| Updates |
27 Jan 2012 |
The "Alice Cooper 2012 Rock & Roll Golf Classic" will take place on Monday April 23rd at the Las Sendas Golf Club in Phoenix, AZ. Registration details will be available soon.
Some people may recall Alice recording an episode of BBC show 'Room 101' late last year. Alice's episode (3/8) will air next Friday at 8.30pm on BBC 1.
More details about the '2nd Annual Concert for a Cause featuring Damon Johnson' that will be held on February 25, 2012 in Sterling, IL. "The event is nearly sold out with only 2 VIP and 4 General Admission tickets remaining. We have received our items from Alice that will be auctioned off and wanted to open it up to his fans on SickThings to bid. We received an autographed Callaway golf club and a STAGE WORN and autographed shirt from the 'No More Mr Nice Guy' tour. The shirt is the "white eyes" shirt that Alice started the encores of the shows with. These shirts were custom made for Alice and this is the last one out of 5 that were used on the tour. It was used for the entire European run of shows at the end of 2011. If you are interested in bidding remotely, please contact Ben at ben.owen730@gmail.com or 815.590.6936 for more info and photos. We also have autographed THIN LIZZY band photos signed by all current members of band (provided by Damon), an autographed 8x10 photo of KISS (provided by Eric Singer), and a custom done painting of Damon performing acoustic that we will open up remote bidding to."
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| Kelli for Montreal |
25 Jan 2012 |
It appears that Keri Kelli will be returning to Alice Cooper to help out at the Montreal show on January 28th. This is said to be a one off guest appearance to cover for Orianthi who is unavailable for this show.
If you are in the US you can watch VH-1's 'Metal Evolution' online. This episode of the show features interviews with Alice, Neal and Dennis.
Orianthi was interviewed at the Dean Markley stand at NAMM which you can check out on YouTube. Positive Side have also posted an interview with Orianthi, which includes footage of her set from the Xmas Pudding show backed by Runaway Phoenix.
And talking of Dash Cooper and Runaway Phoenix, The band have released a six track EP which includes their first single "Tug Of War", which features Alice himself. You can check out all six songs at bandcamp and AmazonUS.
Alice will be at the 'Second Annual Patrick Warburton ‘Golf For Kids’ Celebrity Golf Tournament' taking place at Classic Club in Palm Desert between March 2nd and 4th. According to the My Desert Alice will be taking part in a jam session on March 2nd at the J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert. Also appearing will be Kim Carnes, Steve Cropper, Mike Reno from Loverboy, Tommy Thayer from KISS, Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains, Ricky Phillips from Styx and more.
Damon Johnson is interviewed by MusicLegends.ca which you can check out via Blabbermouth. Damon is currently in the UK on the Thin Lizzy Tour.
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| Bobbleheads |
23 Jan 2012 |
 AC.com have posted a poster for the 'Coop's Troops Military Night' we mentioned last week, which happens February 18th at the Phoenix Coyotes vs Dallas Stars game in Phoenix. Alice will be there dropping the puck (in a Coyotes jersey of course), and the first 10,000 fans through the door will get an awesome Alice Cooper bobblehead (pictured left)!!
Noise11 have a story of Alice meeting the legendary Duane Eddy at Namm last weekend.
Alice had a car up for auction at the Barrett-Jackson car event in Phoenix this weekend. Unlike previous years this wasn't a custom Alice Cooper car, just a Mustang owned by Alice, but he did throw in a signed guitar and set of golf clubs to the winning bidder.
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| Alice and Noel in The Guardian |
21 Jan 2012 |
In todays "The Guide" supplement in 'The Guardian' (UK) comedian Noel Fielding interviews Alice and draws a "Alice and Noel" cartoon as well. You can read the interview here while the cartoon is here.
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| Another Swedish Show |
20 Jan 2012 |
Alice Cooper will be playing Liseberg Amusement Park in Gothenburg, Sweden on August 8th.
There's a cool little video up on YouTube of Alice guiding Sheryl around 'The Rock' building showing where things will be and how stuff will be laid out once the center is finished.
