NEW YORK (Alice
Cooper Official Website) - During a Canadian stop on his current "Eyes Of
Alice Cooper Tour," a few of Alice Coopers comments to the media were misinterpreted.
Referring to the recent tour involving Bruce Springsteen and other Kerry supporters, Cooper stated "I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."
Alice would like to set the record straight with regard to what was said:
"My comments have been misconstrued and blown way out of proportion.
When I said that rock stars doing concerts for Presidential candidates were guilty of treason, I clearly said treason against rock n roll, meaning against the spirit of rock and roll, not against the President or the government or the USA. I said that people shouldn't vote for a Presidential candidate just because a rock star says so, and that's true whether it's Bruce Springsteen or Alice Cooper.
I stated that 'If you are listening to a rock star in order to get your voting information on who to vote for, you are a bigger moron than they are. Why are we rock stars? Because we're morons.'
It's true what I said, that most of us dropped out of school to chase girls, drink beer, and play rock n roll, and don't read the Washington Journal(which, by the way, doesn't even EXIST, so you see how much I know).
That doesn't mean we don't have opinions, and it doesn't mean we don't care about our country, or what's going on in the world. It just means I don't think our opinions should matter to anyone else.
We are lucky enough to have free speech in this country, and anyone - rock stars, movie stars, athletes - in the public eye should feel free to express their opinion. I love Springsteen, I mean who doesn't love 'Born in the USA' or 'Born To Run?'
But I do think that the rebellious spirit of rock n roll doesn't mix well with political fundraisers and electoral campaigning. And that's what I meant when I said it was treasonous to rock'n roll. Nothing more and nothing less. Any attempt to read more into it than that is misguided."
Alice removes himself from the political arena and returns to the rock and roll arena this fall in Atlantic City on Sept 17.
Remaining "The Eyes Of Alice Cooper" Tour Dates are:
Sept 17 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel, Casino
Sept 19 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sept 22 Portland, Maine State Theatre
Sept 24 Connecticut Foxwoods Casino
Sept 25 Springfield, MA Hippodrome
Sept 26 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid-Hudson Civic Theater
Sept 28 Windsor, ONT Chrysler Theatre
Sept 29 Sarnia, ONT Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre
Sept 30 Kitchener, ONT Centre In The Square
Oct 1 Hamilton, ONT Hamilton Place
Oct 3 Peterborough, ONT Memorial Centre
Oct 4 Ottawa, ONT Civic Centre
Oct 5 Sudbury, ONT Arena
Oct 6 Timmins, ONT McIntyre Arena
Oct 8 Thunder Bay, ONT Community Auditorium
Oct 10 Saskatoon, SASK Centennial Auditorium
Oct 11 Regina, SASK Centre For The Arts
Oct 12 Calgary, ALB Telus Convention Centre
Oct 13 Edmonton, ALB Winspear Centre
Oct 15 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
Oct 16 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
Oct 18 Redding, CA Win River Casino
Oct 21 Anaheim, CA The Grove
Oct 22 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Oct 23 Las Vegas, NV Sunset Station
Oct 24 Phoenix, AZ State Fair
Oct 26 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
Oct 27 San Diego, CA Viejas Casino
Oct 29 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor Resort
Oct 30 Reno, NV Silver Legacy Casino
Oct 31 San Jacinto, CA Soboba Casino
