Alice Cooper’s third memoir, Devil On My Shoulder, a 464-page book published October 6, has become an international bestseller, topping charts including The New York Times, Amazon and The Sunday Times. Cooper, born Vincent Damon Furnier, also narrates the audiobook.
Cooper told Billboard that 90% of the stories in the book are true. He contrasted it with his 1976 autobiography, Me, Alice: The Autobiography of Alice Cooper, which he dismissed as “a drunken rant.” He said the goal of the new book is not to invent a persona, which he has already done, but to reckon with the man behind it.
The memoir covers the addiction Cooper battled in the 1970s and 1980s, his subsequent sobriety, his return to Christianity, and the tension between his stage character and his private self. It also looks back at the original Alice Cooper Band from its early days as the Earwigs in 1964 to its 1975 split after Muscle of Love. Cooper described the break to Billboard as a separation rather than a bitter breakup, saying he feared the band identity was fading. According to Billboard, his decision to pursue Welcome to My Nightmare as a solo project was a gamble that ultimately set both sides on separate paths.
North American tour
Cooper is also on a North American tour, with upcoming stops in Richmond, Atlantic City, St. Louis, San Diego, San Jose and Las Vegas, as well as Windsor, Ontario, and several other U.S. cities. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, with resale options on SeatGeek and StubHub.
See Alice Cooper live
Upcoming Alice Cooper events with tickets available:
- Oct 27, 2026 — Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida · Get tickets
- Oct 30, 2026 — Altria Theater – Richmond, Richmond, Virginia · Get tickets
- Oct 31, 2026 — Tropicana Showroom at Tropicana Casino – NJ, Atlantic City, New Jersey · Get tickets
- Nov 1, 2026 — Wind Creek Event Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Get tickets
- Nov 4, 2026 — Hershey Theatre, Hershey, Pennsylvania · Get tickets
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Source: Billboard
