{"id":469966,"date":"2026-03-11T16:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469966\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:47:18","slug":"alice-cooper-announces-definitive-autobiography-devil-on-my-shoulder-with-uk-qa-book-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469966\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Cooper announces “definitive autobiography” ‘Devil On My Shoulder’ with UK Q&A book tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice Cooper<\/a> has announced details of a new \u201cdefinitive autobiography\u201d titled Devil On My Shoulder, and confirmed plans for a new UK Q&A book tour.<\/p>\n

The memoir is set to be published by Ebury Spotlight on October 8, and promises to lift the lid on the huge career and the intriguing personal life of the 78-year-old rock icon.<\/p>\n

It is the first of its kind to be shared by the singer-songwriter, and will explore how his two personas \u2013 the theatrical, elaborate rock star, and the sober pastor\u2019s son who played him and has been married for 50 years \u2013 intertwine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice is still on tour around the world today, a proper senile delinquent playing hundreds of gigs every year, while I myself am reformed,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd with the benefit of hindsight and a certain maturity, I\u2019d like to describe our journey to hell and back together, because it\u2019s not only rock stars who can lose their way.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will also look at how the singer, real name Vincent Damon Furnier, began the group \u2018Alice Cooper\u2019 in the late \u201860s, and later went on to adopt the name as his own moniker, and later change it legally after becoming lost in the character\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born Vincent Damon Furnier but, seduced by my character\u2019s reputation, changed my name legally to Alice Cooper, and in the process lost sight of who I really was,\u201d he added. \u201cThe mild-mannered, all-American boy I\u2019d once been became a monster and a mortal danger to himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"'Devil\u2018Devil on my Shoulder\u2019 Alice Cooper. CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n

There will also be anecdotes that feature Salvador Dal\u00ed, Bob Hope, John Lennon<\/a>, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra<\/a>, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis<\/a>, Jimi Hendrix<\/a>, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods and more, as well as deeper topics explored.<\/p>\n

The latter will include candid insight into his stance on dysfunction and despair, wildness and criminality, urges and addictions, transgressions and human goodness.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the upcoming release, Cooper will be headed out on a book tour later this year, where he will go into a deep conversation with a special guest moderator, before taking part in a Q&A with fans.<\/p>\n

All dates take place in the UK, and they kick off on October 11 at the New Theatre in Cardiff. From there, there are stops at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, London Palladium and Brighton Dome over the following three-nights.<\/p>\n

\"AliceAlice Cooper book tour poster. CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n

Dates wrap up in Manchester, Stockton, Glasgow and Wolverhampton later in the month.<\/p>\n

The book is \u00a325 to purchase (pre-order it here<\/a>), or free with each ticket bought to the book tour. Tickets to the tour go on sale this Friday (March 13) at 10am GMT, and can be bought here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alice Cooper\u2019s \u2018Devil on my Shoulder UK Book Tour\u2019 dates are:<\/p>\n

OCTOBER
11 \u2013 Cardiff New Theatre
12 \u2013 Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 \u2013 London Palladium
14 \u2013 Brighton Dome
16 \u2013 Manchester Opera House
17 \u2013 Stockton Globe
19 \u2013 Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
20 \u2013 Wolverhampton Civic Hall<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Before the book is released and the subsequent tour kicks off, Cooper will be performing at Louder Than Life festival 2026<\/a> alongside My Chemical Romance<\/a>, Iron Maiden<\/a>, Tool<\/a>, Limp Bizkit<\/a>, Pantera<\/a>, Megadeth<\/a>, Pierce The Veil<\/a>, A Day to Remember<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

Last year, the singer reunited with his original group for an intimate show in London<\/a>, and shared his first album with them in over 50 years, titled \u2018The Revenge Of Alice Cooper\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alice Cooper has announced details of a new \u201cdefinitive autobiography\u201d titled Devil On My Shoulder, and confirmed plans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,7632,5204,128,3584,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-469966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-live-music-news","tag-metal","tag-music","tag-rock","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}