through each song which your mind could have been fooled into thinking you were listening to a recording.

Meine took things down to a slower pace talking about the devastation he witnessed with the Australian Bush fires. He talked about the inability for the band to join one of the many fundraisers that were going on around the country. So the entire band dedicated the songs ‘Send Me an Angel’ and ‘Winds of Change’ to the hardworking firefighters, the people who had lost their lives, the homes that were lost and the massive loss to the Koala population (and other animals of course).

The entire band gathered at the front on the long cat walk with Dee moving from the kit at the back of the stage to a small kit directly behind the band.

We cannot overlook the moment when later on in the set when Dee and his kit were raised up into the air while he performed another spectacular solo.