If you’re a rock legend, Vegas is your natural habitat. This summer, one of music’s heavyweights is coming back home. Scorpions—yeah, the band that made “Rock You Like a Hurricane” the ultimate stadium anthem—is setting up shop on the Strip again, this time to mark its incredible 60-year run.

The shows run Aug. 14, 16, 19, 21 and 23 at PH Live at Planet Hollywood. Scorpions—Coming Home to Las Vegas is what they’re calling it, and it feels like the perfect way to celebrate six decades of pure rock excellence. Buckcherry’s along for the ride as special guests, which should make for some serious firepower. This marks the band’s third Vegas residency after Sin City Nights in 2022 and Love at First Sting in 2024, both of which sold out.

“There couldn’t be a better way to celebrate summer 2025 than in Las Vegas. Come and celebrate our 60th anniversary with us and catch a rockin’ good time … we gonna sting yaaaa!!!” Klaus Meine, the band’s frontman, said in a statement.

Photo by: Marc Theis

To get some perspective on how seminal this band is, a little history lesson: These guys started in 1965 in Hanover, Germany, when rock was still figuring itself out. They were right there as heavy metal was taking shape in the ’70s, helping write the playbook for what arena rock could be. Those early records, including Lonesome Crow, Lovedrive, Virgin Killer and Animal Magnetism, built the band’s reputation one crushing riff at a time. Then came the ’80s: “No One Like You,” “Still Loving You” and that monster hit, “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” turned Scorpions into rock gods.

The numbers back it up: More than 110 million albums sold worldwide, a spot at No. 46 on VH1’s “Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list and “Rock You Like a Hurricane” firm at No. 18 on its “100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.” The band’s got World Music Awards on its shelf, its members’ names cemented in Hollywood’s Rock Walk, and it’s even on a postage stamp in Brazil. How many bands can claim that kind of reach?

But here’s what really sets the band in its own league: “Wind of Change.” That song became way more than just another power ballad; it became the soundtrack to history. When the Berlin Wall came down and East and West Germany reunited, that song was playing everywhere. It captured something real about hope and change that still resonates today. The song went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time, selling 14 million copies.

In fact, Scorpions is getting the Hollywood treatment with Wind of Change, a biopic starring Dominic West (The Wire) as manager Doc McGhee, with Ludwig Trepte (Generation War) playing Meine and Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) as Rudolf Schenker. It is slated for release later this year.

And Scorpions keeps rocking on, packing venues worldwide. Meine’s voice still soars, with Schenker and Matthias Jabs still bringing the guitar thunder, along with bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee. For this stint at PH, expect all the hits, plus some deeper cuts that’ll remind you why these guys have lasted so long.

After 60 years, these rockers know exactly how to deliver the sting.

Planet Hollywood, Aug. 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, starting at $68 plus tax and fee. ticketmaster.com

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