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JOE PERRY: Collapses During HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES Show

Posted by aliblackdiamond on July 11, 2016
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During the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES‘ July 10th show at the Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk, guitarist Joe Perry (Aerosmith) reportedly left the stage two songs into the band’s set and collapsed, reported Bravewords.com. The footage below shows Perry struggling to play before leaving the stage and the EMT’s rushing to help. The show continued without him.

Page Six is now reporting that Perry suffered a cardiac arrest at approximately 9:30pm and was taken to Coney Island Hospital. He is listed in stable condition.

Hollywood Vampires frontman and shock rock legend Alice Cooper later posted the following message:

“Thanks to everyone asking about our brother . He is stable right now, with family & is under the best care”

Following their wildly successful concerts at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, in front of 100,000 screaming fans at the Rock In Rio festival, and their spectacular worldwide television debut on the 2016 Grammy Awards reaching a global audience of almost 25 million people, fans worldwide demanded more. Hollywood Vampires – Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp – always deliver and arranged their schedules to give their fans what they want.

Joining the Hollywood Vampires on tour are modern day Vampires Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses/The Cult) on drums, Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) on bass, Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper) on guitar, and Bruce Witkin (The Kids) on piano, percussion and guitar. For tickets, visit this location.

“Here is a gang of friends who came together really by chance and over the last year we were finally able to wrangle our schedules and the energy just fell into place. Playing with this line up is like a dream come true. After seeing the reaction at Rock in Rio in front of 100,000 fans, I know this band is going to tear the house down. Hell, I would want to be in the audience to see us rip it up.” – Joe Perry

A super-group comprised of rock royalty and a Hollywood superstar, the Vampires will hit the stage offering fans a non-stop, energetic rock concert like no other, performing their new single “Bad As I Am” from their new deluxe album, as well as renditions of popular classics including “My Generation,” “Whole Lotta Love,” and a “School’s Out”/”Another Brick in the Wall” medley.

Hollywood Vampires released a new digital deluxe version of their self-titled album. This expanded version includes three additional songs, including one original and two rocking covers. The deluxe version includes the scorching new single “Bad As I Am” an original song penned by Johnny Depp, Tommy Henriksen, and Bruce Witkin and features Matt Sorum, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, and Johnny Depp. Also included is “I’m A Boy,” a Who original, that was only available as a Japanese bonus track. “7 and 7 Is” is an unreleased track from the album sessions and is the classic song by the legendary Los Angeles band Love, a Vampires special pick and one that Alice covered on his 1981 solo album, Special Forces.

In 1969 on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the rock stars living in or passing through L.A. “To join the club, one simply had to out drink all of the members,” says Alice Cooper, a founding member of the original Vampires.

Cooper and good friend Johnny Depp got together and decided the spirit of the Hollywood Vampires should live again (minus the drinking). Cooper and Depp were joined by Joe Perry, who is an old friend of both, and the recording began: a tribute to the original Hollywood Vampires. An environment was born for great artists to hang, laugh and play together.

Tour dates:

July
12 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
13 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
14 – Cadott, WI – Rock Fest
16 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
18 – Fargo, ND – Scheels Arena
22 – Rohnert Park, CA – Weill Hall
23 – Jacksonville, OR – Britt Pavilion
24 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
25 – Paso Robles, CA – Mid State Fair

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ALICE COOPER: Says AXL ROSE Has Perfect Voice For AC/DC

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 19, 2016
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ALICE COOPER says fans who will see AC/DC with Axl Rose have “the golden ticket” and believes the GUNS N’ ROSES man has “the perfect voice” for the job., according to teamrock.com.

AC/DC confirmed Rose as the guest vocalist for their remaining world tour dates at the weekend, replacing Brian Johnson after he was ordered to stop touring or risk going deaf.

And while fans are split on the decision to appoint Rose, shock rocker Alice Cooper is excited by the prospect.

He tells Rolling Stone: “Whoever has tickets to that show has got the golden ticket, because who doesn’t want to see that? I just think that’s such a unique combination.

“At first I thought it was an April Fool’s thing. I went, ‘Oh, come on.’ Then I started thinking about it and said, ‘You know, his voice is absolutely perfect for that band. That might just work.'”

Meanwhile, Cooper has added a further 13 dates to his Spend The Night With Alice Cooper 2016 tour. The new dates can be viewed in bold in the list below.

Spend The Night With Alice Cooper Tour 2016:

Apr 29: Biloxi Beau Rivage Resort And Casino, MS
May 02: Nashville TPAC’s Jackson Hall, TN
May 04: Peoria Peoria Civic Center, IL
May 05: Merrillville Star Plaza Theatre, IN
May 06: Columbus LC Pavilion, OH
May 08: Concord Carolina Rebellion, NC
May 10: New Brunswick State Theatre, NJ
May 12: Port Chester Capitol Theatre, NY
May 13: Wilkes-Barre FM Kirby Center, PA
May 14: Lynn Lynn Memorial Auditorium, MA
May 15: Morristown Mayo Performing Arts Center, NJ
May 17: Warren Packard Music Hall, OH
May 20: Pittsburgh Stage AE, PA
May 21: Rama Entertainment Centre, ON
Jun 09: Pratteln Z7, Switzerland
Jun 11: Novarock Festival, Austria
Jun 12: Ljubljana Hala Tovilo, Slovenia
Jun 14: Milan Alcatraz, Italy
Jun 16: Tel Aviv Bloomfield Arena, Israel
Jun 18: Stone Free Festival, UK
Jun 20: Tilburg 103 Poppodium, Netherlands
Jun 23: Copenhagen Copenhell, Denmark
Jun 24: Halden Tons Of Rock, Norway
Aug 06: Kalamazoo Wings Event Center, MI
Aug 07: Louisville Palace, KY
Aug 09: Huntsville Von Braun Center, AL
Aug 10: Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Hall, GA
Aug 17: New Orleans Saenger Theater, LA
Aug 20: Abilene Taylor County Coliseum, TX
Oct 09: Bemidji Sanford Center, MN
Oct 11: Winnipeg Burton Cummings Theatre, MB
Oct 12: Regina Conexus Arts Centre, SK
Oct 13: Lethbridge ENMAX Centre, AB
Oct 15: Calgary Winsport Arena, AB
Oct 16: Penticton South Okanagan Event Center, BC
Oct 19: Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre, BC
Oct 22: Portland Keller Auditorium, OR
Oct 25: Reno Grand Sierra Resort, NV

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“Louder Than Love” Starring LEMMY, ALICE COOPER And SLASH To Launch On DVD

Posted by aliblackdiamond on April 16, 2016
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A documentary starring LEMMY, ALICE COOPER And SLASH will be released on DVD on June 10th according to classicrock.com.

“Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story”, directed by Tony D’Annunzio in 2012, has been screened at more than 35 film festivals around the world and will be issued on DVD later this year.

The film won Best Documentary at Las Vegas International Film Festival in 2012 and D’Annunzio was also nominated for Best New Film Director at the LA New Directors Film Festival.

Detroit native D’Annunzio says: “The Grande Ballroom era is potentially the greatest untold story in rock and roll history. With everything Detroit has been through in the last several decades, I wanted to let folks know that aside from the automobile industry, the city has some amazing musical history which helped shape American pop culture.”

“Louder Than Love – The Grande Ballroom Story” can be pre-ordered via Amazon.

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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES: To Perform Lemmy Tribute At The Grammys

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 4, 2016
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Alice Cooper and his HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES bandmates will bring some edge to the Grammys next week with a tribute to late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister and the premiere of a hard-rocking, brand new song, ‘As Bad as I Am,’ according to rollingstone.com.

“We started this band as a means to toast our ‘dead drunk friends’ at the Rainbow, all the ghosts in the bar, and now I guess Lemmy is involved in that, too,” Cooper tells Rolling Stone. The group – which includes Johnny Depp, Aerosmith‘s Joe Perry and Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, among others – are set to perform both during the awards ceremony, which will air live on CBS on February 15th.

“Lemmy was one of those salt-of-the-earth guys,” Cooper says. “Find me somebody who didn’t love Lemmy. He’s just one of those guys that’s impossible not to like.

“He was always funny,” he continues. “I’m a ‘healed’ alcoholic and I haven’t had anything to drink in 35 years. A lot of people that drink always feel a little bit like they owe an explanation to me. A couple weeks before his death, Lemmy came up to me and said, ‘Alice, I’ve quit drinking.’ And he’s got a glass in his hand. And I go, ‘Really?’ And he says, ‘Yeah, I don’t drink whiskey anymore. I drink vodka.'” Cooper laughs. “And I went, ‘Lemmy, do you think your liver has any idea what color the alcohol is?’ He said, well it’s a step down from whiskey.’ And I went, ‘OK. Any step’s a good step.‘” He laughs.

Although Hollywood Vampires are still planning what they will do at the Grammys, Cooper wants to sing ‘Ace of Spades.’ Asked if he’d attempt to approximate Kilmister‘s gravely snarl on the song, Cooper laughs. “I might do it more ‘Alice Cooper style,’ but it would still have to have that growl, that guttural voice to make it work. I can’t picture, like, Creedence Clearwater doing that song.”

The Grammys will also serve as the first time people will hear ‘As Bad As I Am,’ which will appear as a bonus track on the upcoming deluxe edition of Hollywood Vampires‘ 2015 debut. The digital release, which will also stream on Spotify, will also contain two previously unreleased covers – the Who‘s ‘I’m a Boy’ (“I did that song once with the Who because it was so obvious for Alice Cooper to sing,” the singer says, “‘I’m a boy, I’m a boy, but my ma won’t admit it‘”) and Love’s “7 and 7 Is” (“I still have no idea what the lyrics mean,” Cooper says with a laugh, “there might have been drugs involved”) – when it comes out on February 12th.

With a scratchy guitar riff and locomotive, Aerosmith-y rhythms, ‘As Bad as I Am’ and its catchy chorus – ‘Here’s to you, as good as you are/ Here’s to me as bad as I am’ – came from Depp. “Johnny says to me, ‘My dad was a bit of a rounder, one of those guys that was in and out of trouble all the time,‘” Cooper explains. “‘During Thanksgiving or Christmas, when we’d toast, he’d say, ‘Good as you are, bad as I am.‘” Cooper laughs. “And I went, ‘Wow, that’s really good.’ That actually sounds like an old, Irish toast of some sort. So once again, almost everyone in the band is a recovered alcoholic and it refers back to alcohol.”

Beyond the theme, though, Cooper‘s just happy with the way it sounds, and he’s looking for an opportunity to share it. “I like that it’s a pure rocker,” he says. “It moves. It’s what I think rock & roll needs right now.”

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ALICE COOPER, RICK WAKEMAN: To Headline Stone Free Festival 2016

Posted by aliblackdiamond on November 11, 2015
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Alice Cooper and Rick Wakeman will headline a new indoor festival next year. Stone Free will take place at London’s O2 venue on June 18 and 19, and will also feature Marillion, Blackberry Smoke and Steve Hackett. More acts will be announced in due course, reported classicrock.com.

“Coming to the UK is always like coming home for us. Fans in the UK are always high energy, always there,” says Cooper. “Headlining the very first Stone Free Festival at London’s The O2 in June next year is an example of why we feel so welcome. It will be my only performance in the UK next year, so that makes it even more special. And, as always with my show, you can expect the unexpected!”

“After the success of the Journey To The Centre Of The Earth shows last year, I’m over the moon to have the opportunity to perform King Arthur for the first time since 1975 with an orchestra and choir,” adds Wakeman. “It’s going to be wonderful!”

Stone Free will feature multiple stages, special acoustic performances, Q&As with headline performers, cinema screenings (including Jean Luc Godard‘s Sympathy for the Devil, Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s Live at Knebworth Fair 1976, and Supermensch: The Legend Of Shep Gordon), a vinyl fair, market stalls, classic album playbacks, craft beers and street food alongside the venue’s restaurants.

Day, weekend and Rock Royalty tickets (including artist meet & greets and signing sessions), will go on sale from the festival website at 10am on Friday November 20.

