We actually were treated to 3 brand new songs (four if you got the DVD).

We got the biggest hits, no doubt, but that wasn’t all. The band also were great in giving us a few things extra on this release. They really went all out to bring a different experience and I would say it worked pretty well. They were Hille Bemelmanns, Liv Van Aelst and Kristel Van Craen. And to fill up the stage even more, there was a cellist, Ariana Acu and a group of female vocalists to help with backing vocals. James might have been on drums, but they also had a percussionist by the name of Mario Argandona. Christian was also the one who was the conductor and arranged the Scorpions songs for the Moment of Glory Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra album the prior year. On keyboards was Christian Kolonovitis who also helped the band arrange the songs for the acoustic set.

The actually had three guitarists and the third was Johan Daansen which really fills the songs up with that acoustic guitar sound. Yes, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Mathias Jabs, Ralph Rieckermann and James Kottak performed, but they weren’t alone. The show was a little unusual for the band as it was just the normal guys. The album was released a few months later on May 14, 2001. From those 3 shows, the album called “Acoustica” was made. The band performed 3 shows at the Convento do Beato in Lisbon, Portugal in February 2001 and those shows were recorded. The Scorpions were in a mood to keep doing things their own way and after doing an album and touring the classically orchestrated Scorpions rock, they decided to strip it all back and do some shows acoustically.

Scopions acoustica