The VH-1 Classic (US) series "Metal Evolution" will be covering 'Shock Rock' this Saturday at 10pm and is likely to cover Alice.
Alice should also turn up in a Swedish documentary called 'Allt som fanns var OKEJ' (which translates as 'All there was was OKEJ'). It airs February 3rd at 8pm.
PGATour.com have a 'Celebrity Spotlight' video on Alice which you can check out here.
"Rock et Folk" magazine has an article about the French tour last year.
Tommy Henriksen has been working with a new young singer called Annie-Rose. Tommy produced, co-wrote, mixed and played on her debut video "Remember Me" and you can check out the video for it on YouTube now.
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| NAMM Time |
16 Jan 2012 |
It's NAMM time again! NAMM is a music industry only event in Anaheim, CA between 19th and 22nd January for musicians and the music industry. The event is NOT open to the general public, but each year there are appearances by various Alice Cooper related people and this year is no different. So, with info from the guys and the NAMM website, here's who to watch out for if you are lucky enough to have access to tickets:
Chuck Garric and Orianthi will be at the Dean Markley booth at 10.15am on Friday 20th.
Orianthi will also be at the Paul Reed Smith booth at 11am on Friday 20th. Then she goes to the TC Electronic booth for 1pm.
Alice himself, with Chuck, will be at the Fender booth at 4pm on Friday 20th.
Alice is also listed as being at the Shure booth at 4pm Friday 20th so one of those will probably change!
Chuck will also be at the Crafter booth at 3pm on Saturday 21st.
Keri Kelli will be at the SIT Strings booth at 2pm on Friday 20th.
Tommy Henriksen will also be around so keep your eyes open and show some respect!
UPDATE: Thanks to AC.com here's Glen Sobel's appearances:
Friday 20th and Saturday 21st Glen will be at the Mapex booth at 2pm, while on Sunday 21st he'll be at Regal Tip at 1pm.
Also from AC.com: On February 18th Alice will be at the Phoenix Coyotes game in Phoenix, AZ to drop the puck for the Coyotes/Ducks matchup. This night is Alice Cooper Bobblehead Night, and the Coyotes will be giving away thousands of Alice Cooper Bobbleheads for free at the game. It is also Military Appreciation Night.
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| More DJ News |
13 Jan 2012 |
More info on Damon's upcoming solo shows. Damon will be performing at The Long Shot in Rock Falls, IL on Thursday February 23rd. There will be two local acoustic acts that will play before Damon.
The charity event we previously mentioned, the 2nd Annual Concert for a Cause ft. Damon Johnson, will be held on Saturday February 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Terry Cox and Shagwagon will also be performing. The event will also include a silent auction with several variety baskets and items up for auction. It will also feature some larger items including autographed Thin Lizzy band photo/poster (including Damon), autographed KISS photo, autographed Alice Cooper item, VIP experience at an upcoming Brother Cane show, and a custom 1 of-a-kind painting of Damon performing at last years event painted by Alan Jacobs. 4 additional VIP seats have been released and will be the final VIP seats available... approximately 35 general admissions seats remain before the event is sold out!!! Contact Ben at 815.590.6936 for tickets. All proceeds raised support the United Way of Sauk Valley and Giving Power to Adolescents.
Alice has been announced as appearing at the "Humana Challenge" Golf Tournament which takes place January 19th-22nd at three golf courses in La Quinta, CA.
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| Dunaway and Johnson On The Road |
10 Jan 2012 |
Hard Force interviews Dennis Dunaway about Blue Coupe, BDS and, of course, Alice Cooper. It's in French but there is an English translation if you scroll down. Blue Coupe play France in April. Dates are as follows:
19th April – Jazz Equinoxe – Bastia
20th April – Salle des fêtes - Paymenade
21st April – Le Cargo – Arles
Damon Johnson is reviving Brother Cane for a few shows in March during a break from his Thin Lizzy commitments (don`t forget the Lizzy UK dates in February!). For the shows Damon will be joined by Chuck Garric on bass as well as Scott Collier and Zach Myers. Dates are as follows:
March 2nd - The Machine Shop in Flint, MI
March 3rd - Shark City in Glendale Heights, IL
March 4th - Club Landing in South Bend, IN
It seems the Ronnie James Dio Tribute album, first announced nearly a year ago, is still in the works. Wendy Dio has been talking about it which you can read on Blabbermouth. Alice was reported to be covering am old Elf song last year but that could have changed by now.
Bob Ezrin himself has posted a review of Dick Wagner's new ebook 'Not Only Women Bleed' on Amazon which you can read here.
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| New Live Album |
07 Jan 2012 |
On February 13th Concert Live will be releasing a 2 CD remixed version of the London Alexandra Place show on October 29th 2011 under the title "No More Mr Nice Guy Live". You can pre-order from both AmazonUK and AmazonUS (import) now. The track listing is as follows:
Disc 1
The Black Widow / Brutal Planet / I'm Eighteen / Under my Wheels / Billion Dollar Babies / No More Mr Nice Guy / Hey Stoopid / Is it my Body? / Halo of Flies
Disc 2
I'll Bite your Face Off / Muscle of Love / Only Women Bleed / Cold Ethyl / Feed my Frankenstein / Clones (We're All) / Poison / Wicked Young Man / I Love the Dead / Schools Out / Elected / Fire (with Arthur Brown)
Of course Concert Live have already released this recording as one of their instant live shows back in October, and the show has been aired on TV in both the UK and US, but this will apparently be a properly remixed version of this performance.
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| Wagner Book Released |
01 Jan 2012 |
Dick Wagner has released his new autobiography, "Not Only Women Bleed", as a Kindle download via AmazonUK and AmazonUS. If you don't own a Kindle device you can still read it using various downloadable programmes including the free PC reader from Amazon. A full "real" book release will follow later in 2011.
TMZ have some footage from the Hawaii New Year's Eve Show. It shows the AC band (with Damon stepping in for Orianthi) backing Steven Tyler and Alice on various Aerosmith tunes.
UPDATE: Blabbermouth have more footage.
Ryan Roxie has posted a New Year Message which includes a preview of his new TV show, a sequal to this years "Big Rock Show", entitled "All Excess with Ryan Roxie" which will feature an interview with Alice.
South County Times has an article about one of the snakes used on at the US shows this year.
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| New Year In Maui |
30 Dec 2011 |
According to Maui News Alice and the band will be performing at Mala Wailea (co-owned by Shep Gordon) in Hawaii on New Year's Eve on a bill that includes "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Simmons and Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, and producer Bob Rock with Tom Arnold acting as emcee. Alice performed in Hawaii last New Year's Eve in a band which also featured James Hetfield of Metallica and Mick Fleetwood. The event benefits the Maui Food Bank and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
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| Night Of Fear on UK and US TV |
29 Dec 2011 |
SKY3D are repeating the "Alice Cooper's Night Of Fear" show from Alexandra Palace, London TONIGHT at 10.30pm. The performance will also be shown several times on DirecTV's 3D channel 3net in the USA on New Years Eve/Day beginning at 3AM 1st January.
(Thanks Steve)
Beginning on Tuesday January 3rd Swedish Channel Two will air "The History Of Hard Rock", an 11 part series. The synopsis for part one mentions Alic Cooper.
Karen Hunter has updated her blog to cover the last days of the US tour with photos and stories.
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| Alice Plays Zappanale |
28 Dec 2011 |
Alice Cooper has been announced as headlining the final day ("Heavy Guitar Day") of Zappanale in Bad Doberan (near Rostock) on August 5, 2012. Tickets seem to go on sale on January 15th. More info on their website.
Alice can be heard during "Suzi Quatro In Search Of..." tonight on Radio Two. He also turned up on a previous episode which can be heard here.
Damon Johnson is hosting the "2nd Annual Concert for a Cause featuring Damon Johnson" on February 25th in Sterling. IL. There's a limited number of VIP tickets available for $50 while standard tickets are $20. Contact Ben at 815.590.6936 for info or tickets or check out the event facebook page for info and updates.
