Alice Cooper announces 2017 UK arena tourDecember 13, 2016 - 14:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Alice Cooper has announced news of a UK arena tour for 2017, NME said. The ‘School’s Out’ shock-rock veteran will be returning to the UK for his first headline tour in five years – and will be joined by The Mission and The Tubes at dates in Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London. ’80’s goth-rock heroes The Mission say that they owe a great debt to the ‘poison’ icon. “I remember during the summer of 1972 being on scout camp and hearing this new song on the radio that absolutely mesmerised me. ‘School’s Out ‘by Alice Cooper. Loved it, still do,” said The Mission’s Wayne Hussey. “Fast forward to 1987 and our first headline spot on the Friday night at Reading Festival. Headlining the Sunday was Alice Cooper. And now we’ve been invited by Alice to join him on his UK tour next November.” Alice Cooper’s upcoming UK tour dates are below. November 2017: 11 – Leeds – First Direct Arena 12 – Glasgow – The SSE Hydro 14 – Birmingham – Barclaycard Arena 15 – Manchester – Manchester Arena 16 – London – The SSE Arena, Wembley Earlier this year, Cooper launched a campaign to become both US President and UK Prime Minister. The website aliceforprimeminister.com outlines the rocker’s unique manifesto, which includes “adding Lemmy to Mt Rushmore” and putting Peter Sellers on the £20 note. Check out the full eight-point manifesto below. 1. Getting Brian Johnson back in AC/DC 2. A snake in every pot 3. No more pencils, no more books 4. Adding Lemmy to Mt Rushmore 5. Peter Sellers on the £20 note 6. Cupholders required for every airplane seat 7. Ban on talking during movies in movie theatres 8. Ban on taking selfies, except on a designated National Selfie Day Related links: Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |