AS RUMORED, ALICE PAID A VISIT TO THE CAST OF ROCK OF AGES UK ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH, WHERE HE DELIVERED A RELENTLESS VERSION OF THE CLASSIC "SCHOOL'S OUT"!
COINCIDENTALLY, IT'S NOW JUST A FEW DAYS PAST THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF "SCHOOL'S OUT" HITTING #1 IN THE UK! TWITTER WAS A BUZZ EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH RUMORS THAT COOPER MIGHT STOP BY FOR A SURPRISE PERFORMANCE, AND ALICE HIMSELF TEASED VIA TWITTER "Hearing that @rockofagesuk in London is GOOD. But worthy of me crashing their little show? I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh78T--ZUxY", AND HE WAS SURE TO INCLUDE THE WAYNES WORLD CLASSIC "WE'RE NOT WORTHY" CLIP TO EMPHASIZE HIS POINT.
ALICE KEPT THE HEAT AND THE SUSPENSE BREWING WITH A LATER TWEET DIRECTED AT SOME OF THE ROCK OF AGES UK CAST MEMBERS: "OK @shayneTward, @sandy_moffat & @simonlipkin - YOU'RE NEXT! #IKnowWhereYouLive, @rockofagesuk, @outsideorg http://youtu.be/WO6jzNUnZcU", WHICH FEATURED A LINK TO ANOTHER VIDEO... THIS TIME OF HIS OWN HEAD BEING CHOPPED OFF!
FOLLOWING HIS APPEARANCE ON STAGE, ALICE POSTED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO TWITTER...
Gather round Cast & Crew of @rockofagesuk... All here? OK great... KILL THEM!! No no, what I MEANT to say was THANKS! Sorry, force of habit. - Alice Cooper (@RealAliceCooper) August 15, 2012
ALICE JUST FINISHED UP HIS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL "NO MORE MR NICE GUY" TOUR, WHICH BROKE SEVERAL ATTENDANCE RECORDS IN THE US AND IN EUROPE. COOPER IS IN LONDON THIS WEEK TO PROMOTE HIS UPCOMING OCTOBER UK TOUR CALLED "NIGHT OF FEAR", AND IN PARTICULAR THE FEATURED HALLOWEEN SHOW ON OCTOBER 29TH SHOW AT LONDON'S WEMBLEY. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD YEAR IN A ROW THAT LONDON HAS PLAYED HOST TO ALICE'S INFAMOUS HALLOWEEN SHOW. THIS HALLOWEEN SHOW WILL ALSO MARK ANOTHER OCCASION - ALICE COOPER WILL BE THE ONLY FOREIGN ARTIST TO PLAY HAVE PLAYED AT WEMBLEY FOR 5 DECADES STRAIGHT!
THIS NEW TOUR WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 24TH IN CARDIFF, AND ACCORDING TO ALICE WILL FEATURE THREE MAIN PARTS... CLASSIC ALICE TRACKS, A "NIGHTMARE" SECTION WITH TRACKS FROM THE ORIGINAL ALBUM "WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE" AND HIS MOST RECENT ALBUM "WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE", FOLLOWED BY AN ENTIRELY NEW CONCEPT THAT HE WON'T REVEAL. ALSO IN THE WORKS IS A NEW EXECUTION.
ALICE BEGINS REHEARSALS FOR THE NEW TOUR IN EARLY OCTOBER.