Today, the Alice Cooper band announced that Australian guitarist Orianthi Panagaris, better known by her stage name Orianthi, will temporarily take over the guitar role in the Alice Cooper band. She will be filling in for Alice Cooper’s lead guitarist, Nita Strauss. The reason for Orianthi taking over Strauss’s duties is because of conflict obligations of Strauss, according to a press release released today. The shows came up after Strauss had committed to another tour.
Orianthi toured with Alice Cooper from 2011 to 2014. She was the band’s first female member. She had previously played guitar for Alice Cooper before Strauss took over the rock ‘n’ roll duties.
Said Cooper, “When Orianthi moved on to pursue her own career in 2014, we were lucky to find Nita. Over the past decade, Nita, Chuck, and Tommy have also launched their own projects, and we always try to coordinate our schedule so we can keep the band together, but these shows came up after Nita had already committed to another tour. So I reached out to Orianthi, and thankfully she was available to jump back in, so we’re all really looking forward to doing these shows with her. I’m so fortunate to always have such great musicians to work with.”
Alice Cooper Tour Dates:
01/31 – Augusta, GA @ Bell Auditorium
02/01 – Cherokee, NC @ Harrah’s Casino Resort Event Center
02/02 – Greensboro, NC @ Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
02/04 – Mobile, AL @ Saenger Theatre
02/06 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock
02/07 – Ft Myers, FL @ Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall
02/08 – Clearwater, FL @ Coachmen Park
02/11 – St. Augustine, FL @ Amphitheatre
02/13-2/17 Miami, FL @ Rock Legends Cruise
Alice Cooper will be announcing new dates for the 2025 tour, when Nita Strauss is back in the band, including the announced show at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, Ohio, on May 9, 2025, and the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, show at the Lincoln Financial Field on August 15, 2025. The rock group My Chemical Romance will be on the bill at the Philadelphia show.
More information about the coming tours and to purchase VIP packages can be found on Alice Cooper’s website.