Brave Words have posted a photo gallery from the Bridgeport show on December 3rd. Hard Rock Heaven have a review of the Ohio show with photos.
Alice has drawn a portrait of Freddie Mercury which is being auctioned in aid of the Mercury Phoenix Trust. You can see the image and place bids now at Bandstores.
Ruta66 have a new interview with Neal Smith (in Spanish).
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| Alice In Germany |
21 Dec 2011 |
Alice Cooper has apparently been confirmed as playing the 'Rock Of Ages' festival in Seebronn, Germany which takes place between July 27th and 28th 2012 with Alice playing the 28th. Tickets are on sale now.
Alice will be on "The Sound of 2011" on BBC Five Live this Christmas Eve at 6pm. There is a video at the above link featuring Alice.
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| More Pudding |
20 Dec 2011 |
Xmas Pudding reports come from AZ Central in another review and interview while Ultimate Classic Rock also have a short piece. Chuck, Tommy and Glen, with Bruce Kulick, backed Rob Halford who ran through a selection of Priest classics, Dash Cooper and Runaway Phoenix backed Orianthi in a short solo set while Alice and the full band ran through a set that included 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Poison', 'Hey Stoopid', 'Halo Of Flies', 'Eighteen', 'I'll Bite Your Face Off', 'Under My Wheels', 'School's Out', 'Elected' and 'Run Rudolph Run'.
Hit Channel have an interview with Bob Ezrin talking but Alice and his career.
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| Fox News |
18 Dec 2011 |
Alice was on Fox News again this year to promote last night's Pudding show. They also have a report from the show itself and a review.
Cinema Dave has posted a longer version of his interview with Alice.
MikeDolbear.com has an interview with Glen Sobel.
Palm Beach New Times has a review of the Hollywood, FL show with a great discription of Alice live: "Alice Cooper is a puppeteer in a world of CGI". The Palm Beach Post also has a review while Creative Loafing has photos from Atlanta (where Damon Johnson joined the band for 'School's Out'!).
Nights With Alice Cooper has a Xmas competition to win various swag (US only).
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| Alice Does Skype |
13 Dec 2011 |
If you want to get into the Christmas spirit Skype have a cool little gizmo on their site right now which features the full Alice band hamming it up while playing 'We Wish You A Merry Christmas', which can be customised to end with a greeting to the person of your choice.
Miami New Times, Tuscon Examiner and the Huffington Post all have interviews and photos with Alice.
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| Switzerland too! |
13 Dec 2011 |
Next summer is starting to take shape with the addition of a show in Switzerland on August 3rd at the 'Rock Oz'arenes' festival in Avenches, Switzerland. Tickets appear to be available now.
Classic Rock Revisted has a long interview with Dennis Dunaway.
The title of the forthcoming Sam Dunn Alice Cooper documentary has been announced as 'Vincent Goes To Hell: An Alice Cooper Doc Opera". The Canadian financed film is tentatively scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next September.
Apparently Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander will no longer be appearing at the Xmas Pudding show this weekend. Also The Gin Blossoms have been forced to pull out due to contractual conflicts with a local festival show they are booked to play in January. The contract stipulates they can`t play another show within a certain distance of the festival, even a CHARITY show!
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| Alice In Sweden |
12 Dec 2011 |
Alice Cooper has been announced as headlining the Skogsröjet festival in Rejmyre, Sweden which takes place on the 10th-11th August next year. The tickets costs SEK 530 for festival pass or SEK 635 for the Festival and camping, and are bookable now.
Dick Wagners' facebook interview from this weekend can be read now here.
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| Interviews |
09 Dec 2011 |
AV Club have a long interview with Alice, taking him through a playlist of Cooper songs from the early years to 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', while Go Erie and the Chicago Sun Times have short interviews with Alice.
Dick Wagner will be the guest for the "Facebook Music Interview" this Sunday December 11th at 11am PST / 2pm EST (North America) / 7pm (UK) / 8pm (Euro).
There's another new Roxie interview over at UberRock while The Gauntlet has a report of the London guitar clinic and show.
