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Lansing State Journal

Alice Cooper, other acts bring strong state ties to wrap up Common Ground
(Lansing State Journal, 2004-07-11)

Each summer, rock musicians whirl around the globe, playing to strange people in strange places. Alice Cooper - who rocks tonight's Common Ground finale - can tell you that. He's been to places where the sun doesn't shine, and places where it doesn't set. "We did a show in Finland when it never got dark," Cooper said by phone from Stuttgart, Germany. "I had a (golf) tee time two hours after the show ended."...

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Cooper explosive as Common Ground closes
(Lansing State Journal, 2004-07-12)

Well, he's still got it. Nearly 40 years after the Detroit-born rocker released his first single, Alice Cooper is still going strong. Cooper, along with the veteran rock group The Tubes, brought the 2004 Common Ground festival to an explosive end Sunday evening on the West Main Stage of Adado Riverfront Park. After an uncomfortably hot and humid day, the clouds began to roll in as Cooper was about to start his show. ...

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