MiamiHerald.com has issued the following report/interview from John Hood:

Murder never goes out of style. And when the victim is responsible for some of the best music in the American Hard Rock Songbook, well, people are gonna take extra notice. That's probably why folks have been flocking to catch ALICE COOPER's murder-themed stage shows for the past 40 years. We've got bloodlust.

Naturally, an affinity for death isn't the only reason fans keep amassing to see Alice Cooper up close and unhinged. Crowds are there to hear such landmark hits as 'School's Out', 'I'm Eighteen', 'No More Mr. Nice Guy', 'You And Me' and 'Only Women Bleed'. But the staged gory scenes only complete the spectacle; they don't define it. There are many nightmares lurking deep within the recesses of our minds, and Alice Cooper is, er, dead set on bringing them all to life.

Cooper released Billion Dollar Babies in 1973 and Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975 and has been unleashing depravity ever since. Last year we got Along Came A Spider, his 25th studio LP, and with it he revealed that the serial killer in him remains alive and unwell. Now he's back in South Florida with what he calls his Theatre of Death. The Miami Herald talked to him to find out who's killing whom.

Q: What can fans expect from the tour?

A: Well, you know we work six months out of the year, every year, all around the world. I got to the point of saying, 'You know what? I think everybody's figured out my formula now for the show. Let's turn it upside-down and backward. [This way] even the most staunch Alice Cooper fan will not be able to figure out what we're doing'. And so we did everything opposite of what we normally do. We added three or four new things to it. Let's say normally when they kill Alice, they do it at the end of the show. In this show they kill Alice four times."

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BraveWords.com can report that according to guitarist Keri Kelli, Cooper's gig in London next week will be filmed in high-definition.

Stay tuned for news on a possible DVD release of the show.

BraveWords.com recently received the following press release:

Concert Online records the live shows of Alice Cooper's Theatre Of Death Tour 2009 with a state-of-the-art mobile recording studio. To ensure maximum quality and listening pleasure, all tracks are recorded and mixed via elaborate multi-track audio technology.

The live audio recording will then be edited and copied to the Theatre Of Death Concert Stick in highest MP3 quality (320 kBit/s) and is available on location directly after each show.

From the day after the concert, the audio recordings are available online as well as a download or Concert Stick.

How does the Concert Stick work?

Just plug in your Concert Stick to any regular USB port on any regular PC or MAC, start the integrated audio player and listen to the very concert you’ve attended! Of course you can play the contained MP3 files on any device capable of playing back MP3s. On top, the Concert Stick functions as a 1GB USB 2.0 pen drive – please make sure to secure all contained data before you store additional content or erase the pen drive!

Can I burn a CD from the files contained?

Yes! It’s that easy: To ensure maximum playback compatibility, our 320 kBit/s MP3s are not copy protected.

Where can I get my encores?

As we need some time to finish the audio files and duplicate the Concert Sticks, the last few songs from each concert are available for download from the day after the concert. Therefore, every box contains a voucher code that enables you to download your encores for free!

A list of all upcoming Alice Cooper tour dates that will be available on Concert Stick can be found here.