According to Rolling Stone, “the name “Hollywood Vampires” references loose collective of rockers, including Cooper, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson and Keith Moon, who got together in the early Seventies to drink on the Sunset Strip at the Rainbow”. In addition to Johnny Depp and the touring version of Hollywood Vampires, the recording sessions also included work from Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Slash, Joe Walsh and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson.
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The Hollywood Vampires, a supergroup featuring Johnny Depp and Cooper, announced a string of concert dates on Wednesday, including a pair of dates at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip. This will mark their only U.S. appearances on September 16 and 17.
To celebrate their album release on September 11, Hollywood Vampires will celebrate with two live gigs.
Tickets for the Roxy shows, which take place September 16 and 17, go on sale August 14.
The rest of their band for the two nights includes Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) on drums, Duff McKagan (GNR) on bass, Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper, Warlock) on guitar, and Bruce Witkin (Adam Ant) on piano and guitar.
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Additionally, on September 24, the band will make their only worldwide appearance at Brazil’s Rock In Rio. Prior to that show, the band will be meeting with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to help fit 150 people in need with hearing aids and bring some of the fans to the show so they can hear music for the first time. As a member of Clinton Global Initiative, Starkey Hearing Foundation has pledged to provide more than one million hearing aids to people in need this decade and now gives more than 175,000 hearing aids annually.
