UPDATE: Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs has now revealed the extent of the damage that he suffered that led to the band now canceling all of their September tour dates.

“Dear fans and friends, as you might have heard already, i had a bad accident in my rented summer house. I fell down the stairs with 16 steps and broke my left pinky twice and I also broke my left heel,” he revealed. “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.”

The guitarist continued, “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, Yours Matthias.”

At current, no dates are listed on the Scorpions web site past their now canceled September.

In a brand new assertion, German rock legends Scorpions have simply introduced the cancelation of 5 reveals of their house nation.

Guitarist Matthias Jabs, who has been with the group since 1978, sustained an damage which “requires surgery and subsequent rehabilitation,” in response to a publish on Scorpions’ social media pages (seen under).

The impacted dates have been the final scheduled stops on the band’s Love at First Sting fortieth anniversary tour.

Statement From Scorpions

In addition to noting the aforementioned damage, Scorpions issued a whole assertion, which refers to Jabs’ damage as an “accident.” No different particulars concerning the nature of the damage have been offered.

The assertion reads,

We deeply remorse, particularly Matthias Jabs, that because of the accident of our buddy and SCORPIONS lead guitarist, the 5 live shows on our German tour can not happen in September as deliberate and we are going to work carefully with the tour organizer to announce new info as quickly as potential. We kindly ask to your understanding from all our followers, all of the Rock Believers in Germany who have been trying ahead to the reveals with us.

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The Canceled Dates

The 5 affected tour dates, all in Germany, fall between Sept. 11 and 20.

Sept. 11 – Nuremberg, Germany @ Arena Nurnberger Versicherung
Sept. 13 – Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
Sept. 15 – Leipzig, Germany @ Quarterback Immobilien Arena
Sept. 18 – Cologne, Germany @ LANXESS Arena
Sept. 20 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle

Scorpions’ most up-to-date present, which occurred on Aug. 1, was at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival. They performed 18 songs and even welcomed fellow German icon Doro Pesch onstage throughout “Big City Nights.”