Cherokee – There’s no more Mr. Nice Guy or Mr. Clean, Frankenstein has been fed and school’s officially out forever.
Alice Cooper, who is still going strong at the age of 77, rocked Harrah’s Cherokee for the fourth time on Feb. 1 night with a 22-song set loaded with his hit songs.
Cooper kicked off the night with a shortened version of “Lock Me Up” then went straight into “Welcome to the Show.” For his third song of the night he played one of his top hits “No More Mr. Nice Guy.”
He then went straight into another hit song, “I’m Eighteen.” Then after two more songs, he played the title track from his 1973 platinum album, “Billion Dollar Babies.” His hit song “No More Mr. Nice Guy” is featured on the album “Billion Dollar Babies” as well as Cooper’s 20th song for the night, “I Love the Dead.”
During “I Love the Dead” and the song before, “Killer,” Cooper did his iconic guillotine act where he was beheaded.
Along with three songs from “Billion Dollar Babies,” Cooper also played three songs each from his 1991 album “Hey Stoopid” and 1975 album “Welcome to My Nightmare.”
From “Hey Stoopid,” Cooper played another top hit song as he ended the night with “Feed My Frankenstein,” as well as “Snakebite” and the title track from the album. From “Welcome to My Nightmare,” he performed “Black Widow Jam,” “Cold Ethyl” and the title track from the album.
Cooper also played his hit song “Poison” from his 1989 album “Trash.” “Poison” is his top streamed song on Spotify with over 459 million plays.
After playing multiple other songs that rocked through the casino, as well as a drum solo by drummer Glen Sobel and guitar solos, he played arguably his most well-known song, “School’s Out.” Cooper’s iconic 1972 song “School’s Out” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015 and was featured in the popular video game Guitar Hero 3 in 2007. During “School’s Out,” they added in a few lines from Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2.” This version of the song was also done with Cooper’s other band, Hollywood Vampires, where he performs alongside actor Johnny Depp.
Cooper’s band consists of guitarists Ryan Roxie and Tommy Henrickson, bassist Chuck Garric and Sobel behind the drum kit.
He typically has guitarist Nita Strauss with him, but due to scheduling conflicts she could not join this leg of the tour. Her fill-in was Gilby Clarke, who performed with none-other than Guns N’ Roses. Clark was with Guns N’ Roses during the Use Your Illusion tour from 1991 to 1994. Following his departure from Guns N’ Roses, he played with the band Slash’s Snakepit, a side project of legendary guitarist Slash.
Cooper performed in Cherokee just three days before his birthday, which was on Feb. 4.
Outside of playing in his world famous band, Cooper was cast as King Herod in the 2019 television special production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which was led by R&B singer John Legend. This rendition of the musical was shown on NBC and is an adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webster’s rock opera that was featured on Broadway in New York City and West End in London. If Webster’s name rings a bell, it’s because he wrote one of the longest running musicals in the world, Phantom of the Opera.
Since 2004, Cooper has also hosted the radio show Alice’s Attic where he discusses various topics on music and plays his favorite classic rock songs.
This leg of the tour wrapped up on Feb. 11 in St. Augustine, Fla. Cooper will then continue the tour with a month-long run in Europe.
For tour dates, merch and to keep up with Cooper, visit alicecooper.com.