Alice Cooper has been announced as a guest at this years 'London Film And Comic Con' at the Olympia, London between July 24th and 26th. This is NOT a concert, but an autograph and photo appearance. Tickets for the convention are on sale now, but getting an autograph and/or photo will cost a LOT more on top of your admission price. Prices quoted are an eye-watering £65 for an autograph and $75 for a photo, or a "diamond pass" that gets you an autograph, photo and "gift" for £175. Alice will be there all three days and tickets are available now.

'Live From The Astroturf, Alice Cooper' is getting another UK showing at the 'Manchester International Film Festival' which runs between March 7th and 15th. The film will be shown on Saturday March 14th at 7.45 at the Odeon, Great Northern.

Blue Coupe will be back in Europe for the Silja Rock Cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki on May 18th. Hopefully there will be more European shows announced soon.

Alice and Sheryl were at former elementary school Westwood High School in Mesa, AZ on Wednesday to announce that there will be a second 'The Rock' Teen center opening there this summer. 'Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Teen Centers' will fund the renovations and provide more than $100,000 worth of music, arts and dance programming to youth ages 12 to 20 and the local community.

The Goon Squad (the Alice Cooper band without Alice and Nita) will be playing an "After Show Party" at 'Frankie's Pizza by the Slice' at 50 Hunter Street, Sydney, Australia on February 15th. This takes place after the proper Alice Cooper show at Quodos Bank Arena.

Blabbermouth have posted video of Nita Strauss at NAMM last weekend which you can check out here. Nita is currently working on her second solo album between AC tours.

Alice's appearance on 'Jonesy's Jukebox' this morning is likely to be posted on the radio stations site soon so keep an eye out here.

It's been confirmed that the 'Fight Fire Australia' charity show in Sydney next month WILL be televised by the 'Seven' and 'Foxtel' channels in Australia. The full nine hour plus show will be shown along with backstage footage and interviews.

Alice Cooper has announced a new batch of shows for May/June in the USA. The dates are as follows and VIP tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10AM. Support will be Tesla and Lita Ford

30th May Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre
31st May Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
3rd June Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
5th June Thackerville, OK - Winstar World Casino
6th June Topeka, KS - Stormont Vail Events Center
7th June Maryland Heights, MO - Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
9th June Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheatre
10th June Huber Heights, OH - Rose Music Center
12th June Welsh, MN - Treasure Island Resort and Casino
13th June Rosemont, IL - Rosemont Theatre
14th June Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
16th June Boston, MA - Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion
17th June Wilkes-Barre Township, PA - Mohegan Sun Arena
19th June Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
20th June Gilford, NH - Bank of NH Pavilion
21st June Hanover, MD - The Hall at Live! Casino and Hotel
23rd June Wantagh, NY - Northwell Heath at Jones Beach
25th June Philadelphia, PA - The Mann Center
26th June Burgettstown, PA - S&T Bank Music Park
27th June Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre

Alice will be a guest on Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) radio show 'Jonesy's Jukebox' at the Viper Rooms in LA this Friday and you can win tickets to be there in person at 955klos.com.

He will also be at the 'Motor City Comic Con' in Detroit between May 15th and 17th (all three days) for autographs and photos.

Nita, Chuck, Glen, and Michael Bruce, appear to have been at NAMM over the weekend. The easiest way to see what else they've been up to is check their facebook pages. Alice doesn't appear to have been there this year.

Alice has been talking to the Australian press about the upcoming bush fire benefit, but sadly they won't let you read it in Europe.

Dennis Dunaway's 'Cold Cold Coffin' has won another award, this time for 'Best Music Video' at the Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival.

It has now been confirmed that Alice Cooper will appear at the upcoming 'Fight Fire Australia' benefit show at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia on February 16th along with Queen + Adam Lambert, Olivia Newton John, John Farnham, Icehouse and a host of other Australian stars. The show aims to raise substantial funds to combat the horrific fires currently sweeping the country. Alice's participation is not big surprise, it's been speculated ever since the show was announced because he's already playing a show in Sydney the night before, as are Queen, who are playing the same venue and have presumably offered their stage and equipment for the event. The actual format for the show has yet to be announced, as has the question of whether the show will be televised either in Australia or elsewhere.

There's also a new show announced for Niagara Falls, ON on March 31st at the Fallsview Casino Resort. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

Dennis Dunaway, who is currently recovering from a successful hernia operation, will be appearing at the Cutting Room in New York City on January 28th as part of the 'Latest From Storytown' event which features musicians telling anecdotes from their career along with Guy Story and his band playing songs. Tickets are available now.
If you haven't already had the chance you can now hear Dennis' song 'What Was Right For You', as recorded by Mary Lamont, on Mary's own radio show here. It's the second song with Mary introducing it around 5 minutes into the show.

Alice and Sheryl's youngest daughter Sonora Diaz has announced on Facebook that she is pregnant, so there will be another little Cooper grandchild in the coming months!

Rock Candy Magazine in the UK has four pages of Cooper content with superfan Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) talking about his Alice influences. It's out now with a Glenn Hughes cover.

SmartFem have an interview with Alice and Sheryl which I don`t think I've posted before. Tone Deaf also have a new interview with Alice promoting the Australian shows.

Nita Strauss has launched a new 'Bodyshred' challenge for those looking to get fitter. All the details can be found at NitaStraussbodyshred.com.

There's a new advert on UK TV for 'Funding Circle' which features a baby singing along to 'Zipper Catches Skin' classic 'I Am The Future' with very strange results! You can watch it on YouTube.

The Hollywood Vampires have added a Paris show to their European tour. It's at the L'Olympia on August 31st. VIP packages seem to go on sale tomorrow with normal tickets on sale on January 6th at 10AM.

The new issue of Classic Rock magazine in the UK has a four page article on the making of the 'Easy Action' album. Subscription copies have just arrived so it should be on the newsstands early next week.

Neal Smith will be one of the judges at a Battle Of The Bands on January 9th at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, AZ with all raised funds going to Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Teen Centers! Tickets are available here.

The 'Part of the Machine: Rock & Pinball' exhibit from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has left Cleveland and is now on show in the 'Showcase Gallery' at the Joseph Brant Museum in Burlington, ON and features the original electric chair prop.

With the holiday's now over here's a quick round up of news from the last couple of weeks.

A few reports are coming in from the New Year's Eve bash in Maui. It appears that this year Alice and the family were joined by Chuck, Nita and Glen for the annual charity show which also featured Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Dave Mason, and Weird Al Yankovic. Chuck, Nita and Glen along with Thomas Conway, and Andres Romero appear to have made up the 'house band' for most of the guests. No mention of the exact set list yet but there is video (see below) of them playing 'I'm Eighteen' and going by a photo on Facebook it appears Calico Cooper joined Weird Al for song as well. Hopefully more info will come to liught in the next few days.

On January 4th Alice will make an appearance at the Willie K Bluesfest at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center along with Mick Fleetwood and Dave Mason among others. This is another Maui charity event that seems to have become an annual occurance.

According to a facebook post by the 'Monsters Of Rock Cruise', Alice Cooper will be a headliner on their 2021 event, which should give everyone interested enough time to save up for it!

Alice will be appearing at the 'Texas Frightmare Weekend' between May 1st and 3rd at the Hyatt Regency DFW Airport in Dallas, TX. Tickets are on sale now.

Ultimate Classic Rock have posted an article about 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and the story behind it, while the Press and Sun Bulletin look back at the famously canceled 1973 Binghamton show.

BayRockNZ has a short audio interview with Alice promoting the upcoming New Zealand shows.

Alice's appearance on NBC's Today show can now be seen online here. It has Alice and Sheryl talking about religion and 'The Rock' teen center.

Alice Cooper has been announced as one of the acts appearing at this years 'MusiCares' 'Person of the Year' tribute concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 24th. This years winners are Aerosmith, so it's no surprise Alice will be there.

Also not entirely unexpected. Alice will be appearing in this years Maui Food Bank charity concert on New Years Eve. This year is the 12th New Year's Eve event at the Wailea Beach Resort and it's organized again by Shep Gordon. Ticket's range between $675 and $2000 for a seat at the table to see Alice and other guests including Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, Dave Mason, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Last nights Christmas Pudding show seems to have been a great success. The original band headlined the event with Johnny Depp and Joe Bonamassa sitting in for the short set which included 'No More Mr Nice Guy', 'Be My Lover', 'Under My Wheels', 'I'm Eighteen' and 'School's Out', before the evening closed with a version of the Sister Sledge's disco hit 'We Are Family' featuring all the evenings guests including Nita Strauss, Rob Halford, Extreme, and Orianthi. You can see the Alice Cooper set below courtesy of YouTube.
Fox10 news had a short video before the show which you can check out here.
UPDATE: AZCentral have now posted their traditional pudding review which you can see here.

AZCentral has an excellent long article about the early days of Alice Cooper with comments from the whole band.

Kerrang! magazine has a new interview with Alice promoting next years Hollywood Vampires shows in the UK.

According to some sources Alice will be a guest on NBC's 'Today' show on Tuesday December 17th between 9-10AM.