7:30 p.m. Friday, December 18 at Dodge Theatre
(Phoenix, AZ) - Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding is set to return for it's 9th annual holiday season. The Christmas-themed variety show famous for being an entertaining blend of comedy, music, dance and surprise performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 18 at Dodge Theatre. More than 3,500 people are expected to attend.

This year's acts include
Alice Cooper
Warrant
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Dee Snider (from Twisted Sister)
Lita Ford
American Idol contestant and valley native Scott MacIntyre
Gary Mule Deer
Runaway Phoenix
TV personality Brad Perry's aptly titled band the Brad Perry Band
River of Life Choir

Additionally, the 9th annual Christmas Pudding will include performances from the winners of this year's Proof is in the Pudding contest, Cooper's version of "American Idol."


Special Ticket Offer: 4 pack of reserved tickets $100.00
Reserved tickets are priced at $38.00, $48.00 and $203.00 for VIP seating, which includes a seat at one of the cabaret type tables in front of the stage, an artist attended pre-show reception, as well as a pre-show dinner. All proceeds from the event will benefit Solid Rock whose mission is to make an everlasting difference in the lives of children and teens throughout our community. Tickets are available at LiveNation.com. For more concert information, please visit www.alicepudding.com.

How Can You Make A Difference In The Life Of A Teenager? One Square Foot at a Time

Alice Cooper, the shock rock legend, had a dream eleven years ago to build a teen center called "The Rock". He wants to make that dream a reality. Solid Rock, the non-profit organization Alice helped found is planning on building that center on land donated to Solid Rock, via a land lease, by Grand Canyon University.

The purpose of "The Rock" is to provide a safe haven for teens. Run by Christian men and women this teen activity center will be built on a foundation of music providing musical instruction, recording, event production, and performance. In addition sports, education, dance, and social interaction will play an important role at The Rock.

But Alice needs your help to make this happen. He cannot build "The Rock" alone. The 29,480 square foot center will cost $7.3 million dollars to build, but if we all pitch in we can do it collectively. How?

ONE SQUARE FOOT AT A TIME
$248 builds one square foot of The Rock. You can help Alice build one square foot or and entire room. Today's teen culture needs our help and you can be a part of the solution for just $248.

Sponsor:
One square foot for - $248
Two Square feet for - $496
Ten Square feet for - $2,480


Sponsor an entire room:
Classroom - 500 Sq. Ft.
Recording Studio - 600 Sq. Ft.
Computer Lab - 510 Sq. Ft.
Coffee House - 7,875 Sq. Ft.
Game Room - 800 Sq. Ft.
Basketball Court, Concert Hall, and many others.

For $248.00 you can help us build one square foot of The Rock and change a life of a teenager.

To find out more about The Rock and how you can help please visit www.alicecoopersolidrock.com or call the Solid Rock office at 602.522.9200 or toll free 888.97.ALICE (888.972.5423).

The first 100 people to sponsor at least one square foot will be sent an Alice Cooper bracelet.

Everyone who sponsors a square foot of The Rock teen center will have their name memorialized in a special way at the center.

Naming rights are available to sponsors of an entire room.(All Sponsorships are tax deductible)

The Rock

Through dedication and hard work, Solid Rock has begun the task of securing a site and working through the process with local municipalities to make a dream a reality. The Rock Teen Center will be a space where young adults can be creative, educated, active, and safe.

The staff of relationally-trained, Christian men and women will be devoted to guiding teens through this turbulent time in their lives. Programs will be centered around a multi-use concert hall, coffee house (kitchen/snack bar for concerts & other events), indoor basketball/floor hockey court, rock climbing walls, sound room and recording studio, computer/reading/study rooms, and game room.

In partnership with Grand Canyon University, "The Rock's" location on campus property makes for easy access to the facilities, and a greater attraction to the target age group. Our connection through GCU also allows for substantial community involvement, which will include multiple educational and recreational after-school programs. Additionally, strong ties to local churches will further help in the development of weekly events meant to encourage their effort throughout the Valley.

With the realization of "The Rock", Solid Rock will continue to further its goal of making an everlasting difference in the lives of the teenagers and children.

For more information, go to The Rock at www.therockteencenter.com

NOVEMBER 7TH, 2009 - LIVE SHOW AFTER THE 13TH ANNUAL ALICE COOPER PRO-AM GOLF TOURNAMENT

More about HALO OF FLIES: Individual members of the band have shared the stage with such greats as Santana, The Neville Brothers, Kenny Loggins, Ziggy Marley, The Smithereens, Men at Work, Ub40, Los Lobos and the legendary Buck Owens. Audiences will rock to their very faithful recreations of Alice's big hits as well as some unearthed gems.

Opening acts for Halo of Flies will be local musical artists Destinee Quinn and Safe Haven, and comedian Michael "Black Jack" Wilson.

Tickets to the concert at the Webb Center are available to the general public and are on sale now; to reserve tickets go on-line www.delewebbcenter.org or call the Box Office 928-684-6624. Tickets range in price from $30 - $50.

DECEMBER 21, 2009 - Another of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding shows has come and gone

Another of Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding shows has come and gone. If you missed it, you missed an awsome evening of great performances. It was not just another concert. It was much more than that. The original intent of the Christmas Pudding shows was to raise funds for Mr. Cooper's pet project of creating a center for the youth of Phoenix called The Rock. It was also an evening of great entertainment. And for many, it was a concert of memories. The first half of the show was made up of comedians and local bands that provided great entertainment. Ronn Lucas, the ventriloquist, and Gary Mule Deer, the comedian, practically had the audience rolling on the floor in laughter. The Jeff Hunt Band, Micah Beverly and Buskin Cuffs were winners in a local American Idol type competition. Scott MacIntyre of American Idol fame took the stage just before Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers. Dash Cooper's band, Runaway Phoenix, did several songs and Dash sounds just like his dad when he was younger. But, it was after the short intermission that the house began to rock. The audience of about 4500 was made up almost entirely of people in their late 40's and beyond. Most of the younger ones were with parents that grew up with Alice and his contemporaries. When Alice Cooper and his band took the stage, every one stood and cheered but when the music started, a hush fell over the crowd. As the music flowed out over the audience, it seemed to touch each individual person and refreshed memories of days gone by. The mood remained reminiscent even when the entire house stood and sang along with School's Out. And it didn't change as Warrant, Lita Ford and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister each took their turns on stage. As the crowd filed out of the Dodge Theater at the end of the show, you could hear bits of conversation.

"I remember when that song first came out."
"My first concert was Alice Cooper in..."
"I saw Twisted Sister at..."
"Do you remember the time...."
Yes, it was a great show that brought back a lot of memories. You should make it a point to be at the next Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding.

DECEMBER 21, 2009 - The Arizona Republic, Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding provided something for everyone

Harder-rocking acts such as Dee Snider, Lita Ford and Warrant didn't come on until later in the evening. That allowed non-night owls and groups with younger children to enjoy a large dose of fun before things got too late. Cooper's concerts, which are raising funds for the construction of a youth center on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, have evolved into enjoyable old-school variety shows that have a bit of everything.

This year's host was Las Vegas-based comic-magican Murray, who kept the laughs coming with some real tricks mixed in with intentionally lame routines. He brought some fans onstage to take part in routines that included making a hat for an amazed young boy out of ripped-up paper. One non-musical standout was actual ventriloquist Ron Lucas, who turned one good sport from the audience into a human vetriloquist's dummy. Another favorite was comic-singer Gary Mule Deer, who returned to Pudding with down-home humor sung to songs by such artists as Johnny Cash. The Solid Rock Dancers, trained by Sheryl Cooper, brought huge applause with routines that mixed urban and jazz-dance moves. As always, Cooper rocked the joint with a band stacked with younger players who don't lack for energy or rock-star moves. He played such expected favorites as "No More Mr. Nice Guy," "Eighteen" and "School's Out," but also mixed in a deeper cut, the power ballad "I Never Cry," from 1976. Cooper's wife and their rocker son, Dash, sang backup vocals during the set.

Dash Cooper and his band, Runaway Phoenix, rocked the crowd with an original song about celebrating the season at Christmas Pudding. Sets by contest winners the Jeff Hunt Band, Micah Beverly and Buskin Cuffs also were well-received, as was "American Idol" veteran Scott MacIntyre. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, who have performed at every edition of Christmas Pudding, delivered a reliable-as-usual set including the garage rocking "I Know You Know," and "I Do," as well "Mekong" and "Banditos," the last two songs from Clyne's former band, the Refreshments. Eighties rockers Warrant did a solid job of following up Alice Cooper's set, getting many veteran fans in the crowd on their feet with such hits as "Cherry Pie," "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Heaven." Singer-guitarist Lita Ford, a veteran of the Runaways in the '70s and a solo artist in the '80s and '90s, gave concertgoers a sample of the show she will stage in 2010 as she mounts a return to music after an absence of more than a decade. Ford showed a bit of rust performing two songs from her self-titled debut album, "Kiss Me Deadly" and "Close My Eyes Forever." Ford struggled to hit the high notes on both songs and might have benefited from a trick used by many veteran rockers -- lowering the key of the tune. Backed by Cooper's band, Ford showed off some hot guitar-playing in a cover of Sammy Hagar's "There's Only One Way to Rock." Twisted Sister's Dee Snider wrapped things up with a bang.

"I know it's late for some of us," Snider said as things wound down at 11:30 p.m. "But we are rockers, right?" Snider, also backed by Cooper's band, had even the most tired fans standing and shaking their fists with his hit "We're Not Gonna Take It." He brought smiles with a heavy-metal version of "White Christmas" and a solid cover of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." Snider launched the show's finale, a high-volume version of "O Come All Ye Faithful," as Alice Cooper and most of the show's performers joined him amid falling fake snow. Cooper's Pudding pushes those who stay for the whole marathon to the limit, but it's always an event that overflows with good vibes suitable for the season.