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Alice the master of shock rock at Civic
Wednesday 2nd December 2009, 9:14AM GMT.

Alice Cooper at Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Alice Cooper
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Concert review by John Corser
You can guillotine him, poison him, hang him and spike him, but Alice Cooper keeps coming back.
The macabre rock star “dies” four times in his latest rock theatre spectacular which thrilled and shocked the Civic Hall last night.
See our Alice Cooper concert photo gallery below
The Theatre of Death tour is a shock rock tour de force which showcases the best of the veteran American rocker’s songs.
Alice took to the stage in full horror gear with the anthemic School’s Out, originally a number one hit in 1972, and he choose to repeat the songs as his encore, this time clad in an all silver outfit.
In between Alice and his band offered more than an hour-and-a-half of exciting and very theatrical rock.
Classics like I’m 18, No More Mr Nice Guy, Only Women Bleed, Welcome to My Nightmare, Under My Wheels, I Love the Dead and Billion Dollar Babies were enthusiastically received by an audience of all ages.
The concert saw the 61-year-old star, in marvellous voice and with amazing energyy, making numerous costume changes and wielding a huge variety of props.
His diehard fans were rewarded with dollar notes, ‘diamond’ necklaces and walking sticks being thrown to them during some songs.
Earlier support act Man-Raze delivered a muscular set with their songs driven by the powerful drumming of former Sex Pistol Paul Cook and Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen.
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What a great show last night – great to see young and old there. Come back soon Alice.
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At 61 Alice Cooper shows everybody else on the planet how to put on a spectacular show. With his macabre, theatrical presence and his thrilling use of on-stage props that often border on magic and illusion, he really is a man still at the peak of his performance.
An awesome show.
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