Hollywood Vampires -- the combined power of industry legends Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum -- have announced their first tour dates. The band's initial shows will be at the Roxy (Sept.16 and 17), which is appropriately on the infamous heavy-drinking, hard-rocking Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.
Tickets went on sale for these dates on Aug. 14, and if you have ever wanted to see these five superstars perform together it may be your one chance, as no other dates have been announced yet in the United States. The band also announced an additional performance (Sept. 24) at Brazil's Rock in Rio festival.
The tour dates come at the helm of the release of their self-titled debut album this upcoming Friday (Sept.11). Billboard reported that the album features both the core members as well as appearances by Paul McCartney, Perry Farrell, Dave Grohl and a free-form, spoken word intro by the late Christopher Lee. While he's not technically a "rock star," Depp added background vocals and guitar to the LP, which is a mish-mash of original material - such as a cover of Cooper's "School's Out," with classic rock standards like "My Generation" by The Who and "Break On Through" by The Doors.
It is prophetic that Hollywood Vampires would perform their first shows at the Roxy. The venue was where the original "Hollywood Vampires," John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon and Cooper amongst others would congregate to drink heavily and shoot the breeze. It was certainly an exclusive club of '70s era rockstars and probably inspired Cooper to re-enact the social club through music in the first place. Perhaps he was just nostalgic for the old times.
09/16: West Hollywood/CA @ The Roxy Theatre
09/17: West Hollywood/CA @ The Roxy Theatre
09/24: Rio de Janeiro/Brazil @ Rock City
