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Home...... Previous Page TIMELINE 7 Billion Dollar Babies1973Jan `73 Alice and Cindy move into Penthouse apartment in Manhattan. Jan 3rd `73 Hello Hooray released Feb 12th `73 Alice flies to/from New York Feb 17th `73 Slick Black Limousine included on N.M.E. Alice attends a Jack Benny show at Sheperd’s, Drake Hotel, NYC Feb 18th `73 Alice is invited to introduce the legendary comedian George Burns at Burns' Philharmonic Hall performance. In fact Jack Benny was the compare for the evening but Alice did get to meet them both after the show and he presented them with an award (a gold coiled snake) Alice had had one made up for Benny but that had yet to arrive. Feb, `73 The band in rehearsals at the mansion. Mick Mashbir is brought in to augment Glen. Bob Dolin plays keyboards. Feb 26th `73 Alice poses for the Dali hologram(Disc) presumably in NY.
Billion Dollar Babies Tour
Feb 27th `73 Dress Rehearsal show in Port Chester, NY and Billion Dollar Babies album released
Mar 1st `73 Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Mar 2nd `73 London, Ontario London Arena Mar 3rd `73 Ottawa Civic Center [Ticket] [Ticket] Mar 4th `73 Hamilton, Ontario MacMaster University (Show cancelled due to doors being too small to get equipment in?)
Mar 5th `73 Rochester, NY War Memorial
Mar 8th `73 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum
Mar 9th `73 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum [Ticket]
Mar 10th `73 Roanoke, VA Civic Center (w/ Earth, Wind and Fire) [Ticket] Mar 11th `73 Williamsburg, VA William and Mary College Mar 15th `73 Knoxville, TN Civic Auditorium (CANCELLED) Mar 16th` 73 Fayetteville, NC Cumberland City Memorial Auditorium Mar 16th `73 No More Mr Nice Guy single released. Mar 17th `73 Clemson, SC Clemson University
Mar 18th `73 Charlotte, NC Coliseum [Ticket] Mar 20th `73 Jackson, MS Coliseum Mar 21st `73 Original show scheduled for Little Rock or Auburn, ALA but were canceled) Mar 22nd `73 Savannah, GA (CANCELLED) Mar 23rd `73 Atlanta, GA OMNI Mar 24th `73 Columbia, SC Carolina Coliseum Mar 26th `73 Boston The Garden(w/ Flo & Eddie)
Mar 27th `73 Hershey, PA, Hershey Park Sports Arena Mar 28th `73 Baltimore Civic Center, MA (ticket) Mar 30th `73 Indianapolis, IN Convention Center [Ticket] [Ticket] Mar 31st `73 Cleveland, OH Public Hall April 1st `73 Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Gardens (ATT. 12,000) April 2nd `73 Louisville, KY Convention Center [Ticket] April 3rd `73 Alice is in New York For the opening of the Dali Hologram Exhibition. That evening he parties at the St. Regis Hotel.
April 4th `73 Detroit, MI Cobo Arena [Ticket] [Ticket]
April 5th `73 Detroit, MI Cobo Hall
April 6th `73 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena April 8th `73 Fort Wayne, IN Memorial Coliseum [Ticket] April 9th `73 Chicago, IL Amphitheatre April 10th `73 Chicago, IL Amphitheatre
April 12th `73 Lincoln, NE Pershing Hall April 13th `73 St. Louis, MO Municipal Auditorium April 14th `73 Memphis, TN Mid South Coliseum April 15th `73 Kansas City Kansas City Municipal Auditorium (Ticket exists showing Allen Fieldhouse. Lawrence, Kansas) [Ticket] April 20th `73 Dania, Miami, FL Pirate's World (poster/ticket)[Ticket] April 22nd `73 Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial April 25th `73 Mobile, AL Municipal Auditorium [Ticket] April 26th `73 New Orleans, LA Memorial Auditorium
April 27th `73 Shreveport, LO Hirsch Memorial Coliseum April 28th `73 Dallas, TX Memorial Auditorium [Ticket] [Ticket]
April 29th `73 Houston, TX Sam Houston Coliseum [Ticket]
(April 30th `73 Corpus Christi - There is a tape in circulation of this gig but it`s actually Houston the day before. This show, if it happened, isn`t on any tour itineraries or adverts that are known to exist) May 1st `73 Oklahoma City, OK Fairgrounds Arena [Ticket] May 2nd `73 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Assembly Center May 3rd `73 Fort Worth, TX Will Rogers Coliseum May 4th `73 Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico May 5th `73 Tucson, AZ Community Center May 10th `73 Los Angeles, CA Forum May 11th `73 Los Angeles, CA Forum [Ticket] May 12th `73 San Bernadino, CA Swing Auditorium May 13th `73 San Diego, CA Sports Arena - Lots of unused tickets exist. [Ticket] May 17th `73 Denver, CO Denver Coliseum May 18th `73 Denver, CO Denver Coliseum [Ticket] May 19th `73 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake Palace (canceled?) May 20th `73 Las Vegas, NV (Canceled?) May 24th `73 Portland, OR Portland Memorial Coliseum(poster)[Ticket] May 25th `73 Seattle, WA Center Coliseum
May 26th `73 Vancouver, BC May 29th `73 Alice leaves Canada May 30th `73 Minneapolis, MN Metropolitan Sports Center May 31st `73 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Arena June 1st `73 Possible planned show in Toledo canceled June 3rd `73 New York, NY Madison Square Garden [Ticket]
June 3rd `73 Possible planned show in Boston canceled June 5th `73 Nassau Coliseum, NY [Ticket][Ticket] ( some sources list June 5th `73 Vancouver, BC (Additional Show)) June 7th `73 Providence, RI (Flo And Eddie join the band for a run through of the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night") [Ticket] June 8th '73 the band return to Los Angeles. Alice bought a house next to republican politician Barry Goldwater.
