Rebel Magazine has a new interview with Alice in their May issue and online.

Alice was at the Coyotes game the other night and NHL.com have a short interview with him while the Vancouver Sun has a report.

Sherilyn Fenn talks about Alice and the forthcoming "Bigfoot" movie at the Detroit Free Press.
Posted on 17 May 2012

RockzoneUK has an audio interview with Roxie in two parts which you can find here.

The Huffington post meanwhile has interviewed Dick Wagner and you can read that here.
Posted on 14 May 2012

Not unexpectedly the 'Dark Shadows" party show has generated a fair amount of publicity in the last 24 hours or so although most reports are based around the same video clips. PerezHilton have a short clip of Alice and Depp playing 'No More Mr Nice Guy', LA Times has a video interview with Alice while the AC facebook page has added a ton of photos from the party as well.

Alice Cooper and Slash are featured on the front cover of the new issue of Revolver magazine in the USA. It hits the stands May 15th.

Blue Coupe will also be opening the Pittsburg show on July 15th as well as the previously announced Bethlehem, PA show on July 1st.
Posted on 09 May 2012

As mentioned a few days ago Alice was at the premiere of 'Dark Shadows' last night, but even better he and the band (with Keri Kelli stepping in for Roxie) played a surprise set at Tim Burton's after-show party with Johnny Depp, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joining the band for a couple of songs. AC.com has photos and more details while you can check out 'A Whole Lotta Love' on YouTube now!


Posted on 08 May 2012

Alice Cooper will be performing in Peoria, IL on July 20th at the Civic Center Theater. Pre-sale begins on May 9, 2012 at 10:00am local time with the Public on sale on May 11, 2012 at 10:00am local.
Posted on 08 May 2012

Alice talks to Entertainment Weekly about 'Dark Shadows' and his other movie appearances.

Lip Service are giving away tickets to be Chuck Garric's special guest at an upcoming Cooper show. Just fill in the form on their page to be in with a chance of winning.

Glen Sobel will be taking part in the John Bonham Birthday Bash which takes place May 31st in West Hollywood. He joins drummers Carmine and Vinnie Appice, Frankie Banali, Simon Wright and Steven Adler performing Led Zeppelin classics on a replica Bonham drum kit.

Sound Of Silence have photos of Roxie and his new pedal board which they have created for the forthcoming tour so all techheads can see what the man is using.

DecibelGeek feature Dick Wagner in their latest podcast which you can listen to here.
Posted on 06 May 2012

'The Rock at 32nd Street' in Phoenix has officially opened for religious services, with the Teen Center opening May 16th. The center has been a dream of Alice and Sheryl Cooper and Alice's Solid Rock Foundation's plans for 12 years.

Chuck Garric will be on KOLO in Reno, NV tomorrow morning at
6.15am local time promoting the May 11th charity show at CommRow.
Update: You can see Chuck's appearance now here.

Alice is interviewed very briefly by Artisans News about the Bonnaroo Festival appearance.

Ace Showbiz has a new clip from 'Dark Shadows' which, while Alice isn't in it personally, does mention Alice. Note the clip doesn`t seem to play in Firefox but is fine in Explorer.

Bob Ezin has been announced as producing the forthcoming new Deep Purple album this year.

Dick Wagner has announced his plans for the coming months. For full details of recording and shows check out his facebook page but here are the confirmed gigs:
June 29th - Mt. Clemens Stars and Stripes Festival, Mt. Clemens, MI
July 14th - Whites Bar, Saginaw, MI (Afternoon show)
July 27th - Callahans Club, Pontiac, MI
October 28th - Tibbit's Opera House, Coldwater, MI
Posted on 01 May 2012

Alice was interviewed for the film 'Who Shot Rock & Roll' which will be aired exclusively at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. 'Who Shot Rock & Roll' will open on June 23, 2012 and runs through October 7, 2012.

Alice will also be at the world premiere of 'Dark Shadows' at Grauman's Chinese Theater in LA on May 7th so watch for him to pop up amongst all the news reports the event is sure to get.

Tom Schulte has posted three interviews he has conducted with Neal Smith for Outsight Radio to Archive.org and you can listen to them now.

'School's Out' is featured on the next episode of hit US show 'Glee' which airs in the US on May 1st. It's a pretty acurate cover of the classic and you can watch a preview below courtesy of Access Hollywood. [UPDATE: Video has been removed, sorry]
Posted on 28 Apr 2012

According to the festival website Alice Cooper will be playing the Main Stage at the Ottawa Bluesfest at the on July 7th with Iron Maiden headlining. Tickets go on sale 28th April. 'Monster Truck' open the show.

Fox Phoenix has an interview with Alice at the annual AC Golf Tournament last weekend.

Media Mikes has a new interview with Neal Smith.

AFGM have a new interview with Steve Hunter.

Runaway Phoenix (feat. Dash Cooper) will be opening for 'Love And Death' on April 28th at The Venue in Scottsdale. 'Love And Death' are the new band featuring last year's Xmas Pudding performer and ex-Korn guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch.
Posted on 25 Apr 2012

According to LehighValleyLive Alice Cooper will be performing at Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, PA on July 1st, with tickets on sale this Friday at 10am. The venue site says that Blue Coupe will be opening the show!! 

Glen Sobel will be playing at the Baked Potato in Hollywood on May 15th with guitarist Adrian Galysh.

Ryan Roxie has posted a video trailer, featuring Alice, for his forthcoming "All Excess with Ryan Roxie"

Posted on 23 Apr 2012

Chuck Garric is hosting a 'School's Out For Diabetes' benefit show on May 11th at 'Cargo' at  Commrow in Reno, NV. Chuck and 'Lavish Green' will perform with guests Sil Shoda and Liam Kyle Cahill. There are special 'eat and greet' tickets for $25 which include access to the soundcheck and a VIP gift while normal tickets are $8 in advance and $10 on the door. All proceeds go to the Nevada Diabetes Association.

Support on the US headline shows between June 11th and 22nd will be LA based rockers Venrez.

Joe Bouchard now has a CDBaby page where you can check out his latest solo album "Tales From The Island". Joe has recently been in the studio with band mates Dennis Dunaway and brother Albert Bouchard working on the new Blue Coupe album due later this year. The band are in Corsica today beginning a series of French shows as follows:
April 19th - Jazz Equinox, Bastia
April 20th - Salle Des Fetes, Peymenade
April 21st - Le Cargo, Arles
On their return Dennis, along with Alice and Michael Bruce, will be at the Chiller Expo on April 27th-29th.
Posted on 19 Apr 2012

Alice remembers the legendary Dick Clark who passed away yesterday: "I used to come home from elementary school to watch American Bandstand.  It had all the new songs, all the new dances, and it had the happiest guy in the world presenting them to you.  I had no idea that later in my career I would know Dick Clark on a professional level. I ran into him some years ago, and he said to me “Hey Coop, if you had your own radio show, what would it be like?” I told him it would be more like the free form FM stations of the 60’s, where the DJ’s actually played what they liked and demographics didn’t play a role. He said ‘Alice, why don’t you do it then?’ Just like that, my radio show Nights With Alice Cooper was born.  It's been 9 years later and I’m still on the air!  And let me just add that NOBODY loved rock 'n' roll more than Dick Clark!"
Posted on 19 Apr 2012

Alice Cooper will be playing at 'Sporting Monte Carlo' in Monte Carlo, Monaco on August 1st as part of the Sporting Summer Festival. Tickets are on sale now for E160 which seems to include Dinner!
Posted on 16 Apr 2012

Alice with Sheryl attended this years 'Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame' event yesterday in Cleveland, OH and various sites have photos, quotes etc including The Examiner, Washington Post, Globe And Mail, WKYC(video), and Cleveland Plain Dealer.

I'm getting a lot of emails about the new Alice Cooper biography due in June. I have mentioned it here a couple of times since it first turned up on Amazon a few months ago, but as people seem to have missed it here's the links and info again: Entitled 'Welcome To My Nightmare: The Alice Cooper Story' it's written by Dave Thomson and published by Omnibus Press on June 13th in the UK and and September 1st in the USA. The discription says: "Drawing from exclusive and unpublished interviews with a variety of names and faces from throughout Alice’s career, the book follows Cooper’s tale from his life growing up as a preacher’s son in Arizona, through the early years of struggle in Phoenix and then Los Angeles, and then onto the rollercoaster ride that has been the years since then.Includes interviews with original bandmates Michael Bruce and the late Glenn Buxton, drummer Neal Smith, the late Frank Zappa, manager Shep Gordon and producer Bob Ezrin."
You can pre-order at AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

Reuters have footage of Alice at the Revolver Awards last week.

Adalaide Now have an interview with Orianthi, who is in Australia to perform with Michael Bolton.

The second part of Metal Shrine's Ryan Roxie interview is also up for you to read here.

This years Alice Cooper golf tournament has officially sold out. The event takes place April 23rd at the Las Sendas Golf Club in Phoenix in aid of The Rock. The announcement reads: "We are pleased to announce our tournament is officially sold out! Thanks to all of our sponsors and golfers who are helping Alice and Sheryl Cooper make a difference in the lives of teens in our community...you all truly rock"
Posted on 15 Apr 2012

Alice was at the Golden Gods awards in Los Angeles last night and a series of photos have been posted to the official facebook page. Alice (who sounds like he has a cold or something) also joined Slash on stage to perform 'School's Out'. The full show is apparently being streamed on Xbox Live but you can see Alice and Slash's performance on YouTube or by clicking the top video on the right.

After Alice let it slip on 'Nights With Alice Cooper' a couple of weeks ago, it's now been officially confirmed that Ryan Roxie is back in the band. In the press release Alice says "It's great to bring Ryan back into the fold. This band just destroys on stage, and with Ryan back on board, he will only kick things into a higher gear. Ryan Roxie is a fan favorite. He plays like a tornado, and we can't wait to turn him loose and let him tear into this tour." As expected the rest of the band is unchanged with Chuck Garric on bass, Glen Sobel on drums and Tommy Henriksen and Orianthi on guitars along with Roxie.
Metal Shrine have posted the first part of a two part interview with Roxie discussing his return to the band. The second part should be up in a day or so.

Keri Kelli will be touring with Chris Slade Steel Circle again this year. There appears to be no UK dates but catch the band in Europe at the following shows:
14th April Norway - Grimstad
16th April Belgium - Verviers
18th April Italy - Rome
19th April Italy - Bruneck
20th April Austria - Telfs
21st April Switzerland - Veysonnaz
Posted on 12 Apr 2012

A reminder that Alice will be appearing on tonight's edition of "That Metal Show" at 10pm on VH-1 Classic in the USA.

AZFamily have a video report of Alice's presentation speech at the Paradise Valley School Board on Thursday as well as an uncut version of the speech.

Steve Hunter now has a page at Soundcloud called 'DeaconWorld' where you can hear a selection of Karen and Steve's current work.

Dick Wagner is featured in 'The Arizona Music Show' which you can watch on YouTube.

Orianthi is featured on the new single by Dave Stewart as well appearing in the video for 'Girl In A Catsuit' which you can check out here.

The 'Story of Rock And Roll Comics" DVD which we mentioned a few days ago has a UK release date of 7th May. The film features interview footage with Alice.
Posted on 07 Apr 2012

Alice Cooper will be at the Arrowhead Elementary School in Phoenix tomorrow to present the Governing Board of the Paradise Valley Unified School District with $20,000 worth of musical instruments on behalf of the 'Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation'. 

Tommy Henriksen has been working with dance singer Cotten Eye Jane. Tommy co-wrote, produced, engineered and mixed her new single 'I Need A Man' which you can hear over at YouTube.

Karen and Steve Hunter have recorded a tribute to the legendary Les Paul (and Mary Ford) entitled 'Just One More Night' which you can take a listen to on YouTube. Steve's 'What's Going On' from his forthcoming solo album is also available now from CDBaby.

Swedish band Badmouth have decided to pay tribute to Alice Cooper by performing an AC song when they perform at the Skogsrojet festival. You can vote for which song they will play here.
Posted on 04 Apr 2012

Alice Cooper will be playing The Midland in Kansas City, MO on June 15th. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

The extended version of Alice's appearance on 'Room 101' finally aired on Saturday night and can be seen now at iPlayer although this is likely viewable in the UK only.

Rock-Interviews have a new interview wih Dick Wagner.

Ultimate Classic Rock has a photo and short article about the upcoming Alice Cooper golf tournament.
Posted on 03 Apr 2012

Gibson have an article on the original bands classic sound and interview Michael Bruce and Dennis Dunaway.

Glen Sobel has been recording with 'Villains De Vaudeville', a new band project from Kenny Kweens (LA Guns), in California for an album which should be released in the summer.

Alice appears as one of many stars interviewed about the legendary Detroit venue The Grande Ballroom (where the band played many times in the early days) in a new documentary entitled 'Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story' by director Tony D'Annunzio. Metro Times have more about the film.

Alice is also interviewed for another documentary, this time 'The Story Of Rock and Roll Comics' which is due out on DVD in the USA on April 24th. The film is the story of Todd Loren, publisher of a series of comic biographies back in the early 90s including one based on the Alice Cooper story.
Posted on 31 Mar 2012

From AC.com:
The storage facility in Los Angeles which houses the Alice Cooper Archives was broken into on March 27, along with three other storage units. A police report has been filed. Items missing include a large quantity of original vinyl records, a jacket, and the original sculpture which was used for the cover of the "Hey Stoopid" album.
With multiple units broken into, we don't believe Alice's Archives was specifically targeted.
If anyone sees anything suspicious or hears anything about these stolen items -- especially on the internet or in Los Angeles -- please let us know at archives@alicecooper.com. Thanks Sickthings!
Posted on 29 Mar 2012

RealAliceCooper just tweeted that Alice Cooper will be playing the Pageant Theater in St Louis, MO on June 16th. Tickets go on sale March 30th.
Posted on 26 Mar 2012

For those of you who missed the Jagermeister 4D event at Battersea Power Station in London last year (featuring the original band and Steve Hunter), a clip of 'School's Out' from the 'Broadcast' has surfaced on YouTube with the promise the rest of the show will follow.

