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New dates are being added all the time, but at time of writing, the tour for Alice Cooper and The Hollywood Vampires looks like this: AC - 19th April - 21st May - North America HV - 24th May - 06th June - America, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Romania AC - 09th June - 24th June - Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Israel, England (O2 Arena, London as part of the Stone Free festival), Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway HV - 01st July - 25th July - North America AC - 06th August - 30th October - North America and Canada At time of writing, nothing is being listed for September and from November onwards |
There is a lot of anger/disappointment/resentment on the Alice Cooper forum I'm on about the inclusion of cover songs again General consensus is he should have left these for the Hollywood Vampires tour, and played some more of his own songs People are also commenting that the setlist is too reliant on the songs recorded by the ACG, with 13 of the 19 songs performed being pre-1975. As it is, the 'newest' song is 'Feed My Frankenstein', from the 1991 album 'Hey Stoopid', thus missing out anything from (deep breath) The Last Temptation (1994), Brutal Planet (2000), Dragontown (2001), The Eyes of Alice Cooper (2003), Dirty Diamonds (2005), Along Came a Spider (2008) and Welcome 2 My Nightmare (2011) |
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As you suggest. Why does Alice need to perform cover versions? He has enough songs of his own he could perform. He's almost the opposite of Iron Maiden who in my opinion play too much new stuff, Alice plays the same old same old constantly. As for tacking Another Brick in the Wall onto Schools Out? Don't get me started on that. It was bad enough on a dvd i have, doesn't need to be like this every bloody tour. |
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Back to the tour, from what I can gather, the theatrics are lacking as well. Apparently all we get is Sheryl performing during 'Only Women Bleed', the FrankenAlice monster, the strait jacket, the guillotine and politicians during Elected Don't get me wrong - if UK dates were announced, I would be first in line to get tickets, but I can't help thinking the g[l]ory years are now gone One thing to (maybe) look forward to, however, is the almost guaranteed double disc DVD of Alice Cooper and Hollywood Vampire live concerts |
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It seems that the original ACG are getting back together for the recording of the new album ALICE COOPER To Reunite Original ALICE COOPER BAND For New Album - Bravewords.com |
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At the show yesterday (10th May - New Brunswick, New Jersey), 'Woman Of Mass Distraction' was played after 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'Love Me Two Times' was dropped from the covers section |
The 1987 album 'Raise Your Fist And Yell' was a continuation of the hair metal sound from 'Constrictor', but with a much more polished production. The guitar histrionics were still there, but they sounded better - it's almost as if they were now there for a reason, rather than being there for the sake of playing a million notes a second Alice Cooper - vocals Kane Roberts - Guitars, Vocals Kip Winger - Bass, Vocals Ken K. Mary - Drums Paul Horrowitz - Keyboards Producer - Michael Wagener The working title for the album was 'Summer Blood' During the hiatus, Alice had all but been forgotten by America. During this time, the PMRC, which was the American committee formed by Tipper Gore with the goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes, had risen to prominence, and Alice had found him their public enemy #1. The opening track on RYFAL, 'Freedom', was his answer to this. It is a good, catchy song, and I have been unable to stop singing it since I listened to it to refresh my memory of the album The video was shot during the dress rehearsals for the tour to promote the album, dubbed the 'Live In The Flesh' tour. Sadly there is no official release of this tour, so this is the only way to get an idea of what the stage setup looked like It was the only single to be released from the album, reaching #50 in the UK charts 01/10 - Freedom (Cooper, Roberts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL1kQQbhmY8 "We the people of the United States In order to form a more perfect union Stop pretending that you've never been bad You're never wrong and you've never been dirty You're such a saint, that ain't the way we see you Ah, You want to rule us with an iron hand You change the lyrics and become Big Brother This ain't Russia, you ain't my Dad or Mother (They never knew anyway) 'Cause I never walk away from what I know is right But I'm gonna turn my back on you Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom, raise your fist and yell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom - ring Aaaah You're playing God from your ivory tower Back off preacher, I don't care if it's Sunday I ain't no angel, but I've never felt better We're a make-up metal generation We're not as stupid as you want to make us You better leave us, man 'Cause you sure can't take us Oh... Nobody better tell you how to live your life Or you gotta do it on your own Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom, raise your fist and yell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom - Yeah... Oh yeah 'Cause I never walk away from what I know is right But I'm gonna turn my back on you Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom, raise your fist and yell Freedom Freedom, we're gonna ring the bell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom, raise your fist and yell Freedom Freedom, we're gonna ring that bell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom, come on, raise your fist and yell Freedom Come on, yell Come on, yell Freedom to rock, freedom to talk Freedom Make a fist Make a fist Make a fist Freedom And yell......" As good as the opener is, the following song, 'Lock Me Up', is banal to the extreme. Dumb through and through. I get the impression that it was written as an audience participation song (due to the 'Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh' segment of the lyrics), but top of my head, I don't think that this song was ever performed live The spoken opening to the song is by Robert Englund, best known as being Freddie Kruger in the 'Elm Street' movies 02/10 - Lock Me Up (Cooper, Roberts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEFe8jrOv8 "[Spoken] Alice Cooper You have been accused of mass mental cruelty How do you plead? Guilty! Don't wanna be clean Don't wanna be nice The whip's gonna crack My leather is black and so are my eyes I'm gonna be rough I'm gonna be mean I'm here 'til the end, my sick little friend I'm back in your dreams You can take my head and cut it off But you ain't gonna change my mind If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh Cover your eyes or cover your head You'll never know what hit you til you're covered in red Screaming bloody murder 'til the barricades bend Sweatin' in the fog til the end It's gotta be loud I want it to roar I want it to blow everyone at the show off of the floor I'm in for the kill I'm back with a rage I want them to write in the paper each night how I bloodied the stage Oh, If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, lock me up or shut up No no no no, no... Cover your eyes or cover your head You'll never know what hit you 'til you're covered in red Screaming bloody murder 'til the barricades bend Sweatin' in the lights 'til the end If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh - I wanna be hot If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh - I wanna be cool If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh - I wanna be sick If you don't like it you can lock me up Woah, oh, oh, oh, oh - ah, real sick" |
Recently watched Supermensch The Legend Of Shep Gordon, interesting doc about Cooper's manager. |
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