ON THE ROAD WITH ALICEThe following is a comprehesive tour date archive including tour dates from the pre-Alice Cooper era through to Alice's most current tour. Ticket Stubs and Posters are displayed where possible. 1964 - 1968 1968 - 1970 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1972 1972 1973 - 1974 1975 - 1977 1977 - 1978 1979 1981 - 1982 1986 - 1987 1987 - 1988 1989 - 1990 1991 1995 1996 - 1997 1997-2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2002 2003 2003 - 2004 2005 - 2006 2007 - 2009 2009 - 2010 If you know of a concert appearance by Alice that is missing from this collection of dates, please contact me with the details. I'm also always looking for scans of ticket stubs and posters... Special thanks to Karl Speck, Brian Mcfadden, Steve Wall, Stephan Wendal, Lance hall, James Cosper and everyone else that I'm shamefully forgetting to mention who has helped over the years. WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE TOUR 1975 - 1977The Welcome To My Nightmare Tour began in Spring of 1975 and ended up continuing until 1977 when Alice took the show to Australia and New Zealand. There had been plans to put on a show for the Goes to Hell album in 1976, but this was cancelled due to health problems Alice was suffering - most likely brought on by the grueling schedule for the previous year's tour and worsening drink problem. The Welcome... tour became the second Alice Cooper tour to be professional filmed and released commercially to theatres. Titled Welcome To My Nightmare it was filmed at the Wembley Empire Pool in London, England during his two night stint there; the 11th and 12th of September, 1975. Welcome... continued where the Billion Dollar Babies tour left off - going a step closer towards a full blown theatrical production unlike anything seen on the rock stage. At the time of its staging, the latest Alice extravaganza received a lot of favorable media coverage. Thankfully, we have more than just this coverage to look to when visualizing the tour - we have the concert film. The show itself was pretty complex, being a visual representation of the concept album of the same name. The story takes place in a nightmare world where Steven battles for his soul. The elaborate travelling stage set included a large gothic looking bed in the center of the stage to represent the dreaming Steven in his nightmare world. Steven's toy box is at the side of his bed with all his toys inside, as well as the dancers who would often appear from the box. There were huge pillars on either side of the bed, which would at one point in the show support an over-sized spider web for the performance of Devil's Food and The Black Widow. And, at the height of the show the bed would slide back and a large split screen was raised. Upon the screen a movie was projected. Alice and the dancers were on the screen and then would emerge with precession timing through the screen onto the stage. This very impressive spectacle was revived for the Hey Stoopid tour of 1991. There were a number of dancers who would perform in varying roles: skeletons, spiders, giant Cyclops's, and Sheryl Goddard, who would later become Sheryl Cooper, played the ballerina role for Only Women Bleed. The touring band (Dick Wagner, Steven Hunter, Prakash John, Whitey Glan) were behind the elaborate set for most of the show. I Never Cry was added to the set during the Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour. SONGS PERFORMED DURING THE TOUR
1975 March25: USA - Brown County Arena, Green Bay, Wisconsin 1975 April
04: USA - Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio 1975 May
01: USA - Onondaga War Memorial, Syracuse, New York [Ticket] 1975 June
01: USA - Civic Center, Amarillo, Texas 1975 July
02: Canada - Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg 1975 August
31: Sweden - Gruna Lund, Stockholm 1975 September
01: Sweden - Scandinavium, Gothenburg 1975 December
13: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada 1976 August
17: USA - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Not part of the Welcome To My Nightmare tour but here for historic purposes. Alice - along with Divine, Billie Jean King, Kiki Dee and the New York Community Choir - appears and performs during the encore of Elton John's concert appearance. 1977 March
14: Australia - Entertainment Centre, Perth 40,000 people were in attendence, breaking the Australian record at this time 29: Australia - Festival Hall, Brisbane 1977 April04: New Zealand - Western Springs Stadium, Auckland                 |
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