Stone Free Festival 2016

 

MÖTLEY CRÜE Confirm Line Up For European Leg Of “Final Tour”, With Special Guest ALICE COOPER

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 29, 2015
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MÖTLEY CRÜE, one of the most legendary and iconic rock bands in the world, recently revealed which European cities would be included on their Final Tour.  The European dates are part of the band’s 2-year ‘Final Tour’ cycle that will culminate at Staples Centre on December 31st in the band’s hometown of Los Angeles, CA.

With Alice Cooper as their very special guest, the full line-up has now been finalised with the addition of SΔINT ΔSONIΔ appearing on all tour dates except Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle which will have UK band The One Hundred opening.  SΔINT ΔSONIΔ is a Canadian-American rock band consisting of ex-3 Days Grace singer Adam Gontier, Staind guitarist and writer, Mike Muskok with Corey Lowery (bass), and Rich Beddoe (drums). Their self-titled debut album charted at #2 on the Billboard Rock Chart and is due to be released in Europe via Century Media/Sony on October 23rd (pre-order available at Apple iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/SaintAsoniaEU).  The band’s debut single, “Better Place,” has been in the Top 10 U.S. Rock Radio Chart for 8 weeks and counting.   Of the band, Loudwire recently wrote, “Saint Asonia — put that name in your memory bank! Why? Because it appears to be the moniker for rock’s next super group with an impressive resume to boot.”

The November tour dates will be the ultimate farewell to the European continent as Mötley Crüe bring their biggest production and pyro show to date, including Nikki Sixx’s flame throwing bass and Tommy Lee’s “Crüecifly” drum roller coaster, as well as the “Crüesnest” where fans can sit with the band up close and personal during the grand finale of the show. Check out highlights from Mötley Crüe’s show here:

Bassist Nikki Sixx commented:
“We’re excited to come back to Europe with all the songs, bells and whistles and say goodbye during The Final Tour to the greatest fans in rock n roll.”

After thirty-four years performing together, the 2015 leg of the Final Tour includes shows all across the globe. Mötley Crüe recently finished touring in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the European festival circuit which included a fantastic Download appearance in the UK.

Mötley Crüe originally announced plans for their two year Final Tour by signing a Cessation Of Touring Agreement at a press conference in Los Angeles in January 2014, solidifying the end of their touring career as December 31st 2015. Since the announcement the band has been touring tirelessly to say goodbye to fans around the world.

The 2014 leg of the Final Tour was one of last year’s top grossing tours, selling close to a million tickets across 72 cities and grossing more than $45 million. “Mötley Crüe’s Final Tour has been a massive global success and a true testament to the popularity of this legendary rock band,” says Rick Franks, Live Nation’s Regional President of North American Concerts. “New Year’s Eve 2015 will mark the end of an era in rock history but there’s no doubt that Mötley Crüe’s music will influence generations of artists for years to come.”

Audiences can also expect a high-energy performance from very special guest Alice Cooper*, who already joined the band for the Final Tour in 2014.  He will be tearing up the stage once again on most 2015 dates. The pairing has been roundly praised as a must-see by fans and media alike.

THE FINAL TOUR – EUROPE
NOVEMBER 2015

Monday                2                            Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, UK*+
Tuesday               3                            Manchester Arena, UK*+
Wednesday         4                             Birmingham Genting Arena, UK*+
Friday                  6                             London SSE Arena, Wembley, UK*^
Sunday                8                            Stuttgart Schleyerhalle, Germany*^
Monday               9                             Basel St. Jakobshalle, Switzerland^
Tuesday              10                           Medoplanum Forum, Milan,Italy*^
Thursday             12                           Monte Carlo, Monaco Sporting Club, Monaco^
Friday                  13                           Munich, Zenith, Germany*^
Saturday              14                           Düsseldorf ISS Dome, Germany*^
Monday                16                           Stockholm Ericsson Globe, Sweden*^
Wednesday          18                           Helsinki Hartwall Arena, Finland*^
Friday                   20                           Abu Dhabi Du Arena, United Arab Emirates^

*With Alice Cooper
^ With Saint Asonia
+ With The One Hundred

Tickets are £47.50.00 / £35.00 regionally (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk