Scorpions just canceled all of their September tour dates due to the guitarist Matthias Jabs’ injury.
The guitarist has shared details about the injury on social media.
“Dear fans and friends, as you might have heard already, I had a bad accident in my rented summer house,” he wrote. “I fell down the stairs with 16 steps and broke my left pinky twice and I also broke my left heel. I had surgeries on both, hand and foot, by the best specialists I could find in Hamburg. Now it is time to heal and start the physical rehabilitation for a speedy recovery.”
“I will try everything to be able to play guitar again on stage as soon as possible. I am sorry to tell you, that the shows in September won’t be happening, but I am very optimistic that we will see us again very soon. Rock n Roll forever,” the guitarist ended his statement.
Before Jabs’ statement, the band had already announced the cancellation of five shows in Germany. These dates were the final stops on their Love at First Sting 40th anniversary tour. “We deeply regret, especially Matthias Jabs, that due to the accident of our friend and Scorpions lead guitarist, the five concerts on our German tour cannot take place in September as planned and we will work closely with the tour organizer to announce new information as soon as possible,” the band wrote in their statement.
“We kindly ask for your understanding from all our fans, all the Rock Believers in Germany who were looking forward to the shows with us,” they added.
Currently, their website doesn’t list any shows beyond the now-canceled September dates. The canceled shows were all in Germany and were scheduled between September 11 and 20.
