Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs has detailed the harm that compelled his band to cancel 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,” the rocker defined in a social media publish. “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,” the guitarist continued. “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 reveals.

Statement From Scorpions

In a separate assertion, launched previous to Jabs’, Scorpions introduced the cancelation of 5 reveals of their residence nation of Germany. The impacted dates have been the final scheduled stops on the band’s Love at First Sting fortieth anniversary tour.

The assertion reads:

We deeply remorse, particularly Matthias Jabs, that as a result of 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’ll work intently with the tour organizer to announce new info as quickly as doable. 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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Scorpions’ 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 happened 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.”