The official Alice Facebook page has posted photos of Alice's costume for the 'Dark Shadows' movie. Set in 1972 the costume recreates Alice's stage costume form the period, while Alice himself will be digitally retro-aged to make him look more like he did back then.

Arizona Golf Central magazine has a cover and article about Alice and you can read it on their site.
Posted on 26 Mar 2012

After a lot of anticipation over the weeks since Steve Hunter announced he would sadly not be touring with the band this year, Alice finally announced his replacement last night on 'Nights With Alice Cooper'. We're overjoyed to confirm that the one and only Ryan Roxie is back in the Alice Cooper band for the forthcoming tour!!! He'll be joining Tommy Henriksen and Orianthi on guitar, Chuck Garric on bass and Glenn Sobel on drums. Alice added that Steve Hunter will still be involved with future recordings.
Roxie, of course, previously toured and recorded with Alice between 1996 and 2006 and became a big part of Alice Cooper shows for those years before stepping down to spend more time with his young family.

Ryan sent the following message through:
"I can't even begin to express how excited I am to have the opportunity to be a part of this years touring line-up….to be able to contribute musically with Alice & the band, perform for all you faithful Cooper fans, and have the chance to play guitar on stage next to one of rock music's coolest icons….well, let's just say I definitely plan to 'enjoy the ride'….and yes, just like all good sports-related interview ending quotes, I also plan on 'taking it one show at a time' and giving it '110%' ;) ….looking forward to seeing all you Sick Things out there in 2012!"
Posted on 22 Mar 2012

A second slightly longer trailer for the forthcoming remake of 'Dark Shadows' has been released, and this one has some additional clips showing Alice's appearance in the film. You can see the trailer here as well as some stills from the clip.

Alice picks five of his favourite vinyl records for The Vinyl District.

Flickr has some photos of Dennis Dunaway and Blue Coupe bandmate Al Bouchard at this year's 'Joe Hurley and Friends' St Patricks Day gig that took place Saturday night in NY.

'Weclome 2 My Nightmare has been nominated for the 'Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award' for best audio. Voting is via email and goes on until April 1st.
Posted on 19 Mar 2012

From AC.com: At about noon [yesterday], Alice Cooper delivered the Graduation Commencement Speech to 600 rowdy and dangerous graduates from The Musician's Institute in Los Angeles. He opened by joking "First of all, the fact that I am here as your keynote speaker raises a lot of red flags. It show's an obvious lack of judgment on your part."
Alice also received an Honorary Doctorate from The Musician's Institute, the second Doctorate award he has received in his career. Cooper said of the honor, "One more of these and I can write prescriptions".
Check out more at AC.com which photos and video to follow.

Glen Sobel has posted a new video and is offering private drum lessons in Los Angeles while not out on the road. You can contact him via GlenSobel.com for details.

5th Avenue Vampires (featuring Dennis Dunaway and Richie Scarlet) will be releasing two new songs from their forthcoming second album, tentatively entitled 'Not Just A Bad Dream', this coming Thursday. The first song, 'White Ladies', is written by Richie and vocalist Joe Von T and also features Dennis and drummer Russ Wilson (DDP). A demo of the track has been on the bands official site for a while now. The second track, 'I'm Your Nightmare', was written by Joe and Jason Fresta and features a guest appearance by Dick Wagner on guitar and organ and Jason Fresta on guitar and Bass. The songs will be available via the bands facebook page or official website.
The band is also offering a free copy of the new CD to whoever comes up with the best video for 'I'm Your Nightmare'. Just upload your video to YouTube and send the URL to the band via the sites above to be considered.

Speaking of Dick Wagner, the Maestro of Rock has posted the first song from his recent travels to Italy where he worked with Italian band The Mugshots. The song is a cover of the Wagner penned AC classic 'Pass The Gun Around' from 'Dada' and can be heard now at Soundcloud[UPDATE: The song has now been removed].
Posted on 18 Mar 2012

According to Guitar World the legendary Alice Cooper concert film is finally coming to DVD on May 22nd via Shout! Factory. The 1979 concert film was originally released on VHS way back in the early 80s but has been officially unavailable ever since. Recorded live on the 'Madhouse Rocks' (From The Inside) tour on April 9th 1979 in San Diego, CA the film features almost the full show included many of Alice's classic theatrical tricks.
(Thanks Josepha)

AC.com is now selling tickets for the recently announced shows including VIP packages.

