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TIMELINE 5 - KILLER
1971
Nov 27th `71 Killer released
Me Alice: Approximately here, the band fly to New York and move into a 42 room Galesi Estate mansion in Greenwich Connecticut.
Nov 5th 1971 Records 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' TV Show
Nov 27th `71 Saginaw Auditorium (warm up show)(w/ Guardian Angel, Old Rationals)
Dec 1st `71 New York, NY Academy of Music (w/ Dr John) - First show with Alice in the classic 'clown' make up. First Gallows appearance.
?? `71 New Haven, Connecticut, Arena
This is the same venue that Jim Morrison was arrested at a couple of years earlier. Alice mentions the fact during Dead Babies.
Dec 3rd `71 New Orleans, LA Municipal Auditorium
Dec 4th '71 Orlando, FL, Kemp's Coliseum [Ticket]
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Dec 5th `71 Baton Rouge, LA Independence Hall/Hotel
(Dec 6th `71 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre (part of Roosevelt University) (w/ Dr John) (ticket) OR Dec 13-14th. )
Dec 8th `71 Columbus, OH Ohio Theatre
Dec 10th `71 Indianapolis, IN (Fairgrounds) Coliseum (w/ Canned heat, Dr John, Pure Praire League, REO Speedwagon) (Poster)
Dec 11th `71 Dayton, OH Hare Arena (w/ Cactus and Atomic Rooster)(poster exists)
Dec 12th `71 Toledo, OH Sports Arena(w. Bob Seger)
Dec 13th-14th `71 Chicago ,IL Civic Auditorium (w/ Dr. John, Poco, Humble Pie)
Dec 16th `71 Kansas City, MO Cowtown Theatre (ad. says Cowtown Ballroom. Two shows, 7.30 and 11.00 PM.) [Ticket]
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Dec 17th `71 St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena
Dec 19th `71 Detroit, MI Cobo Hall (w/ Dr John The Night Tripper, White Trash (Edgar Winter)) - John Sinclair is said to have dropped in during AC's Set [Ticket]
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Dec 21st '71 Toledo, OH Sports Arena
Dec 25th-26th `71 Miami, FL Pirates World
Dec 27th `71 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena(14,400 attend, $91,000)
Dec 28th `71 Baltimore, MD Lyric Theatre [?] OR Akron, OH, Civic Auditorium [Ticket]
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Dec 29th `71 Cleveland, OH Public Auditorium (w/ J Geils Band) [Ticket]
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Dec 30th '71 Ottawa Civic Center (Possibly postponed until Jan 1st - Two adverts exist stating different dates)
Dec 31st `71 Toronto, Canada, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens, Winter Pop Festival ($125,000)(w/ Edgar Winter/White Trash, Dr John, Sundance, Chilliwack, Crowbar)(`Rock-A-Bye` TV footage shot?) (Largest gross for indoor show in Canada up to that point) [Ticket]
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1972
Jan 1st `72 Ottawa, Canada Civic Center(12,300 attend breaking previous record held by Grand Funk, $61,000)(w/ Elves)
Jan 2nd `72 New York, NY Palace Theatre
Jan `72 Roanoke, VA (Staying at the Holiday Inn - Rolling Stone article. Also mentions Dave Liebert now tour manager. They party at the Tic-Toc strip club after the show. RS says it`s a Sat so 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th)
Sat Jan 8th `72 Atlanta, Georgia, Municipal Auditorium (w/ Dr John (who cancelled), Hydra, White Witch) - Rumour says Alice arrested for using the snake on stage (Publicity Stunt?) but this isn`t true. [Ticket]
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12th Jan '72 Palace Theater Waterbury, CT (poster exists)
13th Jan `72 Centre Sportif, Universite de Montréal
Jan 15th `72 Philadelphia Spectrum (ticket - Show sponsered by Electric Factory)(w/ the Chambers Brothers, Commander Cody) [Ticket]
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Jan 16th `72 Tucson, AZ (Real to Real recording exists with this info marked on it)
Jan 30th '72 Alexandria, VA, Alexandria Roller Rink (w/ Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels)
Jan 29th '72 Passaic, NJ Capital Theatre [Ticket]
(the above two shows were on back to back nights according to RS article)
