Alice Cooper Will Tour With Deep Purple, Edgar Winter Band

This looks like a great tour! Alice Cooper, Deep Purple and Edgar Winter Band will hit the road this summer for a small run. Unfortunately there are no dates by me, but maybe you got lucky. I love these three bands, and Alice is one of the best live acts going, year after year!

Tour dates:

Aug. 12 - The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Las Vegas
Aug. 13 - Greek Theatre - Los Angeles
Aug. 15 - Ak-Chin Pavilion - Phoenix
Aug. 16 - Isleta Amphitheater - Albuquerque
Aug. 18 - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion - Woodlands, Texas
Aug. 19 - Starplex Pavilion - Dallas
Aug. 23 - Jiffy Lube Live - Bristow, Virginia
Aug. 24 - BB&T Pavilion - Camden, New Jersey
Aug. 26 - Jones Beach Theater - Wantagh, New York
Aug. 27 - Xfinity Center - Mansfield, Massachusetts
Aug. 28 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
Aug. 30 - Klipsch Music Center - Noblesville, Indiana
Sep. 01 - KeyBank Pavilion - Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Sep. 02 - Budweiser Stage - Toronto

DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER, THE EDGAR WINTER BAND To Join Forces For North American Tour https://t.co/9USAzblW33 pic.twitter.com/rslNgUvK9L

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) January 30, 2017

Nikki Sixx Back On Social Media?

I thought Nikki Sixx was done with social media. I guess not. Sixx is going to do photography in Europe soon. Maybe he'll write a new record while he's over there.

I do wonder how many other bands he's writing for these days. I don't believe for one minute he's not actively writing songs for others. Big paycheck, easy for him and a creative outlet.

Take your time…And don’t forget you can stream every album we’ve ever made on Apple Music! https://t.co/6OkzVCcGib pic.twitter.com/YuCp2VPnXS

— Sixx:A.M. (@SixxAM) January 29, 2017

'American Idiot'

Green Day is a pretty amazing band. They got really famous during my high school days and Dookie was a massive album. I'm pretty sure every kid in my high school owned a copy of that album. There were successful albums after Dookie, but it wasn't until American Idiot hit that the band just became other-world massive. I saw Green Day at Lollapalooza when they were touring behind 21st Century Breakdown.

Green Day will tour again this summer. They happen to be playing in Cincinnati on my birthday and I'll probably go.

There's no better song for this day - this weekend - than "American Idiot." I thank Green Day for the best protest song of the past 20 years. We rise. 

New Year, New Quiet Riot Singer

Quiet Riot has a new singer and his name is Seann Nicols (formerly of Adler's Appetite). The band played their first gig together on January 26. Nicols did a fine job but it does make you wonder how long he will last. Quiet Riot has had a hard row to hoe. It probably would have been better for the band to start fresh with a different name after Kevin DuBrow's death, but I suppose that would have made booking gigs harder. Everyone has to eat.

Queen + Adam Lambert Tour US

Queen + Adam Lambert just announced a summer North American tour! I'm very excited about this and am definitely planning on attending a show. The closest gig to me is Cleveland but I think I would like to fly to a new city for the show. Maybe Seattle or Vancouver? I guess it depends if anyone else I know wants to go, too. Will you be attending?

Here are the show dates and locations:

Jun. 23 - Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena
Jun. 24 - Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
Jun. 26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
Jun. 29 - San Jose, CA @ SAP Center

Jul. 01 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
Jul. 02 - Vancouver, BC @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
Jul. 04 - Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
Jul. 06 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center Arena
Jul. 08 - Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
Jul. 09 - Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
Jul. 13 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
Jul. 14 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Jul. 17 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Jul. 18 - Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Jul. 20 - Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jul. 21 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Jul. 23 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
Jul. 25 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Jul. 26 - Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Jul. 28 - New York, NY @ Barclays Center
Jul. 30 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Jul. 31 - Washington D.C. @ Verizon Center

Aug. 02 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Aug. 04 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Aug. 05 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

'Fistful of Guns'

A new LA Guns retrospective package is coming soon. It's called Fistful of Guns and features all the songs you would expect plus some awesome demos from the really early days in the mid 80s. I'm definitely interested in this one.

Paul Stanley Gets Hurt, Cancels Shows

Apparently the concussion protocol isn't just for football players anymore. Wishes for a speedy recovery to Paul Stanley.

KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY Suffers Concussion While Skiing, Cancels SOUL STATION Shows https://t.co/bYbYHN8G3Q pic.twitter.com/9Wo32ghVzK

— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) January 25, 2017