I got this from one of the German fans on the Scorps board who translated the German news article about the retiring.. I don't know German so I'm taking his Translation.
We retire. This will be our last album.
We dont want that it becomes undeserving.
You can be embarrassed, dear reader, but to be honest: You can whistle it! As soon as you read the words wind of change, it begins again in your head. And, sorry for that, it wont disappear so soon from your head
Täääähäääääke miiiii (the way germans speak take me)
The Scorpions, europes most successful rock band, inventors of the power ballad and not treated good by the german Feuilleton, just like Modern Talking or Pur (other german band)
But, respect- more than 100 million sold records. 200 times gold, platinum and diamond awards, 3000 concerts world wide. And now this news: In this Bild am Sonntag (name of the newspaper) the scorpions announce their separation after a 40 years lasting career.
Yes, we quit says the guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who founded the band, when he came with singer Klaus Meine (both 61 years old) und guitarist Matthias Jabs (54) this week as guests to our newspaper. We are working on our last album and prepare our last tour.
The Scorpions become pensionists. Why? We dont want that it becomes undeserving, says Schenker. He says: We arent that young anymore. Singer Klaus Meine says the same: We calculated a little. Now comes our new album, afterwards two, three years of touring. And in this time we wont become younger.
Thats true, of course
And: We dont want that our fans will say in former they made kick-ass albums
, explains Klaus Meine. We retire better now with a hammer album and follow our hearts. And the collective heart is beating to the same tact. It cant be better! This album, then the tour over five continents, over two, three years thats the highlight, everything else after this is just a replication.
The name of the mentioned hammer album will be Sting in the tail and will be released on the 19th of march. The last album, the last of 22. They will play about 200 concerts.
The last concert will probably be in the Madison Square garden in New York. Finally we want to make something real huge to the end and will finish this career with a strong album and a spectacular tour, says Meine and clenches his fist, just like he does it on stage when singing a power ballad like wind of change or still loving you.
The answers to the question for the reason for the separation are different:
Because we are creative and physical (still (?)) on top (Klaus Meine)
A concert has also got to do with bodily activity. One day the body the body doesnt act like you want. Before you reach that point, you should go. Its better, when it is still kick ass in the end than having to retire (Rudolf Schenker)
Withdrawal symptoms will appear, but in what kind, thats not clear yet (Matthias Jabs)
The Scorpions were founded 1965 by Rudolf Schenker and drummer Wolfgang Dziony (he was the drummer til 1973). After some separations Klaus Meine sang on the new years eve 1969 the first time for the Scorpions. This had been at a gig in the Beat Club in Langelsheim near Goslar (german villages). 1971 they recorded the first album lonesome crow, that was releases in 1972. The first top ten hit was still loving you but first only in Switzerland.
The first No. 1 album was 1990 Crazy World. Nowadays the Scorpions are besides Meine, Schenker and Jabs the bass player from Poland Pawel Maciwoda and the American drummer James Kottak. Four bass players were exchanged, six drummers, two guitarists (Michael Schenker, brother of Rudolf, and the legendary Uli Jon Roth).
Besides big numbers you find also impressive names in the history of the band. Bon Jovi were apprenticed to us, Meine says They opened for us and during our tour in 1984 they had to watch each and every show of us. Their manager told them to do it. But we had the same experiences. When we were on our first U.S. tour in 1979 we opened for Ted Nugent. And we studied Ted Nugent who he catches the crowd.
Iron Maiden have been opener, Sepultura call the Scorpions idols, just like Axl Rose, singer of GunsnRoses, of whom the story is known, that he became musician because of the Scorpions. And Shakira made a commercial video wearing a Scorpions T-Shirt.
What will you do, when you are all of a sudden, after 40 years, no Scorpion anymore?
Who knows, what he will be doing in three years? Matthias Jabs asks back. We dont know, what we will be doing. There will be something different, something that give our lifes a meaning.
Rudolf Schenker, who just showed his trained body in an advertisement, uses a comparison: When you are climbing in the mountains, you dont think about your breakfast you will have the next morning.
Singer Klaus Meine adds It will be a complete new part of our life
At least for the families the end of the Scorpions is a welcomed event, Meine says. With my wife Gabi Im nearly as long together as with the Scorpions. 1972 we met each other for the first time, we married 1977, son Christian Julien was born 1985. Rudolf Schenker is divorced from his wife Margret after 37 years. Now he loves Tanja, 27 years old, former Miss Novosibirsk. Matthias Jabs is married with Beate in second marriage. His son, who was 18 years old to this time, was his groomsman.
Meine: We were lucky that this friendship, that is typical for this band, never ended. I think this is something very extraordinary.
But the band had not only good times. For example 1999, they were thinking seriously of retiring. At the end of the 90s, when alternative music came up, we had to fight, Klaus Meine remembers the world of music had changed and we didnt hit the spot anymore
Jabs: To this time everybody thought he had to tell us what kind of music we had to do. They said it was old fashioned what we were doing, we had to do something new. That was the reason why we made music that didnt fit to us.
Meine: That was not an easy time for us and it took a while til we came back to our success.
What kind of dreams are left after a 40 years lasting career as musician?
We lived our dream, says Meine, We accomplished everything you can accomplish as rockband.
They played on every continent (?) and in front of all prominents (for example 1991 Michael Gorbatschow in the Kreml). And what about the money? How rich are the Scorpions?
Rudolf Schenker: Its enough for life
What is left to say? We are happy, that we had the possibility as a german band, to make a world wide career and to find world wide so many fans. Its meaning a lot to us, to begin the tour here in germany. Here, where everything began. The heart is beating fast, when you play at home.
A really nice final sentence. Now the right music and we all will be whistling.
If it's at MSG I'm going. i put off seeing them all these years and now if what they say is true then im there. But in reality I think someday they will miss not being together or be bored or need the money or won't like their post-scorpions projects that they will return.... 