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Jan 30th `72 Baltimore, MD Civic Center (w/ Momma, Scott Redbone)
Feb 3rd `72 Berkeley Community Theatre (w/ Howling Wolf)
Feb (7th) `72 - Killer released in UK
Early `72 Edgewater Park near Cleveland Ohio
Feb 4th '72 Hollywood Palladium. LA. (w. Howlin' Wolf) [Ticket] On day of show, the band get their gold "Killer" awards at WB office
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Feb 8th `72 Be My Lover/Yeah Yeah Yeah
Feb (14th) `72 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum Stadium (Alices` biggest crowd to date, 18,000)
Feb 16th `72 Tucson, AZ
Feb 19th `72 Denver, CO Coliseum (w/ Cheech and Chong)[Ticket]
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Feb 20th `72 San Diego, California, Convention Hall(w/ Badfinger, Pure Prairie League)(review and poster exist) (Badfinger site lists this as 27th)
(Feb 26th '72 Winnipeg, CA Arena - ticket exists but no year on it, this is most logical place) [Ticket]
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?? Feb `72 St. Louis, MO, Arena Annex (w/ Pacific Gas and Electric, Dust)
End Feb `72 The band receive gold discs for sales of Killer
Rolling Stone March 2nd `72
"Hollywood Notes: Alice Cooper wound up a triumphant national tour with a gold record presentation at Warner Bros. in Burbank. The whole group, including pet boa Cochina, gathered in the office of Executive VP Joe Smith for the official photo session, only to learn that the gold plaques for Killer hadn't arrived from the plant. So if you ever run across a picture of the presentation, look real hard and you'll see what they grabbed as the last minute, from a pile of gold plates in an adjoining room: Jimi Hendrix's Rainbow Bridge . . "
Mar 3rd `72 Harrington Auditorium, Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. [Ticket]
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Mar 4th '72 Portland, MA, University of Maine Gymnasium (ebay listing, Photo)
Mar 5th `72 Portland, MA UMP (same as above?)
Mar 11th '72New York City, NY Academy of Music (w/ Paul Pena) (Eye Witness)
13th Mar '72 Staten Island, NY, Ritz Theatre - Eye witness who booked the show says this was just after the release of Killer, and after Alice's Appendix opperation (the scar you can see on the Killer calendar). "Johnny Podell gave us this gig as a thanks for the bookings in the past.....Alice was getting quite big here at this point and was selling out much bigger venues than ours."
Mar 17th - 18th `72 Shows were booked for a return appearance at London's Finsbury Park Rainbow but it never happened. Tickets even went on sale (ticket exists) for at least the 18th but the venue apparently went bust and closed before the show could happen. [Ticket]
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March 30th `72 Phoenix, AZ [Date on Itinerary]
March 30th `72 - Rolling Stone runs the "Golddiggers of 1984" story. A week later Alice writes the lyrics to `No More Mr Nice Guy`(Article mentions they're in the Connecticut mansion.)
Mar `72 - The naked Snake pictures - Yvonne the current snake.
April 1st '72 Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Coliseum [Date on Itinerary]
April 2nd `72 West Indian Isles Mar Y Sol Festival, Puerto Rico - Eye Witness believes Alice played April 2nd. (w/ ELP, BB King, Allman Bros., Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart and the Faces, Osibisa, Dr John, Fleetwood Mac, Roberta Flack, The J. Geils Band, Bloodrock, Dave Bedford, Savoy Brown, Poco) [Ticket]
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April 14th `72 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Redbone)
April 15th '72 Raleigh University, Atlanta, GA (w/ Blue Oyster Cult) - listed on BOC tour list - Sometime in '72 Alice is given the keys to the city at the Hyatt hotel
April 16th 1972 Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC. (Photos exists claimed to be from this show) or Citadel Auditorium, Charleston, SC (w/ Blue Oyster Cult)
April `72 Most of School`s Out recorded. Billboard also reports the band are being sued by HErb Cohen and Straight records.
April 21st `72 Buffalo, NY, Memorial Auditorium (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Spirit)
April '72 Academy Of Music, New York (Listing in Billboard) - Apparently this didn`t take place according to eye witness see March 11th
April 22nd `72 New York, Commack Arena, LI (ticket) (w/ Fleetwood Mac) (Eye Witness)
April 23rd '72 Rochester, New York (w/ Blue Oyster Cult)
April 26th `72 School`s Out/Gutter Cat released(US)
April (27th?) 1972 Plattsburg, NY, State University Of New York (eye witness)
April 28th '72 New Haven, CT, New Haven Arena (w/ Blue Oyster Cult)
April 29th '72 Providence, Rhode Island, Brown College (w/ Blue Oyster Cult)
April 30th '72 Boston, MA, Boston Music Hall (w/ Blue Oyster Cult (Todd Rungren according to Billboard))
3rd May '72 Raleigh, NC, University Of North Carolina (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Bishopsgate -possible eyewitness)
May 5th `72 San Antonio, TX - San Antonio Hemisphere (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Bang ) [Ticket]
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May 6th `72 Dallas Texas, Memorial Auditorium (Ticket stub exists) (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Bang) (BOC Advert) [Ticket]
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May 7th `72 Houston, TX Sam Houston Coliseum Hofheinz Pavillion (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Bang) (BOC advert) [Ticket]
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May 9th '72 Asheville, North Carolina, Warren Wilson College
May 13th '72 Greensboro, Coliseum, Greensboro, NC. [Ticket]
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May 14th '72 Greenville, SC, Greenville Memorial Auditorium (w/ Todd Rundgren with Hello People)
May 19th `72 Mid South Coliseum, Memphis, TN (w/ Blue Oyster Cult, Chambers Brothers)
May 20th '72 Fayetteville, North Carolina
May 21st `72 Birmingham, AL Municipal Auditorium (w/ Blue Oyster Cult) Billboard lists this as Hampton, Virginia
May 22nd '72 Mobile, Alabama [Ticket]
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May 23rd `72 Tifton, GA The New Woods or Abraham Baldwin College (w/ Blue Oyster Cult)
May 24th '72 Jacksonville, FL, Coliseum [Date on Itinerary and Billboard]
May 25th '71 Pensacola, FL (Billboard Listing)
May 26th `72 Tampa. Florida Curtis Hixon Hall (w/ Dr John, The Night Tripper, Todd Rungren)
May 27th '72 Jai Alai or Sportatorium, Miami (w/ Dr. John, Todd Rundgren and Eric Quincy Tate Band) (Poster exists advertising "This Will Be The Final Performance, Ever, of Killer.") - There were TWO AC performances at the venue on the same day.
May 28th '72 Orlando, FL [Date on Itinerary and Billboard]
(? `72 South Bend, IN Alice slips on liquid from the bubble machine and lands on a metal box, lying there for a few minutes while the crowd tries to pull him offstage until security guys manage to help him)
(June `72 New Jersey - The band include School`s Out in the set.-ACA)
(June `72 New York - The band played without make-up or props)
(June `72 Elected recorded at the Mansion and the Record Plant NY)
June 16th `72 Harrisburg, PA Zembo Mosque (w/ Brownsville Station, Mutt Lee)(Two performances - 6:30 and 10pm)(poster)
June 20th '72 Toledo, Ohio [Ticket]
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June 23rd `72 Pittsburgh, PA Three Rivers Stadium(w/ Humble Pie, Uriah Heep to 56,000) Canceled due to flooding. Rescheduled for July 11th. [Ticket] [Ticket] - This is the show that rumour has it the band tried to fire Alice out of a cannon (proof needed)
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June 25th `72, Nazareth, PA Speedway (Muscular Dystrophy Benefit)(poster)(w/ Adam and Mama Lion, Son) - Canceled due to flooding.
June 27th `72 The band arrive in London
June 28th `72 The band record School`s Out for Top Of The Pops. Just previous to it being released in the UK.
June 29th `72 Truck Stalls in Picadilly and the band party in Chessington Zoo.
June 30th `72 Wembley, London Empire Pool (Last Killer Show w/ Roxy Music opening) [Ticket]
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Melody Maker 1st week July `72 talks about the band being in the mansion in Conn. Evonne is current snake. It mentions the Wembley show as being that week and the 15th July issue has a review/article about it.
July 1st `72 The band leave London
July `72 School`s Out Album released