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| Blue Coupe In Europe |
06 Dec 2011 |
Dennis Dunaway and Blue Coupe will be in France in April playing the following shows:
April 19th - Bastia (Corsica) - Jazz Equinoxe
April 20th - Peymeinade (Nice) - Salle des Fêtes
April 21th - Arles - Le Cargo
Hopefully more shows will be added.
CSNPhilly have a report form the Atlantic City show.
There's a fan's review and photos from the Bristol show here.
CovChurch have an article about Alice promoting Solid Rock in Phoenix.
Blabbermouth have a video interview, by Rhythm Magazine, with Glen Sobel showing off his kit.
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| Pudding Time |
05 Dec 2011 |
More acts have been announced for the 'Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding show' next week. Alice will front a 'Super Band' on the night the line up of which includes current AC guitarist Orianthi, Rob Halford (Judas Priest), Brian "Head" Wetch (Korn), The Tubes, John Corabi (Union, ESP, Motley Crue), Bruce Kulick (Kiss/ESP/Union), and Kip Winger (Winger/AC).
If you donate you could also be in with the chance to be a "Roadie For A Day' in a special draw.
The New York Times has an article about the 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' with quotes from Alice.
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| Calico's American Dream |
03 Dec 2011 |
Calico Cooper is part of a new project called 'Finding The American Dream' which will be a new show following her travels across the United States and interviewing people about what the 'American Dream' means to them, if it still exists. The show is looking for backing via Kickstarter, a site at which you can pledge money ($5 upwards) to support the project in return for special access to reports and other benefits starting with signed DVD's up to being in the film or getting credited as a producer depending on the amount you pledge.
The Waterloo Record has a new interview with Alice.
The new issue of Classic Rock magazine has a review of the London show with photos, and chooses 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' as #14 in it's critics list of albums for 2011. Alice (amongst others) will also be on the cover of the 100th issue of Revolver magazine in the US whihc hits newstands on December 13th.
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| Alice In Montreal |
02 Dec 2011 |
Alice will apparently be a guest at the 2012 'Show Harley', a Harley Davison Motorbike show on January 28th 2012 at the Bell Center in
Montreal. The website suggests this is a full band show playing a greatest hits set. Tickets are on sale now.
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| New Album? |
02 Dec 2011 |
Sergio at Ruta66 in Spain interviewed Alice on Toulouse and you can read it (in Spanish) here. In the interview Alice apparently suggests that the next Alice Cooper album will be recorded in 2013 by the original Alice Cooper band, Neal, Dennis, Michael and himself, with Bob Ezrin producing. Of course as with anything said this far in advance it may or may not happen.
CT Post also has an interview with Alice promoting the Bridgeport show on Saturday.
 Runaway Phoenix (Dash Cooper's band) have recently released their first single: "Tug of War (feat. Alice Cooper)" on iTunes, Amazon MP3 (US), Amazon MP3 (UK) & Spotify. Alice performs an intro for the new song. The band will also be performing at this years Xmas Pudding show in Phoenix.
The Times-Union reviews the Albany show.
Ryan Roxie was interviewed at the Gibson Custom Event in Frankfurt last month and techheads can check it out on YouTube. Roxie is planning a new box set for 2012 which will feature the 'Dad's Porno Mag', ' Peace Love And Armageddon', and 'Two Sides To Every Story' along with a bunch of Unreleased songs from Roxie 77 and other Roxie bands.
Karen Hunter has updated her road blog with some behind the scenes stories and photos from the end of the European tour.
Just in time for Xmas you can buy your Alice Cooper Christmas Stocking direct from the AC store!
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TOUR DATES
US/ UK
All dates subject to change
Updated:
January 20, 2012 12:33 PM
Newest additions/ changes in Yellow
28th January 2012
Montreal, Canada
Europe 2012
28th July 2012
Seebronn, Germany
August 3rd 2012
Avenches, Switzerland
August 5th 2012
Bad Doberan, Germany
August 8th 2012
Gothenburg, Sweden
August 10/11th 2012
Rejmyre, Sweden
August 12th 2012
Bloodstock, UK
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