Alice Cooper is heading back to Clearwater. The 78-year-old shock-rock pioneer, born Vincent Damon Furnier, is set to play Ruth Eckerd Hall on Tuesday, October 27, bringing his Alice's Attic Tour to a stage he last filled at a nearby venue less than two years ago.
Tuesday's concert will reportedly mark the final leg of the Alice's Attic Tour, according to Billboard. Ruth Eckerd Hall, at 1111 McMullen Booth Road, bills the show as Cooper's return to the venue this fall, with the Ruth Eckerd Hall event page noting that Cooper still spends up to six months a year on the road. Ticket pricing conflicts across sources: a Spanish-language report from Centro Tampa Bay lists tickets starting at $79, while the show's listed start time is also disputed, with AXS showing 7 p.m. and Centro Tampa Bay reporting 8 p.m. — fans should confirm both details directly with the venue or ticket seller before heading out.
According to Creative Loafing Tampa, the setlist for the Alice's Attic Tour runs nearly two dozen songs spanning Cooper's career, mixing deep cuts with material from his latest album. That record, The Revenge of Alice Cooper, reunites him with his original band — Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith and Michael Bruce — though its release year is itself disputed: Centro Tampa Bay describes it as a 2025 release, while Ruth Eckerd Hall's own event copy calls it a 2026 album.
A Reunion Decades in the Making
The Revenge of Alice Cooper was recorded with producer Bob Ezrin, described by earMUSIC as the band's honorary sixth member, and marks the original lineup's first full-length collaboration in more than 50 years. It's a notable milestone for a band whose frontman, per Creative Loafing Tampa's reporting, released his solo debut more than 40 years ago and has sold more than 50 million records over a career that has made him a best-selling author as well as a rock star.
Cooper was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011, according to Rock At Night, which also covered his February 2025 stop at The BayCare Sound in Clearwater. That show featured guitarists Ryan Roxie, Tommy Henriksen and Gilby Clarke, bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Glen Sobel, and leaned heavily on theatrical staples — a crutch, a six-foot boa constrictor, a guillotine and a giant Frankenstein figure that wandered the stage during the performance.
A Memoir Topping Charts on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Cooper's tour arrives alongside a publishing milestone. His new memoir, Devil On My Shoulder, hit No. 1 on the U.K. Sunday Times non-fiction bestseller list after debuting at No. 7 the week before, per Music-News.com, and also reached No. 4 on the New York Times bestseller list in October, according to Creative Loafing Tampa. The 445-page book, co-written with Daniel Richler, follows Cooper's 1976 memoir Me, Alice, according to Billboard, which also reported the book was scheduled to publish on October 6. Cooper's official website, however, lists the publication date as October 8, 2026, in hardback, ebook and audio formats.
Music-News.com describes the memoir as a comprehensive look at Cooper's six-decade career, exploring the divide between the mild-mannered Vincent Furnier and his menacing stage alter ego. In a separate interview tied to a U.K. tour stop, Cooper, referred to in that report as the 78-year-old, discussed the split between his public persona and private life with the BBC.
What to Expect Tuesday Night
For Clearwater fans who caught Cooper's BayCare Sound performance last year, Tuesday's Ruth Eckerd Hall show promises a similarly theatrical affair but with a setlist shaped by the new reunion album and deep catalog cuts, as outlined by Creative Loafing Tampa. With ticket prices and showtime still inconsistent across listings, concertgoers are encouraged to double-check both before arriving at 1111 McMullen Booth Road on Tuesday.
