Alice Cooper has been named the recipient of this year’s Living Legend Award from the International Horror Guild, marking the first time the Guild has reached beyond the literary world to give someone the honor.
Previous winners have included authors Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, and Clive Barker, among others. The award is given to those “who have made a meritorious and notable contribution and/or have substantially influenced the field of horror and dark fantasy.” Cooper’s award will be handed out Saturday (September 1) at Atlanta’s Hyatt Regency Hotel as part of the weekend-long Dragon*Con, one of the largest conventions in the U.S. devoted to science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics.
That’s not the only thing Cooper’s got going on in the near future. The veteran shock rocker has announced a fall North American tour in support of his new album, Dragontown, that kicks off September 29 in Las Vegas and ends November 9 in Pompano Beach, Florida, with a Halloween performance planned for New York City’s Roseland. The outing will be another theatrical excursion that brings to life the 12 songs on Dragontown, which were composed mostly by Cooper and Bob Marlette, who collaborated on 2000’s Brutal Planet. Bob Ezrin, who produced landmark Cooper albums such as Love It To Death, Killer, and Billion Dollar Babies, co-produced Dragontown, which is due October 9 on Spitfire Records.
The Alice Cooper Tour Itinerary Includes:
- September 29 – Las Vegas, NV – Aladdin Hotel & Casino
- October 1 – Albuquerque, NM – Sandia Casino
- October 2 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
- October 4 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
- October 5 – Merrillville, IN – Star Plaza Theatre
- October 6 – Cleveland, OH – Tower City Amphitheatre
- October 7 – Columbus, OH – Polaris Amphitheater
- October 9 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
- October 10 – Pittsburgh, PA – A.J. Palumbo Center
- October 12 – Robinsonville, MS – Horseshoe Casino
- October 14 – Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre
- October 16 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post
- October 19 – Bay St. Louis, MS – Casino Magic
- October 21 – Green Bay, WI – Oneida Casino
- October 23 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
- October 24 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino
- October 25 – Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Vegas Kewadin Casino
- October 27 – Atlantic City, NJ – Trump Marina
- October 28 – Verona, NY – Turning Stone Casino
- October 30 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Casino
- October 31 – New York, NY – Roseland
- November 1 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
- November 2 – Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
- November 7 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
- November 8 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
- November 9 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheatre