Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper is returning to Australia in February with his all-new Ol' Black Eyes Is Back show. He will perform at Sydney's Qudos Bank Arena on February 15.
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Special guests with Alice Cooper on the Australian leg of this international tour will be Aussie rock stalwarts Airbourne along with MC50, featuring Wayne Kramer of MC5 with an all-star band performing MC5 classics.
Having shocked and delighted fans in equal measure for five decades, Alice Cooper's new outlandish stage show incorporates a setting inside his Nightmare Castle, and features not only the return of FrankenAlice, but also the new Billion Dollar Baby.
The tour, presented by TEG Live, will kick off at Perth's RAC Arena on February 8, moving through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and finishing at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 18.
Pre-sale tickets for Ol' Black Eyes Is Black Australian tour will be available via Telstra Plus from 11am on Thursday, August 15, before the general public on sale at 2pm on Wednesday, August 21, from Ticketek.
Alice Cooper and his Ol' Black Eyes Is Back show is currently playing to crowds in North America, followed by a six-week UK European tour before returning to the United States for further dates.
Known as one of the hardest working people in music, Alice Cooper also records and tours with The Hollywood Vampires with pals Joe Perry and Johnny Depp, while continuing his long-running nightly syndicated radio show Nights With Alice Cooper, heard worldwide on more than 100 radio stations, including Australia.
New music from Alice Cooper is also imminent, with the announcement of the September 13 release of mini-album The Breadcrumbs, a tribute to his Detroit rock origins, recorded in Detroit with Detroit musicians, featuring covers of classic Detroit-originated songs.
Aussie rockers Airbourne have played around the globe and performed on the main stage at Download UK and co-headlined the Wacken Festival.
Detroit's proto-punk/hard rock band MC50 will bring their Kick Out The Jams: The 50th Anniversary Tour to Australia. Known as MC50 for the forthcoming Ol' Black Eyes Is Back tour, the supergroup features MC5's Wayne Kramer joined by guitarist Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), drummer Brendan Canty (Fugazi), bassist Doug Pinnick (King's X), and frontman Marcus Durant (Zen Guerrilla).
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