Alice Banned from the UKIn June of 1973, Alice received a lot of press in the UK due to the attempts of one, Leo Abse MP. Apparently, Abse had taken exception to Alice and tried to get him banned from entering the country. Alice reaped the rewards of the added publicity while keeping relatively quite about the fact that the band had no plans to tour the UK anyway. Some news reports from the time:
July 11th `73 Billion Dollar Babies single released July 19th(thur) `73 Alice attends a party in New York Thursday for Van Morrison which was also attended by Roman Polanski. While up in Greenwich Connecticut, Michael Bruce is laying down songs for his solo album. The band spend much of the summer separated. Alice goes to Acapulco with Cindy and then to Phoenix and New York. In New York he is often seen at the most Max's Kansas City nightclub. July `73(Either 30th or 31st July) Alice is at Max's Kansas City to see that Stooges and shares a table with Todd Rundgren amongst others. Aug 19th `73 `Alice is at a benefit for Free Shakespeare called `A Shakespearean Cabaret' in Los Angeles held at the Hollywood Bowl. Many other celebrities attended including Roddy Macdowell, Jean Simmons, Glenn Ford and with Governor Regan introducing the glittering array of talent` Alice performed 'Gutter Cat Vs The Jets' . Aug 20th `73 Alice is in Canada (ONT) End Aug `73 Neal marries Babbette. Aug/Sept 1973 At some point here Alice presents an award to a Louisville Slugger at baseball match Sept '73 The band are at the Hyatt House, Toronto for awards from WEA. Also rehearsing at Nimbus 9 studios Sept 9th 1973 The band fly to Los Angeles Sept `73 the band join up in Los Angeles to look at footage for a film, "Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper". They also record backing tracks for `Muscle Of Love`. Glen is becoming a problem as his playing is almost unusable. The Hollywood Vampires date from this time. During a trip to Hawaii, Alice discoveries Golf. Oct. `73 Neal living in Phoenix. In Circus Oct `73 he makes reference to the band moving to new individual houses in Greenwich, Conn. Oct 10th `73 Alice recieves his Japanese visa giving him free travel to Japan for four years Oct 12th `73 Rolling Stone: `"Michael O. Bruce, guitarist and Keyboard man with the Alice Cooper band, and two other men were arrested Friday October 12th (1973) at a Greenwich, Connecticut, house on suspicion of possession of cannabis for sale. Police, who said they had a search warrant and were acting on a tip, turned up four pounds of the alleged illegal weed. The three were released on $1000. bond and told to appear in court on November 5th` Oct 19th `73 Alice in Japan
Oct 22nd `73 Alice leaves Japan and returns to the US Oct `73 Circus (Jan `74): Alice is staying at a house on Malibu Beach. Michael is at Sunset Sound in Hollywood putting down basic tracks for `Never Been Sold Before`. A week later, Alice Cooper, still dressed in a Malibu T-shirt and torn white shorts, was standing before a microphone in the plushness of the Record Plant studios on West 44th Street in Manhattan. He was in the middle of a song called "Man with the Golden Gun," which hadn't been given publicity because Alice wanted it to be a surprise to the James Bond people. Later that evening, Alice did the vocals for "Woman Machine." Nov 15th `73 `Muscle Of Love` album released |
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