Guitarist Orianthi is rejoining Alice Cooper’s band for his upcoming tour, filling in for Nita Strauss.
Orianthi will assume her outdated position as Cooper’s reside guitarist — beforehand touring with Alice from 2011 to 2014 — on the forthcoming January/February US run. Dates kick off January thirty first in Augusta, Georgia, with tickets obtainable right here.
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“When Orianthi moved on to pursue her personal profession in 2014, we have been fortunate to search out Nita,” Cooper acknowledged in a press launch. “Over the previous decade, Nita, Chuck [Garric], and Tommy [Henriksen] have additionally launched their very own tasks, and we all the time attempt to coordinate our schedule so we are able to hold the band collectively, however these exhibits got here up after Nita had already dedicated to a different tour.
He continued, “So I reached out to Orianthi, and fortunately she was obtainable to leap again in, so we’re all actually wanting ahead to doing these exhibits together with her. I’m so lucky to all the time have such nice musicians to work with.”
As Cooper talked about, Strauss already has prior obligations, as she’ll be supporting Apocalyptica’s upcoming “Performs Metallica” tour. The February portion of the trek overlaps with Cooper’s itinerary.
That mentioned, extra 2025 tour dates — together with Might ninth at Columbus, Ohio’s Sonic Temple pageant and August fifteenth supporting and My Chemical Romance in Philadelphia — will see Strauss again within the fold, so it’s solely a short lived separation.
In the meantime, Orianthi has launched two solo studio albums, a reside report, and collaborative LP with Richie Sambora since her authentic stint in Cooper’s band. Her newest launch is the 2022 full-length, Rock Sweet.