Jukebox – Music News Cuts – 2/14
By Liam Sweeny on February 14, 2025
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Alice Cooper
There will be more dates added to Alice Cooper’s “Too Close for Comfort” tour. These shows will be on the spring and summer leg of the show, and will feature former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke, who is filling in for Nita Strauss, who ran into conflicting commitments.
About his stagecraft and performance, Cooper had this to say to 96.1 KLPX. “It’s so funny because it used to be easy to shock an audience in the ’70s. Now nobody’s really trying — we’re not really trying to shock an audience. I don’t think anybody is ‘shock rock’ anymore, but those elements still remain in the show because they’re fun to watch. It’s still fun to watch the guillotine and the fact that you really buy in to it because of what happens before that. You’re really concerned about this character Alice up there, what happens. And that’s what I like about it. I want the audience to get involved in the show. We don’t do a lot of lasers. We don’t do things like that, because I want the emphasis to be on the character Alice, what happens to him and what he what exactly he’s doing. But all that happens during all these songs that everybody knows — ‘Feed My Frankenstein’ and ‘Poison’ and ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy’ and, of course, ‘School’s Out’ at the end.”
Tickets go on sale today. You can go to AliceCooper.com/tour.
Tour dates:
May 02 – VBC Mark C. Smith Concert Hall – Huntsville, AL
May 03 – Atrium Health Amphitheater – Macon, GA
May 05 – Montgomery Performing Arts Center – Montgomery, AL
May 06 – Savannah Civic Center – Johnny Mercer Theater – Savannah, GA
May 07 – North Charleston Performing Arts Center – North Charleston, SC
May 09 – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2025 – Columbus, OH
May 10 – Dow Event Center – Saginaw, MI
May 13 – Vibrant Arena at The MARK – Moline, IL
May 14 – Miller High Life Theatre – Milwaukee, WI
May 15 – Ball State University – Emens Auditorium – Muncie, IN
May 17 – Erie Insurance Arena – Erie, PA
May 18 – Boardwalk Rock 2025 – Ocean City, MD
May 20 – Mohegan Arena – Wilkes-Barre, PA
May 22 – Stanley Performing Arts Center – Utica, NY
May 23 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
May 24 – Ocean Casino Resort- Atlantic City, NJ
Aug. 15 – Citizens Bank Park – Philadelphia, PA
Aug. 19 – Salem Civic Center – Salem, VA
Aug. 20 – The Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN
Aug. 21 – Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium – Chattanooga, TN
Aug. 23 – The Factory – Chesterfield, MO
Aug. 26 – Vibrant Music Hall – Waukee, IA
Aug. 27 – Orpheum Theater – Omaha, NE
Aug. 30 – Elvis Presley’s Memphis – Graceland Soundstage – Memphis, TN
David Johansen
New York Dolls singer and co-founder David Johansen has revealed to the public that he has been battling a brain tumor for years, and that a fecent fall around Thanksgiving has put serious challenges on his ability to perform daily activities, and to recover.
He had originally kept his diagnosis quiet, but the financial burden of his current situation has caused him to reach out. The non-profit organization Sweet Relief has stepped in to raise money for Johansen, which will go toward providing assistance toward his recovery, including round the clock care.
Johansen was known, outside of punk circles, for his incarnation Buster Poindexter.
For more information on the David Johansen Fund, click here.
Patti Smith
The 1975 album “Horses,” by legendary punk icon Patti Smith, was mildly received when it came out, but years later, became of the seminal punk albums of all time. Smith is now going on a tour to remember the album for its 50th anniversary. The European leg of the tour will hit two shows in London, then onto Madrid, Dublin, Bergamo, Paris, Brussels, and Oslo, while the American leg will hit Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia.
Smith will be performing Horses live in its entirety, for the first time in 20 years. Guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, from the original album, will be accompanying, in addition to Smith’s current guitarist Tommy Shanahan.
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