May 2023 – SickthingsUK

Vampires Postpone US Shows

The Hollywood Vampire have postponed their three US shows this week after Johnny Depp sustained a “painful injury to his ankle following his recent appearances and has been advised by his doctor not to travel.” The statement continues: “He is devastated by this turn of events, but looks forward to resting up so all four Vampires can bring their absolute best to the tour in Europe.”
The shows have already been rescheduled with all tickets remaining valid for the new dates. They now play:

July 28 – Boston, MA – Wang Theatre Boch Center
July 29 – Manchester, NH – SNHU Arena
July 30 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center For The Arts

Alice was interviewed on AXS TV’s ‘Power Hour’ last week part of which is now on YouTube.

‘Forbes’ magazine has a review and photos from the Champaign show including commenst from Nita. Check it out here.

Nita Strauss has released a new video on YouTube for ‘The Golden Trail’ featuring Anders Fridén of In Flames.

Nita Strauss Album Details and Ryan Roxie Events

Nita Strauss Album Details and other news.

Nita Strauss has officially announced the title of her forthcoming second solo album ‘The Call Of The Void’. The album will be released through Sumerian Records on July 7th and the latest single ‘The Golden Trail’ featuring Anders Fridén if In Flames can be seen here.. You can pre-order now through AmazonUK and AmazonUS on vinyl, CD and streaming.
Nita has been talking to Soundsphere and Kerrang! about the album, working with Alice and more.

Ryan Roxie will have a busy week in Fort Wayne, IN in July when he has two solo events taking place.
The first is on July 27th when he will be hosting a ‘Master Class’ evening including a 2 hour chat and Q&A, talking about his career, somgwriting, touring and anything else that comes to mind. Tickets for this exclusive event are $100 and available here.

Secondly Sweetwater Studios will be holding a 2-day ‘recording workshop’ with Roxie on July 28th-29th. This is a more technical two-day class with day one titled ‘The Basics of Tracking a Session’, and day 2 ‘Mixing to Yield Professional Sounding Results’, and during that time Roxie will actually be recording a new solo single! Places for this event are extremely limited and can be booked here.
If anyone on here is going to attend, email PerfectWave@USA.com letting them know you’re from SickthingsUK so they will "add on some special benefits" for you!

Rhino have posted a new track from the forthcoming ‘Killer’ deluxe edition. This one is ‘You Drive Me Nervous‘ record at the Mar Y Solo festival in 1972.

The Hollywood Vampires have released yet another clip from the forthcoming ‘Live In Rio’. This time it’s their version of Hendrix’s ‘Manic Depression’ which you can see here. ‘Live In Rio’ is due June 2nd from earMusic.

Dennis Dunaway and Michael Bruce have been interviewed for a new article about ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ in the June issue of ‘Vintage Guitar‘ which should be on the news shelves soon. The issue you want has Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton on the cover.

The Rock Pit has a review and photos of the Mystic Lake Theatre show last week which you can read here. Smile Politely has a review and photos of the Champaign show.

Neal Smith has been talking to the Akron Beacon Journal about his life and career here.

Classic Rock/Louder have posted a long article about the early days of Alice Cooper (possibly reposted from a earlier magazine article) with quotes from Dennis Dunaway.

New Vampires Show and Nita’s Solo Tour

The Hollywood Vampires have added an extra show to their European tour. They play
Summerstage Autostadt – Wolfsburg, Germany on July 21st. Tickets go on sale Monday May 8th at 10AM CET.

Nita Strauss has announced two months of US solo shows for June and July. The ‘Summer Storm’ tour, which will feature opening act ‘Lions At The Gate’ runs as follows:

June 13th Nashville, TN @ Exit/ In
June 14th Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
June 15th Greensboro, NC @ The Hangar 1819
June 17th New York, NY @ The Meadows
June 18th Toronto, ONT @ Horseshoe Tavern
June 19th Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedrafts
June 21st Harrison, OH @ The Blue Note
June 22nd Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
June 23rd Angola, IN @ The Eclectic Room
June 24th Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre
June 25th Madison, WI @ The Majestic Theatre
June 26th Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
June 28th Denver, CO @ The Bluebird Theater
June 29th Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
June 30th Boise, ID @ Neurolux
July 1st Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
July 2nd Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw Theatre
July 3rd Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
July 5th Sacramento, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post
July 6th Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
July 8th Las Vegas, NV @ The Space
July 9th Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
July 11th San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
July 12th Dallas, TX @ Trees
July 13th Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
July 14th New Orleans, LA @ The Parish at House of Blues

OnMilwaukee has a short interview with Alice. Of amusing note is their reference to his ‘Pretty Things’ album… obviously meaning ‘Pretties For You’. A mistake copy and pasted to AC.com!

WANE has the story of Alice and Sheryl out shopping in in Fort Wayne and buying a new sword, which sure enough you can see during the opening of that nights show. Unfortunately their report and videos are geolocked to prevent the information reaching Europe…

Mike Allen’s new book ‘Living and Touring with Alice Cooper and Other Stories‘ has apparently been selling well and Mike has been on Hudson River Radio chatting about it, and his time with the original band. Check it out here.

‘I’m Always Chasing Rainbows’ from ‘Goes To Hell’ is featured on the new ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ mixtape and possibly the film as well. check out the full list here.

Lastly Classic Rock recalls the old story of Alice and Joe Perry trying to write songs for ‘Monster Dog’ in a haunted house. An oldie, but to be fair one not repeated as often as many other old stories. Alice is also featured in the latest issue of Classic Rock Magazine.

Too Close For Comfort

The Too Close For Comfort Tour Begins

We’re now three shows into the new ‘Too Close For Comfort’ US tour and there’s plenty of video appearing on YouTube. As promised the tour features a completely new stage set which heavily relies on video screens showing close ups of Alice and the band, as well as pre-recorded clips to illustrate certain songs. Sadly the new setlist is rather predictable, with only a couple of real surprises, and there seems to be minimal theatrics, although the snake is back for the first time in some years. The tour also sees the return of Nita Strauss after she sat out the fall tour last year.
Ultimate Classic Rock have a full review of the Mount Pleasant show with photos and lots of spoilers, while Seth Lewis has posted some excellent photos from the same show. More photos can be found at PennLive.

To mark the start of the tour April 29th was named ‘Alice Cooper Day’ in Youngstown, MI by radio station WYFM and the Mahoning County Commissioners who presented Alice with a proclamation in honour of his 50 years playing shows in the area and a custom painted trash can! You can see a copy of the document here while WYTV has video and a report but it’s region locked.

Nita Strauss has been talking to Loudwire about touring with Alice and Demi Lovato, plus her new solo album which is due this summer.