Blue Scarlet Coupe, featuring Dennis Dunaway, Richie Scarlet and Al Bouchard, will be playing the recently reopened 'Stone Pony' in Asbury Park, NJ on February 21st, opening for The New York Dolls. More info can be found at the DDP Myspace page (scroll down a bit).

As mentioned previously Damon Johnson and Whiskey Falls have scored the theme song "One Tough Cowboy", all other music, and will appear on camera for the 8-episode "Toughest Cowboy" series which premieres this Thursday, January 29, 11 p.m. ET/PT  on Spike TV. In addition to creating and singing the theme song and other music for the show, Whiskey Falls will also perform at the arenas as part of the Toughest Cowboy live tour. You can now download the theme song FREE at the 'Toughest Cowboy' site if you sign up.

Following on from the news of his new album, former Alice bassist/producer Erik Scott makes three appearances on 'Echoes', a nightly music show heard on 130 public US radio stations.They are:
Wednesday, January 28th & On-Line here.
Monday, February 2nd - 'Echoes February CD of the month'
Tuesday, February 24 'An Interview With Erik Scott'

The Ventura County Star has a new golf related interview with Alice. here. Yahoo has a short video of Alice at the Bob Hope press conference talking about.. Bob Hope!

There's an official press release about the previously mentioned Pushkings CD, which will feature Alice, here.

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Alice and Dash Cooper appeared together at a star-studded event to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which took place at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on January 9, 2009. Photos can be seen here and here.
(Thanks Glam)

Nights With Alice Cooper have an audio interview with Neal Smith online, and the chance to win the KillSmith CD.

As has been mentioned before, there's an updated edition of Dale Sherman's 'Illustrated Collectors Guide To Alice Cooper' on it's way in March. Dale has now finished his updates and you can pre-order at AmazonUS and AmazonUK now.

The latest Spin Magazine (Feb. 2009-Lily Allen cover) has a cool Alice encore feature on page 96. It's about the Dali hologram and includes a pic and commentary from Alice and Bob Gruen.
(Thanks Dave)

Spanish magazine 'Ruta66' has another Alice article, featuring some STUK pics! You can order a copy by sending an email to jorge@ruta66.es for details.

There's a new interview with Keri Kelli from NAMM at YouTube.

Having played at the Bob Hope Classic Alice is at another golf event at the moment, The FBR Open, so there's more golf coverage at MyDesert.com, The Desert Sun, Youtube, and an interview at ESPN Weekly 18.

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Quite a bit of golf coverage as Alice is appearing at the annual Bob Hope Classic again this year. There's an interview at PGAtour.com, a small piece with pic at the LA Times, another small mention at GolfOnline, and another at PE.com (scroll down).

It has now been confirmed that Jason Hook has joined 'Five Finger Death Punch' as their new guitarist. The full press release can be read at Blabbermouth.

Erik Scott (from 'Special Forces' etc period Alice) has a new CD out called 'Other Planets' It's a spacey, atmospheric type thing with Erik playing some amazing bass throughout. Well worth checking out at his site where there are samples of all the tracks.

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According to Metal Sludge Jason Hook may be joining metal band 'Five Finger Death Punch'. Presumably this would mean he won't be touring with Alice his year. More info when I get it.

You can find out how Alice spent New Years Eve with a couple of pics at the NWAC site.

Acoording to the Toronto Star, Bob Ezrin's son, David sadly died on December 4th, just a day after his 42nd birthday. David appeared on 'Welcome To My Nightmare' as well as other projects produced by his father, and was a musician in his own right. Our sympathies go to his family.
(Thanks Brenda)

Dash and Runaway Phoenix will be playing the Hardrock Cafe on Washington St in Downtown Phoenix on Friday January 30th with 'No Longer Together'. Tickets are currently $20.00. They also play Cooperstown the next night Saturday January 31st at 9:00PM. Tickets are $5.00-$10.00.
(Thanks PsychoPat)

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Alice will now NOT be playing half-time during the Arizona Cardinals game Sunday. No reason as to why, but saves non-football fans watching and being disappointed.

While the Stooges, like Alice, have again not been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Shame, an interesting piece of news has come up. Apparently, had the Stooges been inducted, they wanted Alice to induct them!

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Last year I heard from original Earwigs guitarist John Tatum who agreed to do a STUK interview, giving his insights into the beginnings of the group we know as Alice Cooper. For anyone interested in the early years John's memories are fascinating, as he was there at the very beginning, at that first Letterman's show at Cortez, in a Beatles wig! Check it out here.

Alice will apparently be playing half-time during the Arizona Cardinals game at the Univ. Of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale AZ this Sunday January 18th. Kick off is at 1pm.
(Thanks PsychoPat)

The new issue of 'Popular 1' has Alice on the cover and a 20 page article, with interviews with Alice and Neal Smith and rare photos.
(Thanks Sergio)

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Dennis Dunaway will be joining the 'Emperor of Rock' Richie Scarlet when he plays at The Chance in Poughkeepsie this Friday night, January 16th.

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Further to the announcement that Alice will be appearing at the Monstermania horror convention between March 13th and 15th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill, NJ, it has been confirmed that Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith will also be in attendence. Whether this suggests they could perform together is so far unconfirmed.

More NAMM news. Keri Kelli and Chuck Garric, along with Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, will be doing a signing session Saturday, January 17th at 3:30 at the Coffin Case booth #4130.

The Big Balls All-Star band fearuring Keri Kelli along with Robbie Crane (Ratt), Brian Tichy (Billy Idol), Robin McAuley (MSG), and Brent Woods (Vince Neil) will be performing at the North East Motorcycle Expo, February 7th and 8th at the Boston Bay-Side Expo Center.There will also be appearances by Jani Lane (Warrant), Dizzy Reed (GNR), and Chris Holmes (WASP).

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As well as performing with Alice at this years NAMM event, Jason Hook will also be appearing twice more. He can be seen at the ZOOM Booth signing autograph between 12 - 2:30 on the thursday before performing at 3PM. Then on Friday he will be on the Marshall stand performing at 4.30pm.
Crusher magazine also has a new interview with Jason.

Damon Johnson and Whiskey Falls will be a part of a new reality TV show, "The Toughest Cowboy". It debuts on January 29 on Spike TV in the U.S. (www.toughestcowboy.com).
You can also catch Damon and WF on the 'Toughest Cowboy 2009 Live Tour' on the following dates:
10th January - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
17th January - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
24th January - Atlanta, GA - Gwinett Center
30th January - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Center
31st January - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Center
7th February - Charlotte, NC - Bobcats Arena
14th February - East Lansing, MI - Breslin Center
21st February - Chicago, IL - United Center

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Alice and the band will be doing a short set at the forthcoming NAMM music show on January 17th at the Anaheim Covention center, Anaheim, CA.

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Amazon are now listing the forthcoming Audio Fidelity remaster of 'School's Out' for preorder with a release date of February 10th. Audio Fidelity remasters are high quality gold editions which are much sort after by collectors. Pre order from AmazonUS here and AmazonUK here.

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