Alice will be the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at the Musicians Institute Of Technology on March 17th at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

Casablanca, the new(ish) band featuring the ever wonderful Ryan Roxie, release their debut album on Monday in the UK entitled 'Apocalyptic Youth'. The band will play shows around Sweden during April.

'Nights With Alice Cooper' is supporting the 'Ride For Autism,' an overnight motorcycle poker run that will take place March 23-24. The run begins at the Cajun Harley-Davidson in Lafayette, LA., and ends at the Flora-Bama Lounge in Perdido Key. Alice has donated a pair of his pants-autographed-and one of his golf score cards to be auctioned off.

Speaking of auctions Alice himself (kinda) has signed up to Ebay to auction items from his personal collection of music memorabilia, with proceeds going to Solid Rock. There are currently two items up for grabs: A framed photo of the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, and a Elvis Presley framed Litho Print. Check them out here.
Posted on 16 Mar 2012

Legendary Rock Interviews have been chatting to Dennis Dunaway and you can read the results here.

Alice turns up in "Sunset Strip: The Movie" which premiere's Friday in Austin Texas. You can check out the trailer that briefly features a clip of Alice at Bravewords.

Apologies for the following, but not speaking the language involved makes it a little hard to work out exactly what this is about. There's a video up on YouTube which features footage of the famous Alice Cooper hologram by Dali. It appears it is being displayed at an event called 3Dali.

Glen Sobel has signed a new sponsorship deal with Gibraltar Custom Racks.

Amazing icelandic band DIMMA have a new EP out entitled 'Dogma' which also features their excellent cover of 'Halo Of Flies' featuring Dennis Dunway on bass. The EP also includes a new original song and five live DIMMA classics. It's available on GB Records for $8 + $5 shipping worldwide (total $13) directly from the band. Just email igeirdal@gmail.com or paypal the correct amount to that email address including your details in the mesage box.

SkyArts are showing the 'British Rock Symphony' show from 1999 this Friday at 10pm. Alice is featured performing a couple of songs.

Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad have named the cover of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare' one of the most tasteless and stupid covers ever!!
Posted on 14 Mar 2012

Three new shows have been announced. They are:
June 11th - North Charleston, SC - Performing Arts Center
June 12th - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theater
June 19th - Louisville, KY - Iroquois Park

Alice was at the John Varvatos benefit yesterday (March 11th) which was part of the 'John Varvatos Stuart House Online Auction' campaign. You can still bid on a round of golf with Alice over at Charitybuzz.

Orianthi played a special show on March 2nd with American Idol finalist James Durbin in Burbank, CA in aid of the Rock School Scholarship Fund. The pair played Dio classic 'Rainbow In The Dark' and Orianthi also performed he own 'Heaven In This Hell' with the School Of Rock (North Hollywood) amongst other songs. They also auctioned an Orianthi signiture PRS guitar. There's video on the link above.
Posted on 12 Mar 2012

Amazon are listing a NEW version of 'No More Mr Nice Guy Live' to be released on April 10th through EMM. A double CD, this looks like it will NOT be the same as the ConcertLive CD that has been listed as a new release on Amazon for some time, and was also available to buy at shows last year. Although there is no official confirmation yet it is possible that while both were recorded at the Alexandra Palace on 29th October, this will be a properly mixed and produced CD. You can preorder at AmazonUK and AmazonUS now.

Also listed on Amazon is a reissue of the tribute abum released a few years ago. Entitled 'Going To Hell: A Tribute To Alice Cooper" this appears from the track list to simply be the 'Humanary Stew' album reissued with a new title. The second time this has happened as it was also reissued as 'Welcome To The Nightmare' with a couple of bonus tracks. It's listed on AmazonUK and AmazonUS.

Yesterday's BBC radio documentary 'Your World' is now available to listen to at the BBC.

Legendary Rock Interviews has a new interview with Neal Smith.

The official Alice Cooper Facebook page has posted so very cool photos from the archives which you can check out here.

Sunday Times photographer Theo Fakos has won an award with four of his photos, the first of which features a couple of  familiar faces.
Posted on 11 Mar 2012

Alice has been announced as one of the guests on Season 10 of 'That Metal Show.' The highly successful US VH-1 show is back March 31st with Alice on the April 7th show.

CharityBuzz is holding the 'John Varvatos Stuart House Online Auction' and one of the things up for grabs is a round of golf with Alice. The only stipulation is that to bid you muct have a golf handicap of less then 20. All proceeds go to The Rape Foundation In Support of Stuart House.
Posted on 08 Mar 2012

Various ticketing sites including ticketmaster are listing Alice Cooper as performing at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, MS on June 8th. Tickets go on sale 7th March.

