Johnny Depp will morph from movie star to rock star as he heads out on the road with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and friends for a major Hollywood Vampires tour.
Joining Depp, Cooper and Perry will be Matt Sorum (GunsN’Roses/Cult) on drums, Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) on bass, Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper) on guitar, and Bruce Witkin (The Kids) on piano, percussion and guitar.
“Here is a gang of friends who came together really by chance and over the last year we were finally able to wrangle our schedules and the energy just fell into place. Playing with this line up is like a dream come true. After seeing the reaction at Rock in Rio in front of 100,000 fans, I know this band is going to tear the house down. Hell, I would want to be in the audience to see us rip it up,” said Joe Perry.
Cooper was part of the original Hollywood Vampires in 1969. “In 1969 on the Sunset Strip at a club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill, the Hollywood Vampires were born in the upstairs bar. It was a gathering place for the rock stars living in or passing through L.A. “To join the club, one simply had to out drink all of the members,” says Alice Cooper, a founding member of the original Vampires.
Cooper resurrected the “club” with his mate Johnny Depp. They recruited Perry, who is an old friend of both, and the recording began: a tribute to the original Hollywood Vampires.
U.S. TOUR:
Tuesday, May 24th Verona, NY Turning Stone Casino
Friday, July 1st Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem Event Center
Sat, July 2nd Mashantucket, CT The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
Sunday, July 3 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Resort Spas and Casino Event Center
Tuesday, July 5 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest BMO Harris Pavilion
Thursday, July 7 Aurora, IL River Edge Park
Friday, July 8 Orillia, ONT Casino Rama Entertainment Center
Saturday, July 9 Niagara Falls, ONT Stage at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
Sunday, July 10 Brooklyn, NY Coney Island Amphitheater
Tuesday, July 12 Kettering, OH Fraze Pavilion
Wednesday, July 13 Mt. Pleasant, MI Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Thursday, July 14 Cadott, WI Rock Fest
Sat, July 16 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Monday, July 18 Fargo, ND Scheels Arena
Friday, July 22 Rohnert Park, CA Weill Hall
Sat, July 23 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion
Sun, July 24 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
Monday, July 25 Paso Robles, CA Mid State Fair
EUROPEAN TOUR, MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED:
Friday, May 27 Lisbon, Portugal Rock in Rio
Sunday, May 29 Herborn, Germany Hessentag Festival
Monday, May 30 Stockholm, Sweden Grona Lund
Wednesday, June 1 Horsens, Denmark The Prison
Monday, June 6 Bucharest, Romania Romexpo Parc C
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