Alice Cooper Newcastle Arena 2005
Dirty Diamonds tour
Support from Twisted Sister
It was 17 years until I saw Alice Cooper again, some 7 years ago at Newcastle Arena. Support came from mad glam rockers Twisted Sister, led by crazy maniac Dee Snider. I’d seen Twisted Sister in the early 80s at Newcastle Mayfair; they are always good for a laugh, and play some nifty metal. This gig used around a third of the arena, which allows for a (slightly) larger crowd than the City Hall, but also guarantees a much more stale and cold atmosphere. Alice’s set included all the favourites and a few tracks from his new album ‘Dirty Diamonds’. The usual stage theatrics featured large, with our hero pulling the usual tricks out of the bag, wriggling his way out of a straitjacket, losing his head at the guillotine and then emerging alive again from a coffin. The show now features his beautiful daughter Cailco Cooper, who kills her dad as part of the fun. Setlist: Department of Youth; No More Mr. Nice Guy; Dirty Diamonds; Billion Dollar Babies; Be My Lover; Lost in America; I Never Cry; Woman of Mass Distraction; I’m Eighteen; Between High School & Old School; Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies); Is It My Body; Go to Hell; Black Widow; Gimme; Feed My Frankenstein; Welcome to My Nightmare; The Awakening; Steven; Only Women Bleed; Ballad of Dwight Fry; Killer; I Love the Dead; School’s Out. Encore: Poison; Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills; Under My Wheels
16 Aug
Alice Cooper Newcastle Arena 2005
Posted August 16, 2012 by vintagerock in Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister. Tagged: blues, concert, concerts, gig, gigs, heavy metal, pop, prog rock, R&B, rock, rock n roll. 2 Comments
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Posted by Ian on October 17, 2015 at 11:19 pm
Saw Alice last year in a small theatre in the US. Absolutely brilliant show, the master has still got it. Great band including Orianthe (sp) on guitar.
Only negative was the total lack of talking to the audience between numbers. I’m sure Alice can say that he lets the music do the talking but someone with his history and experience could tell some great stories, I’m sure.
Posted by vintagerock on October 18, 2015 at 7:25 am
Hi Ian It’s been some years since I saw Alice. Pleased to hear he still has it. Cheers Peter