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Orianthi Filling in for Nita Strauss on Alice Cooper 2025 Tour

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Orianthi Filling in for Nita Strauss on Alice Cooper 2025 Tour

Alice Cooper will welcome a familiar face to the stage for a string of shows in early 2025: former guitarist Orianthi, who's filling in for Cooper's current guitarist (and Orianthi's own replacement) Nita Strauss.Orianthi — the Australian shredder who also rehearsed with Michael Jackson for the This Is It concert series prior to his death — will join Cooper for a slate of shows from Jan. 31 through Feb. 16, as Strauss […]

todayNovember 26, 2024 3

Alice Cooper Releases ‘Muscle of Love’ Deluxe Edition

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Alice Cooper Releases ‘Muscle of Love’ Deluxe Edition

Muscle of Love, the seventh and final album from the original Alice Cooper Band, received a deluxe edition reissue this week, complete with early versions and alternate mixes of all of its tracks.You can see the track listing and listen to "Teenage Lament '74 (Acoustic Diversion)" below.Muscle of Love (Deluxe) is available in 2-LP pink vinyl and 1-CD/Blu-ray configurations, with the Blu-ray disc including the 192/24 resolution quadraphonic mixes. A digital deluxe edition […]

todayOctober 29, 2024 4

Alice Cooper Announces 2025 Tour Dates

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Alice Cooper Announces 2025 Tour Dates

Alice Cooper has announced tour dates for 2025, starting with a show in late January.The new dates follow his recent tour with fellow shock-rocker Rob Zombie that got underway in late August with its latest leg. The 2025 dates so far include nine concerts that will keep Cooper on the road through February, plus a festival date in early May.Cooper's summer tour featured some of his best-known songs, including "No More […]

todayOctober 28, 2024 6

Hear Black Keys’ Macabre Alice Cooper Collab ‘Stay in Your Grave’

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Hear Black Keys’ Macabre Alice Cooper Collab ‘Stay in Your Grave’

The Black Keys have released a spooky new rocker titled "Stay in Your Grave" featuring the godfather of shock rock, Alice Cooper.The song features the Black Keys' signature blues-rock strut and campy, macabre vocals from Cooper. You can watch the music video, which includes a live performance from Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney intercut with classic horror film footage, below."Stay in Your Grave" marks the second single from the upcoming, […]

todayOctober 25, 2024 3

Jack Ponti, Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper Songwriter, Dies at 66

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Jack Ponti, Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper Songwriter, Dies at 66

Jack Ponti, a producer and songwriter who worked with Bon Jovi and Alice Cooper, has died. The New Jersey-based musician was 66.An obituary from his hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey, notes that he died on Oct. 7 and "while widely recognized for his musical genius, it was his boundless love for his family, generosity of spirit and fierce loyalty that truly defined him."Ponti was born Giacomo Pontoriero in Newark […]

todayOctober 9, 2024 1

Why Alice Cooper Isn’t Trying to Shock Audiences Anymore

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Why Alice Cooper Isn’t Trying to Shock Audiences Anymore

Alice Cooper is regarded as the godfather of shock rock, but he not trying to jar fans the way he used to."It used to be easy to shock an audience in the '70s. Now nobody's really trying — we're not really trying to shock an audience,” Cooper said during an interview with radio station KLPX. “I don't think anybody is 'shock rock' anymore.”While Cooper’s brand of gory theatrics may not […]

todayAugust 9, 2024 4

How a Chicken Got Torn to Shreds at an Alice Cooper Show

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How a Chicken Got Torn to Shreds at an Alice Cooper Show

Alice Cooper ruffled a few feathers in 1969 when his fans killed a live chicken at Toronto's Rock and Roll Revival Festival."The audience tears it to pieces," Cooper recalled this week on A&E's Biography: Alice Cooper. "It was the peace and love festival. They tear it to pieces and throw it back up on the stage, so there's blood everywhere – feathers and blood."Rumors began to spread that he'd purposely […]

todayJune 26, 2024 11

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Atlanta music festival put on hiatus should come to N.C., Gov. Cooper says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Music Midtown, a popular music festival in Atlanta, is going on hiatus this year, prompting North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to encourage organizers to move it to the Tar Heel State.Music Midtown organizers announced Wednesday the festival has been canceled for 2024. Organizers haven’t released details on the reason for the cancelation, according to WBTV’s sister station Atlanta News First.The festival had traditionally been in September […]

todayMay 10, 2024 8

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Damon Johnson Says Alice Cooper Mishap Left Him ‘S—ing’ Himself

Guitarist Damon Johnson has shared the stage with a long list of legendary acts, but an incident during his first show with Alice Cooper left him shaken.During an appearance on the Talk Louder podcast, Johnson -- who first played with Cooper in 2004 -- recalled his hair-raising debut with the shock rock icon.“We had three days of rehearsal and there's all of this, all these notes about the production,” the guitarist […]

todayMay 9, 2024 2

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