Alice was at the "Patrick Warburton Golf for Kids" golf event at the weekend and got up on stage for a jam with Robbie Krieger of the Doors, Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MGs, drummer Danny Seraphine of Chicago, Tommy Thayer of Kiss and drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt. Alice sang The Doors' “Back Door Man” and “Roadhouse Blues”. The event raised $310,000 for charity.
Posted on 06 Mar 2012

Alice Cooper and Dennis Dunaway have been added to the list of guests at this years Chiller Theatre Convention which takes place between the 27th and 29th of April at the Hilton in Parsippany, New Jersey.

In other Dunaway news, Dennis has started posting a daily report to facebook following the legendary 'Billion Dollar Babies' tour of 1973 with photos and he encourages comments from others that might have been there at the time. 
Dennis and Cindy Dunaway were also at RIFF in the Bowery, NYC earlier this week for a music themed art event hosted by Andy Hilfiger. The Wall Street Journal ran a report, with a photo of the Dunaways, and Dennis performed with Hilfiger, Marky Ramone and Michael H for a forthcoming HGTV show called 'Selling NY', airdate to follow.

The BBC World Service is listing a show called "Your World" for next Saturday (with repeats Sunday and Monday). The 25 minute show is described as "A profile of musician Alice Cooper, who welcomes us to his theatrical world of rock horror."

Alice has been announced as appearing at the 'Annika & Friends' charity golf event at Sandestin Golf And Beach resort in South Walton, FL on May 12th/13th.

Robert Kenney recently did a photo shot for Dick Wagner while he was at NAMM and you can see the photos at AP Images.

Finally, there could be some downtime for STUK over the next couple of days while I do some updates and impliment a new look to the site. Some things can only be tested 'live' so you may expect some strange behavior on occasions, but I'll try and keep it to a minimum.
Posted on 04 Mar 2012

Revolver have posted an amusing commercial for the Golden Gods awards, which take place April 11th at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

The Music Zoo have the Signature Dennis Dunaway Fender Jazz bass available and have some very cool photos of it as well. Each bass comes with a certificate signed by Dennis. You can also see Dennis playing with his daughter Renee Dunaway at a show in Stamford a couple of years ago over at YouTube.

Roxie 77 are lined up to play at Sigurdsgatan 25 in Vasteras, Sweden on March 2nd.

MLive have an interview with Damon Johnson in advance of the Brother Cane shows later this week, which will also have Chuck Garric on bass.

CBS5AZ have an interview and a couple of photos with Dick Wagner.
Posted on 28 Feb 2012

More coverage of the Dollar Loan Center private show earlier this month. Chuck was also there, backing Alice and Gary Mule Deer (with Ron Keel on Guitar) and you can see photos and a video at the Dollar Loan site. There's also photos of Alice's appearance there last year if you scroll down.

Palladia.tv is repeating 'Download Festival 2011' (which features Alice Cooper footage of course) during March on the 1st, 3rd and 12th.
Posted on 26 Feb 2012

Sky Arts have posted three clips from tomorrow night's 'Ronnie Wood Show' which airs at 11pm. The first clip shows Ronnie and Alice talking about The Stones and Detroit, the second shows Alice and Ronnie messing around on 'Wake Up Little Suzy', while the third doesn`t appear to be working for me right now!

SFGate have a report of Alice's appearance at the Dollar Loan Centre private event in Las Vegas a few days ago. The event donated $200,000 to Solid Rock and Alice appeared on stage with Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer of Kiss, Mick Fleetwood and Jack Blades of Night Ranger.

Music Legends have posted a recent interview with Dick Wagner which you can listen to here.

A couple of months back Oprah magazine featured a long article/interview about Shep Gordon which has now appeared online so everyone can see it.
Posted on 23 Feb 2012

Lots of reports this morning from last night's 'Alice Cooper Bubblehead Night' at the Phoenix Coyotes game at Jobbing.com Arena. Most repeat an Associated Press article which you can read here, but a few have something different. NHL.com have a short video and interview. Dallas News have a photo of Alice on the ice. Fox Sports have a photo of Alice and his Bobblehead and RealAliceCooper posted a photo on Twitter.
Posted on 19 Feb 2012

Two more shows have already been added to the Iron Maiden/Alice Cooper tour. They are Summerfest at the Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee, WI on 4th July and Rock Fest in Cadott, WI on July 21st. Tickets for the latter are available now.

