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LONDON — During the coronavirus pandemic, shock rocker Alice Cooper replaced touring with tap dancing.The 73-year-old rock icon went from touring with Queen and playing to crowds of 95,000 to an audience of zero. He admitted the transition was hard.“It was like coming off of a drug because the adrenaline is your drug onstage.

Alice Cooper has opened up about his past struggles with alcohol addiction.In the excerpt taken from Who I Really Am: Diary of a Vampire – as part of Audible’s Words + Music series – the shock-rock icon opened up about his battle, which reached its peak in the late ’70s.As reported by Rolling Stone, Cooper was frank about his issues in the clip. “I was drinking more and more,” he said.

Alice Cooper Day” throughout the US city.The honour was bestowed upon the legendary shock rocker ahead of his show at Milwaukee’s BMO Harris Pavilion last night (October 1) as part of his US tour with special guest Ace Frehley.“If you are a Milwaukeean, you cannot forget @alicecooper’s Milwaukee history lesson to characters Wayne and Garth in the 1992 movie ‘Wayne’s World’, where he coined the phrase ‘Mil-ee-wau-kay,” Barrett wrote in a tweet.“The Godfather of shock rock and stage theatrics,

Alice Cooper and Avenged Sevenfold – see the full line-up below.The Belgium metal festival will return next year between June 16-19, with Iron Maiden (16), Judas Preist (18) and Aerosmith (19) previously announced as headliners.Revealing 117 new names for their “25th XL edition” of Graspop Metal Meeting, organisers recently confirmed that Avenged Sevenfold would also be topping the bill on Friday, June 17.Additionally, the likes of Deftones, Bullet For My Valentine, Faith No More, Code Orange,

Alice Cooper and The Cult have announced details of a co-headlining UK arena tour that’s set to take place next summer.The two acts will hit the road in late May and early June next year for six arena shows.The tour is set to begin on May 23 with a show at the Swansea Arena, before the band play at The O2 in London two days later.Dates in Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham follow before the tour wraps up in Leeds at the First Direct Arena on June 1.Tickets for the tour are available here.MAY

Alice Cooper has officially endorsed a new colouring book centred around his career, titled Welcome 2 My Nightmare.The book, which is due out on August 27, features a selection of images to colour in associated with Cooper, including album artwork and other notable iconography.In a preview given by Eyesore Merch, it appears fans will be able to colour in an image of Alice Cooper as Medusa as well as an image inspired by 1972’s ‘School’s Out’.Pre-order Welcome 2 My Nightmare now, and view images

CLEVELAND -- Baker Mayfield never dreamed of being on a team with Alice Cooper.The Browns quarterback also had no idea the legendary rocker, known for theatrical stage shows featuring pyrotechnics, snakes and a guillotine, had more serious skills."He's a scratch golfer,” Mayfield said of the 73-year-old Cooper, who shot three strokes below his age during a round at an area country club this week.The unlikely pairing of Mayfield and one shock rock's godfathers took place during a TV commercial

Elton John and Alice Cooper have recreated an iconic photo of the pair and their friends some 50 years after the iconic snap was first taken.Gathered together to celebrate Bernie Taupin’s 71st birthday in Los Angeles, the trio were also joined by Will & Grace actor Eric McCormack to recreate the memorable photo.While McCormack was not present in the original shot, he took the role of late comedian Paul Lynde – who was present at Taupin’s 21st birthday in 1971.“Bernie Taupin’s 21st Birthday and,

Alice Cooper is set to sell his rare Andy Warhol painting at auction later this year.The painting will sell at the 2021 Fall Larsen Art Auction at the Larsen Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona in October.Cooper has discussed how he re-discovered the painting, which is expected to fetch between $2-4million at the auction, saying: “This silkscreen was given to me during some crazy years and I had completely forgotten I even owned it.”The painting, which was created as part of Warhol’s ‘Death And

Alice Cooper is set to headline the 2022 edition of the ‘Monsters Of Rock’ cruise.The heavy metal music event, which takes place on a cruise ship at sea, is returning in 2022 to celebrate its 10th anniversary.Departing from Miami, Florida, the five day and night full ship charter cruise will depart on February 9 until February 14.According to a press release, those aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Freedom Of The Seas will “visit two ports in CocoCay, Bahamas and Labadee,Haiti, and features

Alice Cooper has spoken in more detail about about the effects of his illness with coronavirus at the end of 2020.“All it really did with me was it knocked me out,” Cooper told Good Day Rochester in a new interview (via Blabbermouth).

Despite being a vast star, Elvis Presley often had some very bizarre celebrity encounters of his own. According to Ultimate Classic Rock one such encounter includes a meeting with shock rocker Alice Cooper. Cooper recalls receiving an unexpected request revealing that Elvis Presley wanted to meet with the rocker in person.

Alice Cooper‘s music has been re-recorded to reach a new audience with the release of a lullaby album made for infants.Titled ‘Lullaby Versions Of Alice Cooper’, the new record features soothing instrumental versions of some of the legendary rocker’s  biggest hits including ‘Poison’, ‘School’s Out’ and ‘Under My Wheels’.The album has been released in partnership with Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, the company which creates “beautiful lullaby versions of your favourite artists”, via Roma Music

Evanescence are set to hold a new livestream concert that will be hosted by rock icon Alice Cooper.The band released their latest album ‘The Bitter Truth’ last month (March 26), marking their first record of new material in a decade.Now, the group will perform tracks from that album and from across their back catalogue at the new virtual gig.

Alice Cooper has revealed that his first experience using drugs was alongside Jimi Hendrix.Speaking in a recent interview, the legendary rocker was asked to describe the first drug experience he ever had.“Weed was the first drug, and it was [with] Jimi Hendrix,” he told Ralph Sutton and Big Jay Oakerson on The SDR Show. “I’m sitting there after the show.

Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi has waded into the “rock is dead” argument first kicked off by KISS bassist Gene Simmons.Simmons first courted controversy in an interview back in 2014 stating that he believes the genre has no future, and doubled down on the remarks in a recent new interview.“Rock is dead. And that’s because new bands haven’t taken the time to create glamour, excitement and epic stuff,” Simmons told Gulf News.“I mean, Foo Fighters is a terrific band, but that’s a 20-year-old band.

Alice Cooper says he wants to front Foo Fighters if his band ever broke up.The rock legend has played on stage with Dave Grohl and co a number of times over the years, and shared his admiration for the way the band have covered his songs in the past.Asked which band he most wants to front other than his own by Atlanta’s Rock 100.5 radio station (listen below), Cooper replied: I think probably the Foo Fighters.

Hollywood Vampires have been forced to cancel their upcoming UK and European tour due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.The group, made up of Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry had previously rearranged the dates to this coming August and September, however due to safety concerns surrounding the pandemic, the tour has now been cancelled.A statement read: “We are beyond disappointed to announce that the Hollywood Vampires must cancel our rescheduled UK/European tour this Summer.“We kept

Frank Zappa was always waiting to get zapped.With his eccentric, experimental music, the rock iconoclast believed that, for all of his influential innovation, he was seen as a “threat” in the industry.“Basically, my career has been, year after year, waiting to be disposed of,” says the late legend in the new documentary “Zappa,” which arrives on demand Friday.But, before dying of prostate cancer at 52 in 1993, Zappa would build a Rock & Rock Hall of Fame résumé over 62 albums released in his

Rocker Alice Cooper claims that he believes his longtime friend actor Johnny Depp would be the perfect person to play him in a biopic about his life according to Express U.K.Alice Cooper has made Johnny Depp his choice for a few reasons, First off, the two are very good friends, and secondly, Johnny and Alice share a common interest in music. The Pirates of the Caribbean star and Cooper are also fellow Hollywood Vampire bandmates.

The pair play together in supergroup The Hollywood Vampires

It was the news that had millions of fans not so much gently weeping as crying for help – the Beatles were no more.