Ulrich Roth (born 18 December 1954 Dusseldorf, Germany). More commonly known as Uli Jon Roth, is a German guitarist and one of the earliest contributors to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky academy and inventor of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.
Career:
In the early 1970s, Roth formed a band called Dawn Road. In 1973 he temporarily joined the Scorpions, replacing guitarist Michael Schenker (brother of Scorpions guitarist Rudolf) who had left to join UFO. Michael had a reputation as a highly skilled technical player; Scorpions disbanded after he left the group.
The "new" Scorpions were, in effect, a merger between the four members of Dawn Road, (Uli Jon Roth, Achim Kirschning, Francis Buchholz, Jürgen Rosenthal) and the two remaining Scorpions members, Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine. During his tenure as lead guitarist and a main songwriter for the Scorpions, the band released five very influential records, including the live album Tokyo Tapes, which sold nearly one million copies and went gold in several countries.
Some later Scorpions releases with Roth began to exhibit a stylistic split in songwriting. Roth-composed songs were influenced by classical music and Jimi Hendrix, but songs involving Rudolph Schenker as composer leaned towards straight hard rock and pop hard rock.
This split reflected Roth's growing dissatisfaction with his role in the band. He began investigating spiritually oriented subjects in his private life, much as his influence Jimi Hendrix had done towards the latter half of his career. Roth left the Scorpions in 1978.
Roth formed his own band named Electric Sun which released three albums.
In 1985, Roth released his third and final Electric Sun album, Beyond the Astral Skies, dedicated to Martin Luther King and to Roth's fans. At that time, Roth entered a new phase of creative work, composing a.o. four symphonies and two concertos, and sometimes performing with symphony orchestras throughout Europe.
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December 16, 2025
The Patriot
Crumlin, Wales, United KingdomDecember 14, 2025
Waterloo Music Bar
Blackpool, England, United Kingdom"A Magical Evening with Uli Jon Roth - One Man Solo" (no backing band, all tape and laptop). Setlist incomplete, also included chat to the audience.
1. Amadeus
2. Rondo Alla Turca(Mozart cover)
3. Queen of the Night(Mozart cover)
4. Sky Overture
5. Ballerina
6. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
Instrumental7. Spirit of the Heart
1. Spring: The Triumph of Spring(Antonio Vivaldi cover)
2. Winter: Ice, Wind & Fire(Antonio Vivaldi cover)
3. Thunder Cadenza
4. Metamorphosis: Cry of the Night
5. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
6. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
December 11, 2025
Harbour Arts Centre
Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom1. Rondo Alla Turca(Mozart cover)
2. The Four Seasons(Antonio Vivaldi cover)
3. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
September 20, 2025
Centre Culturel
Liège, Liège, Belgium1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
2nd verse sung once4. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
Skipped the acoustic intro & 1st verses until "I Don't Live today"; incl. extended jam & Uli's solo8. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
9. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
Dedicated to Michel Leclercq10. Polar Nights(Scorpions cover)
11. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
extended version with Uli's overdriven solo12. Dark Lady(Scorpions cover)
1. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
September 7, 2025
Grimsthorpe Castle
Grimsthorpe, England, United KingdomSeptember 5, 2025
Croxton Park Hotel
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaThe instrumental was played as the bass guitarist had broken a string and had to exit the stage to fix it
1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
8. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
9. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
10. Impromptu Instrumental Jam
11. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
12. Dark Lady(Scorpions cover)
1. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
2. Little Wing(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
September 4, 2025
The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
8. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
9. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
10. Polar Nights(Scorpions cover)
11. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
12. Dark Lady(Scorpions cover)
1. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
September 3, 2025
Manning Bar
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSomeone copied this from my Melbourne setlist complete with instrumantal jam which was an impromptu moment. This setlist is therefor not completely accurate. I did put Polar nights where the jam was as thats how it played out in Adelaide
1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
8. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
9. Polar Nights(Scorpions cover)
10. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
11. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
12. Dark Lady(Scorpions cover)
13. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
14. Little Wing(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
August 28, 2025
EX THEATER ROPPONGI
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan1. Amadeus
2. Queen of the Night(Mozart cover)
3. The Cry
4. Cyber Dreams
5. Spirit of the Heart
6. Requiem for an Angel
7. Enola Gay (Hiroshima Today?)(Electric Sun cover)
8. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
1. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
2. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
3. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
4. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
5. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
6. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
7. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
August 26, 2025
THE BOTTOM LINE
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan1. Amadeus
2. Queen of the Night(Mozart cover)
3. The Cry
4. Cyber Dreams
5. Spirit of the Heart
6. Requiem for an Angel
7. Hiroshima de profundis
1. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
2. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
3. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
4. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
8. Little Wing(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
9. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
August 23, 2025
Hiroshima CLUB QUATTRO
Hiroshima, Hiroshima, JapanAugust 22, 2025
BIGCAT
Osaka, Osaka, Japan1. Thunder Bay
2. Starship of Dawn
3. Amadeus
4. Queen of the Night(Mozart cover)
5. The Cry
6. Cyber Dreams
New song, world premiere7. Spirit of the Heart
New song, world premiere8. Requiem for an Angel
9. Hiroshima
orchestral version1. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
orchestral version2. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
3. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
4. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
8. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
June 28, 2025
Mukhavets Stadium
Pruzhany, Brest, Belarus1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
5. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
6. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
7. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
June 21, 2025
Neudegg Alm
Abtenau, Salzburg, AustriaJune 20, 2025
Kulturverein Röda
Steyr, Upper Austria, AustriaMarch 13, 2025
Vauxhall Holiday Park
Great Yarmouth, England, United KingdomOctober 17, 2024
Iberostar Waves Club Cala Barca
Santanyí, Balearic Islands, SpainAugust 3, 2024
Bullhead City
Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany1. All Night Long(Scorpions cover)
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
5. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
6. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
7. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
8. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
9. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
10. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
May 31, 2024
Big Top Concert Site
Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland1.
2. Longing for Fire(Scorpions cover)
3. Sun in My Hand(Scorpions cover)
4. Electric Sun(Electric Sun cover)
5. Don't Tell the Wind(Zeno cover)
6. We'll Burn the Sky(Scorpions cover)
7. In Trance(Scorpions cover)
8. Fly to the Rainbow(Scorpions cover)
9. Pictured Life(Scorpions cover)
10. Catch Your Train(Scorpions cover)
11. The Sails of Charon(Scorpions cover)
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14. All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover)
May 25, 2024
Festplatz Friedrichsau
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySome of Ulrich Roth's most popular tracks include The Sails Of Charon, Polar Nights, In Trance, Virgin Killer, Hell Cat. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
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