Alice Cooper recently announced that guitarist Orianthi will be joining his band for shows January 31 through February 16, filling in for Nita Strauss, who has conflicting obligations of her own. Orianthi toured with Alice from 2011 to 2014, along with longtime band members Chuck Garric, Glen Sobel, Tommy Henriksen, and Ryan Roxie.
“Working with him was such a blast, and it's such an honor. Alice is a legend,” Orianthi tells Guitar World. “I know the shows are going to be really fun. It's going to be just a whole different dynamic and sort of a change from Nita.”
The invitation came via an email that cut straight to the chase. “It basically said, ‘Hey, Alice would love for you to join him because Nita [Strauss] is busy.’ I was like, ‘Absolutely.’ Well, actually, at first, I said, ‘I'm not sure because I have my own stuff going on right now with my tour.’ But we moved things around and made it work.”
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Announcing Orianthi's return, Alice Cooper said, "When Orianthi moved on to pursue her own career in 2014, we were lucky to find Nita. Over the past decade, Nita, Chuck, and Tommy have also launched their own projects, and we always try to coordinate our schedule so we can keep the band together, but these shows came up after Nita had already committed to another tour. So I reached out to Orianthi, and thankfully she was available to jump back in, so we're all really looking forward to doing these shows with her. I'm so fortunate to always have such great musicians to work with."
The tour schedule for these shows is as follows.
January
31 - Augusta, GA - Bell Auditorium
February
1 - Cherokee, NC - Harrah's Casino Resort Event Center
2 - Greensboro, NC - Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
4 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre
6 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock
7 - Ft Myers, FL - Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall
8 - Clearwater, FL - Coachmen Park
11 - St. Augustine, FL - Amphitheatre
13-17 - Miami, FL - Rock Legends Cruise
Alice Cooper will be announcing further 2025 tour dates, with Nita Strauss back in the fold, including the already-annnounced shows May 9 at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, Ohio and August 15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Lincoln Financial Field with My Chemical Romance.
More information, including ticket and VIP package purchases, can be found here.