Karen Hunter now has a page up at ReverbNation where you can listen to a few songs from her album, which feature Steve Hunter of course.
Posted on 18 Feb 2012

Another new European show has been announced. Alice Cooper will be playing at Wrightegaarden in Langesund,  Norway on the 7th August. Tickets went on sale this morning for 495.00 NOK.

The amazing Roxie 77 have been added to the bill for the Skogsrojet Festival in Sweden on 10th and 11th August. Alice plays the same festival on August 10th.

Alice was at the launch of this years Revolver Golden Gods awards and you can see the press conferance here. Rolling Stone also interviewed Alice at the event which you can read here.

Glen Sobel has posted a video on YouTube recapping last years tour. Check it out here.

Houston Press has an interview with Dick Wagner and a review of his book, 'Not Only Women Bleed', which is out now in digital form from Amazon.
Posted on 17 Feb 2012

Iron Maiden have announced that they will be touring North America and Canada starting June 21st and that Alice Cooper will be "very special guest" at all shows up to July 21st. This would mean Alice Cooper will be playing the following shows:
21st June - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23rd June - Atlanta, GA - Aarons Amphitheatre
26th June - Boston, MA - Comcast Center
27th June - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach
29th June - Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
30th June - Washington, DC - Jiffy Lube Live
2nd July - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
5th July - Chicago, IL - First Midwest Bank
8th July - Quebec, QC - Colisee Pepsi Arena
11th July - Montreal, QC - Bell Center
13th July - Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
14th July - Sarnia, ON - Bayfest
16th July - Buffalo, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
18th July - Detroit, MI - DTE Music Theatre
19th July - Indianapolis, IN - Klipsch Music Centre
If all this is correct it means the show mentioned earlier today in Greeley obviously isn`t happening. More dates could be added. Tickets go on sale March 2nd and 3rd with the Maiden Fan Club getting pre-sales.
Posted on 15 Feb 2012

Various internet sites are advertising Alice Cooper playing at the Greeley Stampede in Greeley, CO on June 30th. In appears tickets go on sale from 9am Saturday.
UPDATE: Obviously incorrect going by the above announcement.
Posted on 15 Feb 2012

Alice Cooper will be performing at the Bonnaroo Festival on June 9th in Manchester, TN. Tickets go on sale Saturday.

NBC Sport and Yahoo Sports have a piece on the Phoenix Coyotes Alice Cooper night on February 8th.
Posted on 14 Feb 2012

Dick Wagner will be in Italy for two weeks in order to produce an album for Italian band 'The Mugshots', which - besides four original songs by The Mugshots - will also include a cover of Alice Cooper's "Pass The Gun Around" featuring Dick on guitars, plus two songs by Dick himself: an unused Alice song and "Makin' Love In A Traffic Jam" (written by Dick Wagner & Vivian Rae). More info on the Mugshots at www.mugshots.it. Dick will also apparently be appearing with the band on February 25th and you can see a flyer for the show at their MySpace page.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a quote from Alice on the death of Whitney Houston yesterday. Alice was at the Dollar Loan Center awards party at Green Valley Ranch. He said "Every single girl -- every diva -- was trying to be like Whitney. She was the Barbra Streisand of her music. She had the purest voice of anybody."
Posted on 12 Feb 2012

From Steve Hunter (via Facebook):
"Hello all my peeps and fans. I have an announcement to make. I have spent many weeks mulling this over...losing sleep. For many reasons both personal and professional I have reluctantly decided not to join Alice Cooper onstage this year. None of the reasons has to do with my health which is very good at the moment. Nor do any have anything to do with my poor eyesight, because I was able to find ways around my impairment to enable me to perform and play guitar onstage. Nor is Alice any part of the reasons I have made this decision. He is a brother to me and we share a real history. I think it’s time I move on. I have a solo album to finish among other things. I will miss all the beautiful people I met last year. I will miss glancing over to my right and seeing Alice belting out 18 again. I hope you all understand and aren’t disappointed in me. But I think I have to do this. I hope to see you all out there again one day soon. Thanks for understanding and God bless!"
Posted on 11 Feb 2012

Alice Cooper will be playing the Fraze Pavilion in Dayton, OH on June 13th. Tickets go on sale February 18th at 9AM and range between $27.50 and $59.50.

According to the Hollywood Reporter Alice is to record a song for a forthcoming Paul McCartney tribute album set for release later this year. Also slated to be on the album are Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, BB King, Heart, Kiss, The Cure and many others.
Posted on 10 Feb 2012

Alice Cooper will be playing the Belgium Suikerrock Festival on July 27th. Tickets are on sale now from 45 Euro.

Alice was apparently at KSLX-FM yesterday being filmed for the forthcoming documentary.
Posted on 09 Feb 2012

Steve Hunter has launched his new website where you can find out about his CDs, gear and all sorts of other things. Check it out at SteveHunter.com.

