News - 29/04/2016

Scorpions hire former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee for part of their tour

Scorpions hire former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee for part of their tour

Drummer Mikkey Dee (formerly of the now disbanded of Motörhead) has been hired by German rockers Scorpions as a temporary replacement for a series of dates in the US; their titular drummer James Kottak, indeed, can't make it since he is following a rehab path to fight his alcohol addiction.

Mikkey Dee, therefore, will be one of the Scorpions while Kottak it detoxifies; singer Klaus Meine explained:

"We would like to continue our 'Return To Forever' tour with James, but we have to realize that his health is priority. We wish James a speedy recovery and he will be back to rock you later in the fall! We look forward to seeing all our fans this month.

Mikkey Dee, initially, supposed to play a series of concerts with Thin Lizzy reformed, but he recently renounced giving way to Scott Travis of Judas Priest.

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