The band feature on the front cover of this year’s Vive Le Rock annual which also contains an interview with them.
The annual is available to pre-order now for delivery before Christmas here
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The sold out gig at the Big Band Cafe in Herouville St Clair, Caen in France on Sunday the 24th is an early show with doors opening at 6pm and there is no support. Don’t be late… News
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The band’s 13 date European tour in November and December, visiting France, Italy, Holland and Germany, is now less than a month away. Five of the gigs, Penmarc’h, Herouville, Amsterdam, Worpswede and Hamburg, have already sold out and the remaining gigs are close to capacity. Sadly, we have been advised that Ruts DC are not appearing as special guests for the complete tour but only selected shows (Paris, Bologna, Turin, Rome, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin). Apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this. See you on the continent… News
Continue reading Alice Cooper tour completed News
Tickets will go on fan presale on Thursday 26th at 9am (AEST) which you can sign up for here. Remaining tickets will then go on general sale on Tuesday 1st October at 9am (AEST) News
Amazingly The Raven was released forty years ago today! The band’s fourth studio album is considered by many to be their best (including some band members!). For the 35th anniversary, we published a detailed article about the album The Raven In Retrospect, read it here. Happy birthday to my friend The Raven News
When I was asked to present something at the Transmusicales of Rennes in France I came up with the idea to form a band playing sixties material from my childhood, the Purple Helmets. He was the original keyboard player for that band. He will be buried at the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris which is also the final resting place of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde and Edith Piaf amongst many other legends’. Jean-Jacques Burnel 3rd September 2019 News
Next stop for the band is the seven show jaunt with Alice Cooper around the UK in October, followed by the trio of November Tokyo dates before travelling over to Europe for 14 gigs to end the year. See you on the road… News
Special guests at the gigs are New Zealand new wave band Mi-Sex. Tickets go onsale from 9am on Tuesday 27th August here |
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The ‘Ol’ Black Eyes Is Back’ tour with Alice Cooper and MC50 came to a climax on Saturday in Cardiff, with both support acts joining Alice onstage for a rendition of the anthem of youth ‘School’s Out’. The tour was a great success, filling out seven arena shows around the UK and Alice didn’t fail to disappoint with his legendary live show! We asked Baz for his thoughts on the gigs:
We are pleased to confirm that the band are returning to Australia early in 2020. The 5 date tour in February kicks off in Perth on the 5th, then visits Melbourne (7th), Sydney (8th), Brisbane (9th) before finishing up in Adelaide on the 11th.
‘My friend Laurent Sinclair has died at the age of fifty eight. He was the keyboard player for the iconic French band Taxi Girl who supported The Stranglers on the 1981 La Folie tour. He was a very talented pianist and, after that band split, I helped him with a few productions, notably a track called “Devant le miroir”. There is even a version for a TV show featuring Alex Gifford (our saxophonist at the time), me on bass, John Ellis on guitar and it looks like the drummer of the Cure . Can’t remember his name. Check it out on 
The band’s busy festival season over the summer drew to a close in the stunning surroundings of Sibernik in Croatia last night. They played a total of 14 gigs throughout the summer which kicked off in late May with a pair of shows on the west coast of the USA. Further dates saw the band visit Scotland, Wales, Devon and even Blackpool plus European gigs in Belgium, Portugal and Corsica before last night’s finale in Croatia, every show was packed with enthusiastic fans. Thanks to everyone who came along to any of the summer gigs.
The band make a return visit to New Zealand in mid February next year, playing a trio of shows. The tour kicks off in Christchurch at the Town Hall on Thursday 13th, next is Wellington Opera House on Friday 14th and finishing up at the Town Hall in Auckland on Saturday 15th.