The official AC YouTube has posted a video of Alice at the Phoenix Coyotes game on Monday promoting the Bobblehead Night there on February 18th.

Neal Smith has made a video for "Squeeze Like A Python" from the current 'KillSmith Two' album which you can get from NealSmithRocks.com.
Posted on 09 Feb 2012

According to TicketOne in Italy Alice Cooper will be playing Milan Civic Arena on July 30th. Tickets are E40,25 and appear to be on sale now.

AC.com is now selling a cool new Alice Cooper limited edition comic book style lithogram.

Sky Arts has posted a clip from the 2nd episode of 'Metal Evolution' on their website which featuires the original Alice Cooper band and Bob Ezrin. It appears they are airing the show in the UK at 9pm tonight!

The new Casablanca album (featuring Ryan Roxie) now has an official release date of March 16th through Rocket Songs. 'May The Rock Be With You' has more background info.
Posted on 07 Feb 2012

Rockpit Australia have posted an Alice interview from October 2011 to YouTube which includes some interesting stuff.

ClassicRockRevisited have a new interview with Dick Wagner talking about his new Biography, 'Not Only Women Bleed' which is available now.

A new book is listed for publication on June 13th entitled "Welcome To My Nightmare: The Alice Cooper Story". It's written by Dave Thomson and published by Omnibus Press but no other details at the moment.

There's a new interview with Sheryl Cooper on a show called 'Portraits' up on YouTube.

Some time ago we mentioned Alice had recorded an appearance for 'The Ronnie Wood Show' on Sky Arts. The series is due to start airing February 24th at 11pm, althoug it hasn`t been announced who is on which show yet. You can see a promo for the show (with a brief shot of Alice) here.
Posted on 06 Feb 2012

A quick reminder that Alice will be on 'Room 101' tonight on BBC1 at 8.30pm. It also appears the extended rerun due for Sunday is now not happening, but that version of the show may still be available online at the BBC iPlayer site.

Alice has been filming a part in a new Syfy channel movie, 'Bigfoot' in Seattle this week (Tuesday). The film also features Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch), Howard Hesseman (Head of the Class), Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), Andre Royo (The Wire). Bruce Davidson is directing. Entertainment Weekly have a photo of Alice on set in his stage gear, so presumably he will be playing himself. Alice tweeted "Next month I'll be shooting the new SyFy films "Rattlestork VS Sasquid" and "Rhinocerat VS Grizzlybat 2: Blood at Makeout Point".
Posted on 03 Feb 2012

According to 'Steamboat Days', Alice Cooper will be playing at their event in Burlington, IA on June 17th. Tickets for the week long event appear to on sale now.

La Depeche has an article with more details about the Carcassone show on August 2nd.
Posted on 31 Jan 2012

According to L'Independant in France Alice Cooper will be playing at Festival de la Citee in Carcassone on August 2nd.
(Thanks Francois)

More Room 101. Apparently there is an extended version of the show called 'Room 101 - Extra Storage' broadcast next Sunday at 11.30pm which obviously is a longer version of Friday's broadcast, so more Alice!
Posted on 29 Jan 2012

AC.com has posted a report and pics from the "Show Harley" gig in Montreal last night. As suggested last week Keri Kelli returned to the band for the show which featured a 60 minute setlist in front of a big screen with pyro at the end. The set list was as follows: The Black Widow / No More Mr Nice Guy / Under My Wheels / I'm Eighteen / I'll Bite Your Face Off / Billion Dollar Babies / Muscle Of Love / Feed My Frankenstein / Poison / School's Out / Elected / Brown Sugar / Born To Be Wild.
They also say to watch out for a big announcement in the next few weeks.

Tommy Henriksen has a song entitled "Live Or Die" on the new Meatloaf album 'Hell In A Handbasket' which is released in the USA and UK in a couple of weeks.

The Sun have a brief mention of Alice's appearance on 'Room 101' next week. The show features the guests picking items to be exiled to 'room 101' forever, and one of Alice's choices is reality show stars.
Posted on 29 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."
Posted on 27 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.
Posted on 25 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.
Posted on 23 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.
Posted on 21 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.
Posted on 20 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.
Posted on 16 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.
Posted on 13 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 fetes - 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.
Posted on 10 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.
Posted on 07 Jan 2012

Shooting Stars Photography have posted over 500 photos from the Hawaii New Year's Eve show.

Alice will be appearing on "Room 101" in the UK on February 3rd.

The Columbus Dispatch and Flipside have posted interviews with Alice.

The NME has Alice talking about his favourite guitar solo.
Posted on 05 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.
Posted on 01 Jan 2012