Gigography
Welcome To My Nightmare (1975 - 1977)
Welcome To My Nightmare Tour 1975 - 1977
Press Release:
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE - major 60-city nationwide tour. After a year's absence ALICE COOPER reappears on stage with a whole new exciting concept, the underlying theme being his "Nightmare", backed by an enormous stage production brilliantly arranged by some of the most talented people in this field.
The WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE tour marks ALICE'S debut solo effort with a back-up band who have all individually made their mark as fine musicians: Dick Wagner (guitar), Steve Hunter (guitar), Prakash John (bass), Pentti Glan (drums), and Jozef Chirowski (keyboards).
Co-Producer, Director & Choreographer: David Winter's achievements for television, motion pictures and stage productions are too numerous to list in full; he has worked with Paul Newman, Raquel Welch, Bob Hope, Rudolph Nureyev, Tom Jones, Ann-Margret; directed The Monkees TV series; choreographed the "Nancy Sinatra Special", "Hullabaloo", "Shindig" etc. etc...
Co-Producer & Lighting Director: Joe Gannon staged, designed and produced the massive and highly innovative Billion Dollar Babies set which toured back in '73. Also, he has worked closely with numerous artists including the Kingston Trio, Bill Cosby, Tiny Tim, Neil Diamond, Gregg Allman and Liza Minelli.
Stage Show: A magnificent collection of props and costumes has been designed for the show, which highlights songs from the new album ("Welcome to My Nightmare" Atlantic Records) interspersed with rejuvenated versions of golden oldies.
The ominous characters that appear larger than life on the stage of Alice's "Nightmare" include a 6-foot Black Widow spider dancers who will weave their way across a giant 12' x 20' web suspended across stage by a pair of aluminum pyramids; a giant cyclops (10 feet tall with an illuminated eye and detachable horned head), ghostly skeleton dancers and a cast of deathly and morbid effects — but have no fear — ALICE, as always, reigns triumphant for the finale...
Welcome To My Nightmare / Years Ago / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Years Ago / Billion Dollar Babies / Years Ago / I'm Eighteen / Years Ago / Some Folks / Cold Ethyl / Only Women Bleed / Devil's Food / The Black Widow / Steven / Welcome To My Nightmare (Reprise) / Escape / School's Out / Department of Youth
Approximate set time: 75 minutes
I Never Cry was added to the set during the Australian and New Zealand leg of the tour.
Love It To Death (1971):
I'm Eighteen
School's Out (1972):
School's Out
Billion Dollar Babies (1973):
No More Mr Nice Guy / Billion Dollar Babies
Welcome To My Nightmare (1975):
Welcome To My Nightmare / Years Ago / Some Folks / Cold Ethyl / Only Women Bleed / Devil's Food / Black Widow / Steven / Escape / Department Of Youth
Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976):
I Never Cry
1975 March
- 21: USA - Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 24: USA - LC Walker Sports Arena, Muskegon, Michigan
- 25: USA - Brown County Arena, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- 27: USA - Roberts Stadium, Evansville, Indiana
- 28: USA - IMA Auditorium, Flint, Michigan
- 29: USA - Erie County Fieldhouse, Erie, Pennsylvania with Suzi Quatro
1975 April
- 01: USA - Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 03: USA - Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana [CANCELLED]
Show was cancelled due to the equipment being stuck in a snow storm in Chicago
Ticket - 04: USA - Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Ohio with Suzi Quatro
- 05: USA - Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 06: USA - Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 08: USA - Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
with Suzi Quatro. SOLD OUT
Ticket | Ticket - 10: USA - Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Virginia
- 11: USA - Civic Coliseum, Roanoke, Virginia
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket | Ticket - 12: USA - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
- 13: USA - Omni, Atlanta, Georgia
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 17: USA - Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 18: USA - Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida with Suzi Quatro
- 20: USA - Scope, Norfolk, Virginia with Suzi Quatro
- 24: USA - Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland with Suzi Quatro
- 25: USA - Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Suzi Quatro
- 26: USA - Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
- 27: USA - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut with Suzi Quatro
- 29: USA - Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana with Suzi Quatro
1975 May
- 01: USA - Onondaga War Memorial, Syracuse, New York Ticket
- 02: Canada - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 03: Canada - Civic Center, Ottawa
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 04: USA - International Convention Center, Niagara Falls, New York Ticket
- 05: USA - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
