The Hollywood Vampires, a band that includes Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, Tommy Henriksen, and Bruce Witkin, have announced their first ever tour. The dates were announced on April Fool’s Day with the note “this is no April Fool’s joke.”
The band has announced 9 dates so far, taking them from Portugal to California.
“We have to carefully schedule the Vampires,” Cooper recently told Rolling Stone. “That’s because you have Johnny’s movie schedule, you’ve got Aerosmith, you’ve got Guns N’ Roses and you’ve got me! It’s five entities going five different directions. To get those guys all at once when we’re not working is really unique, so everybody looks at their calendar and you have to find that two weeks where everybody’s off.”
The group released their debut album, Hollywood Vampires, last September, which featured covers of artists like Led Zeppelin, the Who, T. Rex, Plastic Ono Band and more. Paul McCartney, Brian Johnson, Dave Grohl and Slash were just some of the guest musicians to contribute to the star-studded LP.
The band performed at the Grammy’s earlier this year where they debuted a new song called, “As Bad as I Am,” and honored the late Motorhead vocalist and bassist, Lemmy Kilmister
Hollywood Vampires Summer 2016 Tour Dates
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05/27 — Lisboa, Portugal, Rock in Rio
05/30 — Stockholm, Sweden, Grona Lund
06/01 — Horsens, Denmark, The Prison
06/06 — Bucharest, Romania, Romexpo Parc C
07/03 — Atlantic City, N.J., Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
07/05 — Milwaukee, Wis., Summerfest
07/13 — Mount Pleasant, Mich., Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
07/14-6 — Cadott, Wis., RockFest 2016
07/25 — Paso Robles, Calif., California Mid-State Fair
UPDATE: 4/13/16
The Hollywood Vampires have announced additional tour dates that range through the entire summer. The added dates are listed below.
05/24 – Verona, NY – Turning Stone Casino
05/29 – Herborn, Germany – Hessentag Festival
07/01 – Bethlehem, PA – Sands Bethlehem Event Center
07/02 – Mashantucket, CT – The Grand Theater at Foxwoods Casino
07/08 – Orillia, ON – Casino Rama Entertainment Center
07/09 – Niagara Falls, ON – Stage at Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino
07/10 – Brooklyn, NY – Coney Island Amphitheater
07/12 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
07/18 – Fargo, ND – Scheels Arena
07/22 – Rohnert Park, CA – Weill Hall
07/23 – Jacksonville, OR – Britt Pavilion
07/24 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery