“We don’t have any plan!” laughs Klaus Meine, singer of the legendary Scorpions. We were asking him what they had planned for the next two years or so, but the band is actually enjoying life a day at a time, postponing the promise to retire they made after the release of Sting in the Tail. But it doesn’t really matter if it is the end or not. The musicians are now free from all constraints and pressure. Whether the crowd shows up or not is only a bonus; and luckily, almost four years after the release of their last opus, the audience is still very much here.

“It is much harder than we would have thought” he says regarding their decision to retire. Over forty years of career – more than two thirds of his life! – can’t really be left behind in the blink of an eye. We can therefore easily understand that the band takes its time. We can also understand the doubts and the fact that, in the end, they decided to make the most of their life and enjoy it a day at a time without thinking too hard about the future.

Making the most of it was apparently their watchword for the legendary MTV unplugged they recently recorded. Two discs of songs adapted to this acoustic project and enlivened with a few surprising arrangements. A few of these tracks are rare songs and five are completely unreleased material. They had even thought about forgetting their most essential hits but were called to order by their label.

We tackle these topics in our following interview with the most enjoyable, enthusiastic and talkative Klaus Meine. With, on top of this, a hint towards our national Johnny Hallyday!

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