Legendary Rock Band Scorpions Sign with Primary Wave

World renowned rock band the Scorpions have signed with Primary Wave Entertainment, who will be the multi-platinum rock band's exclusive marketing agency focusing on marketing the Scorpions' new album and tour, as well as building their online presence and brand alliances. The Scorpions will release their new album "Return To Forever," in North America later this year, which will celebrate the band's 50th stage anniversary. In addition to the new album, the legendary band hit the road on May 1st for a worldwide tour, which kicked-off in Zhenjian, China and is making stops in Paris, Berlin, Rome, Zurich, Los Angeles, Toronto, Brooklyn and many more. The band will also appear on the big screen with a new documentary "Forever And A Day," which was captured by film maker Katja von Garnier, who accompanied the Scorpions on their "Final Sting" tour and put together a moving documentary with unique images from their eighteen months on tour, displaying the band's magic, which has never been documented before.

By signing with Primary Wave, the Scorpions will have access to Primary Wave's deep in-house resources including their Digital Marketing team, Branding company, Sync/publishing team as well as their film/TV production and development partners. This will help capitalize on the band's brand extension and reach into younger generations through social media and various marketing efforts. The multi-award winning rock band will also join Primary Wave's current, diverse roster of artists and brands such as Def Leppard, Melissa Etheridge, CeeLo Green, Hall & Oates, Jane Lynch, Klipsch Audio, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Go-Go's, Cypress Hill, Natalie Imbruglia, VOX, among many others.

Scorpions first stepped onto the music scene as a German rock band in 1965 in Hannover and currently consists of band members Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak, and Pawel Maciwoda. Their debut album "Lonesome Crow" was released in 1972 and the band's chart-topping songs include the 1980s hard rock anthems, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "No One Like You," and other successful singles such as "Send Me an Angel," "Still Loving You" and "Wind of Change." Overall, the Scorpions are one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with reported sales of over 100 million sold records. The band was also ranked #46 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and their hit "Rock You Like a Hurricane" also landed as #18 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.

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SCORPIONS U.S. TOUR DATES: "Return To Forever" - The 50th Anniversary

9.1015: Boston, MA

9.12.15: Brooklyn, NY

9.13.15: Gilford, NH

9.16.15: Moncton, NB

9.18.15: Toronto, ON

9.19.15: Montreal, QC

9.22.15: Columbus, OH

9.23.15: Cleveland, OH

9.25.15: Windsor, ON

9.26.15: Chicago, IL

9.29.15: Denver, CO

10.1.15: San Jose, CA

10.3.15: Los Angeles, CA

10.6.15: Santa Barbara, CA

10.7.15: Las Vegas, NV

10.9.15: Seattle, WA

More to come!

ABOUT PRIMARY WAVE:

Primary Wave (PW) is one of the largest independent music & entertainment marketing, talent management and music publishing companies in the United States, founded in 2006. PW creates marketing and branding strategies for its diverse roster of Music, Film, TV & Literary talent, through their six in-house operating divisions: Talent & Literary Management, Television/Film Development, Music Publishing, Brand Marketing, Recorded Music, and Digital Marketing, to help cross promote our artists and brand relationships. Under the Primary Wave umbrella, there are two core businesses, Primary Wave Music Publishing and the talent management company, Primary Wave Entertainment, which has recently expanded their reach in the Film & TV industry by merging with top talent management company's Evolution and Intellectual Artist Management. By uniting Primary Wave's expertise in music, digital, and branding with Intellectual and Evolution's strong hold on the film/TV industry, this new powerhouse talent management company will provide full access and opportunities for their roster across multiple platforms from music and film to TV and literary. Collectively, the new talent management roster includes: CeeLo Green, Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, Eric Benét, Natalie Imbruglia, Deborah Cox, The Go-Go's, Trevor Jackson, Ginuwine, Goodie Mob, Cris Cab, Big Gipp, producer/DJ Audien, on-air personality Nicole Ryan (Sirius; Vh1), plus music writers/producers Jon Levine, Mag and Mitch Allan; and the Film/TV roster includes, Jane Lynch, Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez, Mayim Bialik, David Arquette, Elle McPherson, Peter Facinelli, Gabrielle Union, AJ Cook, William Fichtner, Nia Long, Donald Faison, Manu Bennett, Cole Hauser, as well as Oscar winning screenwriters/directors Jim Rash (Descendants), Mike Radford (Il Postino) and Bobby Moresco (Crash), Oni Press, among others. Primary Wave Entertainment markets their unique music, Film/TV, and literary talent by using multi-media strategies that are developed and executed by the teamwork of their in-house branding company, Brand Synergy Group; digital marketing company, BrightShop; touring division; publicity and Television & Film production / development team, which all support the management and publishing roster as well as retain third party clients.

Primary Wave's music publishing company, PWMP, entered into a partnership with BMG Rights in September 2013, and strategically sold a large portion of its publishing assets for a significant profit to BMG. Prior to this transaction, Primary Wave's publishing repertoire included an interest in the Beatles songs written by John Lennon, the catalogs of Kurt Cobain/Nirvana, Steven Tyler/Aerosmith, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Chicago, Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), Steve Earle, Daniel Johnston, Marvin Hamlisch, The Matrix, Lamont Dozier and Steven Curtis Chapman, as well as developing artists such as Airborne Toxic Event, Albert Hammond Jr., John Forte, The Boxer Rebellion, New Boyz, Taddy Porter, Anberlin and writers such as Gregg Alexander, among others. The repertoire also included marketing and administration agreements with Jimmy Webb, Graham Parker, Evolution Entertainment/Twisted Pictures, Hammer Films, and many others. Primary Wave Music Publishing retained over 5,000 copyrights that it still controls including, Def Leppard, RoccStar, LP, Mac Davis, Katrina and the Waves, Foy Vance, and Tummy Touch. The publishing company has continued to grow its roster and since the BMG partnership, they have signed many artists to the publishing roster including, John Oates, Kate Davis, Aalias (producer/Eminem), Bobby Brackins, Sigma, Will Anderson of Parachute, and more.

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