Alice Cooper is returning to radio, according to the website Blabbermouth , with a new name and a new partnership with Superadio . After a period off the air, he debuted with the program Alice's Attic on Monday, February 5, 2024.
The singer will continue working with the same long-standing creative team, from the beloved Nights With Alice Cooper, which aired its last episode on September 8, 2023. In his new project, Cooper will present a mix of rock classics, some more obscure tracks, and even future promises of heavy music. In addition, the artist's intriguing stories and comments about the musicians and bands he represents will remain.
The new program will be five hours long, airing Monday through Thursday, with a revamped weekend schedule. Alice's Attic is already on the air throughout the United States via local radio stations and also on additional stations in Australia. It is expected that the United Kingdom and Canada will also begin broadcasting soon.
In the words of Alice Cooper: “To all my insane listeners, I’m back. And if you thought 20 years of 'Nights With Alice Cooper' was weird, wait until you step into 'Alice's Attic'! Just think who or what might be hiding in all those old, dusty boxes. We have the same team behind the new show, so it will sound familiar, but we’re all eager to add a little more creativity with the introduction of new elements to keep things from getting stagnant or even spoiled over time. Speaking of spoiled things… what’s that smell?!”
In Brazil, it was possible to follow Alice Cooper's show via the internet or through the German radio station RadioBob's , which is definitely worth checking out; it broadcasts great music all day long, including local bands!
The saga of “Nights With Alice Cooper”
The program premiered in January 2004 on 93.3 KDKB Phoenix before moving to partner Classic Rock 100.7 KSLX when KDKB shifted its musical style to more alternative artists in 2014. According to Blabbermouth , United Stations' executive vice president of programming, Andy Denemark , confirmed the show's end to Radio+Television Business Report .
According to him, the decision to end Alice's program was supposedly linked to the sale of United Stations Radio Network to Gemini XIII , with the new management planning to take the programming in a different direction. But according to a source who spoke to Radio+Television Business Report at the time, seeing that Cooper did not intend to retire or leave radio anytime soon, the decision to end the program was forced by a change of direction on the part of the United Stations Radio Network management.
In 2012, Cooper recalled the creation of the program and the reasons that led him to move forward with the idea, while mourning the death of Dick Clark .
The artist wrote on social media: “I used to come home from elementary school to watch 'American Bandstand' (an American television program that aired from 1957 to 1989),” “The show featured all the new songs and dances, and had the coolest guy in the world introducing them to you. I had no idea that later in my career I would meet Dick Clark on a professional level. A few years ago, he said to me, 'Hey, Coop, if you had your own radio show, what would it be like?' I told him it would be more like the free FM stations of the '60s, where DJs really played what they liked and statistics didn't influence them. He said, 'Alice, why don't you do it then?' That's how my radio show, 'Nights With Alice Cooper,' was born.”
Plans for 2024
This year is going to be busy for Alice, with many shows across Europe and Australia, and in the summer, she returns to the United States for a tour with Rob Zombie . Also worth mentioning is that Cooper's new album, Road (2023), has already been released via earMUSIC.
Check out more information about the new program on the musician's Instagram .
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