Alice Cooper - The Most Beloved Hard Metal Entertainer Of All Time
rowena on Apr 17th 2008
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. He was born as Vincent Damon Furnier on February 4, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.His rock genres includes Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock, and garage rock. “Alice Cooper” was originally a band name with Vincent Furnier portraying the lead man. Furnier legally changed his name to Alice Cooper and launched a solo career in 1974.
Alice Cooper is famous for his social and witty persona offstage. The Rolling Stone Album Guide assigned hin as the world’s most “beloved” heavy metal entertainer.Cooper helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal. He is also credited as being one of the first to bring storylined theatrics to the rock/pop concert stage in the late 1960s. Aside from his love for music, Alice Cooper is also a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock shows “Nights with Alice Cooper” and “Breakfast with Alice”.
Watch Alice Cooper live at the WestPac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand singing the sing I’m Eighteen.
Check out Alice Cooper concerts schedules below:
Thu 07/24/08 London, UK London Excel Arena
Thu 07/31/08 Redmond, OR Deschutes County Fair
Sat 08/02/08 Great Falls, MT Montana State Fair
Sun 08/03/08 Sturgis, SD Legendary Buffalo Chip
Fri 08/15/08 Imperial, NE Chase County Fair
Sat 08/16/08 Council Bluffs, IA Harrah’s Casino - Stir Concert Cove
Sun 08/17/08 Tower, MN Fortune Bay Resort Casino
Sat 08/23/08 Florence, IN Belterra Casino Resort
Thu 08/28/08 Oshkosh, WI Waterfest / Riverside Park
Fri 09/05/08 Las Vegas, NV The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Sat 09/06/08 Las Vegas, NV The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Sun 09/07/08 Las Vegas, NV The Orleans Hotel & Casino
Fri 09/12/08 Hutchinson, KS Kansas State Fair
Fri 09/19/08 Vancouver, BC Centre In Vancouver For Perf. Arts
Sat 09/20/08 Vernon, BC Greater Vernon Multiplex
Sun 09/21/08 Kamloops, BC Interior Savings Centre
Tue 09/23/08 Prince George, BC CN Centre
Wed 09/24/08 Grande Prairie, AB Crystal Centre
Fri 09/26/08 Red Deer, AB Westerner Park/ENMAX Centrium Arena
Sat 09/27/08 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Sun 09/28/08 Lethbridge, AB ENMAX Centre
Mon 09/29/08 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Wed 10/01/08 Regina, SK Conexus Arts Centre
Thu 10/02/08 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
Sat 10/04/08 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Mon 10/06/08 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place Theatre
Tue 10/07/08 Barrie, ON Barrie Molson Centre
Wed 10/08/08 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
Fri 10/10/08 London, ON Centennial Hall
Sat 10/11/08 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Civic Centre Arena
Tue 10/14/08 Kitchener, ON Centre In The Square
Wed 10/15/08 Montreal, QC St. Denis Theatre
Fri 10/17/08 Halifax, NS Halifax Metro Centre
Sat 10/18/08 Saint John, NB Harbour Station
Sun 10/19/08 Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum Complex
Tue 10/21/08 Saint John’s, NL Mile One Centre
Wed 10/22/08 Corner Brook, NL Pepsi Centre
Sun 10/26/08 Schenectady, NY Proctor’s Theatre
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