I think I might wanna check this out 🤘

[Dave Scepter]

JUDAS PRIEST & ALICE COOPER Announce 2025 North American Tour With CORROSION OF CONFORMITY...

Lots of fun familiar songs and probably my last chance to check them out 🤔

[RobB]

Got that in my inbox, too. The tour plays Shoreline in Mountain View. Great triple bill, but I’ve seen them all multiple times and I H.A.T.E. seeing shows at Shoreline. 

[Steve Haynie]

Judas Priest tickets have been going up and up in the past four years.  Yesterday, friends and I got tickets for either Charlotte or Atlanta, but no one can afford both shows anymore. 

Playing with a calculator I figured out that the sliding fee that Ticketbastard/Live Nation slaps on is 23.5%.  Nearly a fourth of the ticket price is added on even though it costs nothing more to process the sale of a cheap ticket or an expensive ticket. 

[alantig]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

Playing with a calculator I figured out that the sliding fee that Ticketbastard/Live Nation slaps on is 23.5%.  Nearly a fourth of the ticket price is added on even though it costs nothing more to process the sale of a cheap ticket or an expensive ticket. 

23% add-on is a bargain!  When I checked on Ghost tix, it ranged from 33-40% depending on which part of the arena I picked.  I didn't get them.

For Steven Wilson (another Ticketbastard show), it was $33.59 in fees on a $69 ticket - almost 49%.  I bit the bullet on that one because he doesn't come close to me all that often.

For comparison, I just got Ace Frehley tickets at a club that uses Etix - $12.15 on a $77 ticket (16%).  John Cleese and Buddy Guy are both at bigger theater, both Etix, both $13.75 on $79.75 (17%).  And Robin Trower is at a local theater that does its own ticketing - fees at that place are $7 per ticket.  Period.  Experience Hendrix was there, tix about $50 more than Trower.  $7.

I'd have loved to see the Alice/Priest show, but the only place they're coming close is an outdoor venue here that I won't go to.  Went once, the year it opened, 35 years ago.  Swore I'd only go back if they got a Beatles reunion - and it had to be all four Beatles - and flew me in on a helicopter.  

[HamerCustomEr]

6 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

Ticketbastard slaps on is 23.5%. 

This is the first time I heard that nickname.  I love it!

[Cary]

13 hours ago, HamerCustomEr said:

This is the first time I heard that nickname.  I love it!

I’ve been calling them that for decades LOL!

[Brooks]

I'd see COC again if they headlined a theater here in town. Can't be bothered to see grandpa Alice or what's left of Priest again.

[cynic]

The tour starts in Biloxi which is right next door to me.  I'm done paying for shows but I'll go if I can score tickets on Vettix.org.

[Dave Scepter]

Here's the first new photo of the original Alice Cooper band fresh from announcing their first studio album in 52 years, 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper'. 

Released on Friday 25th July 2025, the album sees eponymous frontman Alice Cooper reunite with Michael Bruce (guitars), Dennis Dunaway (bass) and Neal Smith (drums) for the group's first full record since 1973's 'Muscle of Love'.

Produced by Bob Ezrin, 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper' is dedicated to late Alice Cooper band guitarist Glen Buxton, who died in 1997. Buxton's original guitars posthumously appear on the album track 'What Happened To You' thanks to the discovery of an unreleased demo recording.

The 14-track album is described as "a high-voltage journey into vintage horror and classic 70s shock rock, capturing the sound, energy, and mischief that made the original Alice Cooper band legendary."

You can watch the video for 'The Revenge of Alice Cooper's deadly lead single and opening track 'Black Mamba' on planetrock.com now. 

The Alice Cooper band released seven studio albums between 1969 to 1973, including the blockbuster international smashes 'School's Out' and 'Billion Dollar Babies', before frontman Alice Cooper launched a storied solo career.

[RobB]

Loves me some vintage Coop. If you’re an over-40 rocker and your music collection doesn’t (AT LEAST) include, “Greatest Hits”, you should be viewed with suspicion. 

Can’t say I’m much of fan of his stuff with the Rambo guy, though…

[Steve Haynie]

The original Alice Cooper group is one of my all time favorite bands.  For many years the top three have been KISS, Rush, and Alice Cooper.