After a gap of thirty-odd, long years, I finally got to see Scorpions again, this time at the National Football Stadium in Warsaw.
Before the Warsaw gig, I'd last seen Scorpions in the late 1980s at Birmingham NEC, and had first seen them three times in 1980 on the Animal Magnetism tour in Manchester, twice with (Rickey Medlocke's) Blackfoot opening for them.
The Warsaw gig showed that there's still very much life left in the band:
Enjoyed the show from start to finish, taking in old classics like Make It Real; The Zoo; Bad Boys Running Wild; Big City Nights; Still Loving You etc.
But my favourite tune of the set had to be Coast to Coast, it was pure dynamite, that good.
Also really enjoyed Europe:
Have only really known Europe in passing, over the years, for their hit singles (The Final Countdown; Carrie; Cherokee), but seeing them live, it was the other tracks (Sign of the Times; Walk the Earth etc.) that shone out for me.
It'd also been about 10-11 years since I'd last seen a gig (Roger Waters) at the National Football Stadium in Warsaw, and I'm happy to say that the acoustics seem to have improved considerably.
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