with Suzi Quatro
Daily Record Review - May 6, 1975
Ticket - 14: USA - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
- 15: USA - Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
- 16: USA - Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas Ticket | Poster
- 17: USA - Assembly Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 18: USA - Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas Ticket | Ticket
- 21: USA - Civic Auditorium Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee
- 22: USA - Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 23: USA - Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee
- 24: USA - Municipal Auditorium, Mobile, Alabama
- 25: USA - Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee Ticket | Ticket
- 26: USA - Omni, Atlanta, Georgia Ticket
- 27: USA - Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, Tennessee Ticket
- 28: USA - Von Braun Civic Center, Huntsville, Alabama
- 29: USA - Barton Coliseum, Little Rock, Arkansas
- 30: USA - Hirsh Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana
- 31: USA - Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1975 June
- 01: USA - Civic Center, Amarillo, Texas
- 05: USA - Monroe Civic Center, Monroe, Louisiana
- 06: USA - Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 07: USA - City Park Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 08: USA - Moody Coliseum, Dallas, Texas
- 12: USA - Civic Auditorium, Bakersfield, California
- 13: USA - Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, California
with Suzi Quatro
Ticket - 14: USA - Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Arizona
- 15: USA - Selland Arena, Fresno, California
- 17: USA - Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, California
Audio Recording in circulation
Ticket - 18: USA - Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, California Ticket
- 20: USA - Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Audio Recording in circulation
Poster | Ticket - 21: USA - Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington
- 22: USA - Coliseum, Spokane, Washington
- 23: Canada - Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia
with Suzi Quatro. Alice fell from the stage breaking several ribs and injuring his head. He continued playing for a brief time before cancelling the show.
Ticket - 26: Canada - Coliseum, Edmonton, Alberta
- 28: USA - Metropolitan Sports Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 29: USA - Civic Center, Omaha, Nebraska
1975 July
- 02: Canada - Winnipeg Arena, Winnipeg Audio Recording in circulation
- 03: USA - Arena Auditorium, Duluth, Minnesota
- 04: USA - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa
- 06: USA - Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey
with Johnny Winter, Leslie West
Ticket | Advert - 09: USA - Capitol Centre, Landover, Maryland
with Roy Buchanan, James Gang
Ticket | Ticket | Advert - 10: USA - Farm Show Arena, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- 11: USA - Civic Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 12: USA - Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey with Johnny Winter, Leslie West, and James Gang
- 13: Canada - Forum, Montreal, Canada
- 15: USA - Broome County Veterans Arena, Binghamton, New York
- 16: USA - Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island Audio Recording in circulation
- 27: USA - Louisiana Forum, Los Angeles, California
1975 August
- 31: Sweden - Gröna Lund, Stockholm
Audio Recording in circulation
Poster
1975 September
- 01: Sweden - Scandinavium, Gothenburg
- 03: Denmark - Falkoner Theater, Copenhagen Ticket
- 04: Germany - Stadthalle, Bremen
- 05: Germany - Stadthalle, Böblingen, Stuttgart Ticket
- 06: Germany - Open Air Festival, Radstadium, Ludwigshafen with Status Quo and UFO
- 07: Austria - Stadthalle, Vienna Audio Recording in circulation
- 08: Germany - Cirkus Krone, Munchen
- 11: UK - Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Filmed for use in the Welcome To My Nightmare film
Ticket | Ticket | Advert - 12: UK - Empire Pool, Wembley, London
Filmed for use in the Welcome To My Nightmare film
Ticket | Advert - 14: UK - Liverpool Empire, Liverpool, England Advert
- 16: France - Pavillon De Paris, Paris Ticket
- 17: Belgium - Sportpaleis, Antwerpen Ticket
- 19: Germany - Ernst Menk, Hamburg [CANCELLED]
- 20: Germany - Westhaller, Bortmund [CANCELLED]
1975 December
- 13: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Opening night included a guest appearance by Vincent Price
- 14: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- 15: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- 16: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- 17: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
- 18: USA - Sahara Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
1976 August
- 17: USA - Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Not part of the Welcome To My Nightmare tour but here for historic purposes. Alice — along with Divine, Billie Jean King, Kiki Dee and the New York Community Choir — appears and performs during the encore of Elton John's concert appearance.
1977 March
- 14: Australia - Entertainment Centre, Perth Ticket
- 15: Australia - Entertainment Centre, Perth
- 18: Australia - Westlakes Football Stadium, Adelaide Ticket | Ticket
- 21: Australia - Festival Hall, Melbourne Ticket
- 22: Australia - Festival Hall, Melbourne
- 23: Australia - Festival Hall, Melbourne Audio Recording in circulation
- 24: Australia - Festival Hall, Melbourne
- 26: Australia - Showground Arena, Sydney
40,000 people were in attendence, breaking the Australian record at this time
Ticket - 29: Australia - Festival Hall, Brisbane
- 30: Australia - Festival Hall, Brisbane
- 31: Australia - Festival Hall, Brisbane
1977 April
- 04: New Zealand - Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
Tour Materials
Welcome To My Nightmare Tour - 1975
(Press Release)
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL - April 1, 1975
(Ticket)
Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN - April 3, 1975
(Ticket)
Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI - April 5, 1975
(Ticket)
Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH - April 6, 1975
(Ticket)
Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI - April 8, 1975
(Ticket)
Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI - April 8, 1975
(Ticket)
Civic Coliseum, Roanoke, VA - April 11, 1975
(Ticket)
Civic Coliseum, Roanoke, VA - April 11, 1975
(Ticket)
Omni, Atlanta, GA - April 13, 1975
(Ticket)
Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL - April 17, 1975
(Ticket)
Onondaga War Memorial, Syracuse, NY - May 1, 1975
(Ticket)
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada - May 2, 1975
(Ticket)
Civic Center, Ottawa, ON, Canada - May 3, 1975
(Ticket)
Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY - May 4, 1975
(Ticket)
Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY - May 5, 1975
(Ticket)
Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX - May 16, 1975
(Ticket)
Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX - May 16, 1975
(Poster)
Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX - May 18, 1975
(Ticket)
Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX - May 18, 1975
(Ticket)
Convention Center, Louisville, KY - May 22, 1975
(Ticket)
Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN - May 25, 1975
(Ticket)
Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN - May 25, 1975
(Ticket)
Omni, Atlanta, GA - May 26, 1975
(Ticket)
Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City, TN - May 27, 1975
(Ticket)
Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, MS - June 6, 1975
(Ticket)
City Park Stadium, New Orleans, LA - June 7, 1975
(Ticket)
Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA - June 13, 1975
(Ticket)
Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA - June 17, 1975
(Ticket)
Los Angeles Forum, Los Angeles, CA - June 18, 1975
(Ticket)
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - June 20, 1975
(Poster)
Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - June 20, 1975
(Ticket)
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada - June 23, 1975
(Ticket)
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ - July 6, 1975
(Ticket)
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ - July 6, 1975
(Advert)
Capitol Centre, Largo, MD - July 9, 1975
(Ticket)
Capitol Centre, Largo, MD - July 9, 1975
(Ticket)
Capitol Centre, Largo, MD - July 9, 1975
(Advert)
Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden - August 31, 1975
(Poster)
Falkoner Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark - September 3, 1975
(Ticket)
Stadthalle, Böblingen, Stuttgart, Germany - September 5, 1975
(Ticket)
UK Tour - September 11-14, 1975
(Advert)
Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK - September 11, 1975
(Ticket)
Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK - September 11, 1975
(Ticket)
Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK - September 12, 1975
(Ticket)
Pavillon De Paris, Paris, France - September 16, 1975
(Ticket)
Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium - September 17, 1975
(Ticket)
Australia & New Zealand Tour - March 1977
(Poster)
Entertainment Center, Perth, Australia - March 14, 1977
(Ticket)
Westlakes Football Stadium, Adelaide, Australia - March 18, 1977
(Ticket)
Westlakes Football Stadium, Adelaide, Australia - March 18, 1977
(Ticket)
Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia - March 21, 1977
(Ticket)
Showground Arena, Sydney, Australia - March 26, 1977
(Ticket)