SPIDER BITES Alice's 25th studio album, his first was released in 1969. Released in America and Canada on 29th July 2008. The UK on July 28th. Germany, Sweden and Austria on July 25th. Charted at No. 31 in the UK. Co-Produced by Danny Saber and Greg Hampton. Album photography Gabrielle Geiselman. A full blown tour supporting the album was scrapped in favour of the Theatre of Death tour, which sees Alice die a thousand deaths. Alice plays the character of Spider, a serial killer who collects a leg from each of his victims and wraps their bodies in silk. Ozzy Osbourne co-wrote and plays harmonica on Wake The Dead Steven, the character to first appear on the Welcome To My Nightmare album, makes a return appearance. Vengeance Is Mine was the first song to premiere on MySpace in June. Slash plays guitar on Vengeance Is Mine. More songs were recorded than appear on the album, these will probably appear on singles or as bonus tracks in some territories. Possible titles include: Shadow Of Yourself and I'll Still Be There Originally planned for a 2007 release but was delayed due to producer scheduling problems. Producers, Saber and Hampton, co-wrote several of the album's songs. Released on CD and limited edition vinyl. Along Came a Spider is Alice's first recording for Steamhammer/SPV. Songs were written and demoed in 2007, recording began in February of '08 SPV unveil a special site for the new album, featuring a new Pinball Game based on the album. i-Tunes make available three bonus tracks: Shadow Of Yourself, I'll Still Be There and Salvation (Unplugged with Strings) You Tube featured special unveilings every Friday throughout July in the lead up to the album's release. THEATRE OF DEATH TOUR 2010 Alice will be once again on the road with the Theatre of Death tour this year, a tour that quickly became a favourite amongst fans the world over. This year the kicks off with a real bang. Alice and Rob Zombie will be teaming up for a series of shows in Canada and a couple Northern US States. At the time of writing this portion of the Theatre of Death tour, entitled The Gruesome Twosome Tour, is very limited in dates but is sure to be a tour for the history books - a hard rock and horror fans dream team! The Tour: With help of Robert Roth, who directed Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, the new show is probably Alice's most tightly structured show since Welcome To My Nightmare. Titled Theatre of Death, and with the tag line "They Keep Killing Him... But He Keeps Coming Back", one can fairly easily guess where the new show is heading... Alice dies, but not just once. For the first time ever in an Alice show, he dies four times! In such economically bad times, that has to be considered good bang for your buck! The show is divided into four sections, Alice being killed at the close of each section, he then "awakens" in a new stage of Alice existance. This show has to be seen to be believed, and is the show Alice fans have been waiting to see. No doubt about it. April 2010
26: Canada - MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba (with Rob Zombie) May 2010
01: Canada - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia (with Rob Zombie) June 2010
19: France - Hellfest, Clisson July 2010
09: USA - Island Resort & Casino, Harris, Michigan August 2010
01: Belgium - Lokerse Feesten, Lokerse September 2010
02: USA - Modern Woodmen Park, Davenport, Iowa November 2010
04: Germany - Porsche Arena, Stuttgart LINKS ALONG CAME A SPIDER PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
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