Alice Cooper has announced details of a new “definitive autobiography” titled Devil On My Shoulder, and confirmed plans for a new UK Q&A book tour.
The memoir is set to be published by Ebury Spotlight on October 8, and promises to lift the lid on the huge career and the intriguing personal life of the 78-year-old rock icon.
It is the first of its kind to be shared by the singer-songwriter, and will explore how his two personas – the theatrical, elaborate rock star, and the sober pastor’s son who played him and has been married for 50 years – intertwine.
“Alice is still on tour around the world today, a proper senile delinquent playing hundreds of gigs every year, while I myself am reformed,” he said. “And with the benefit of hindsight and a certain maturity, I’d like to describe our journey to hell and back together, because it’s not only rock stars who can lose their way.”
It will also look at how the singer, real name Vincent Damon Furnier, began the group ‘Alice Cooper’ in the late ‘60s, and later went on to adopt the name as his own moniker, and later change it legally after becoming lost in the character’s identity.
“I was born Vincent Damon Furnier but, seduced by my character’s reputation, changed my name legally to Alice Cooper, and in the process lost sight of who I really was,” he added. “The mild-mannered, all-American boy I’d once been became a monster and a mortal danger to himself.”
There will also be anecdotes that feature Salvador Dalí, Bob Hope, John Lennon, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price, Frank Sinatra, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Gerald Ford, Andy Warhol, Tiger Woods and more, as well as deeper topics explored.
The latter will include candid insight into his stance on dysfunction and despair, wildness and criminality, urges and addictions, transgressions and human goodness.
To celebrate the upcoming release, Cooper will be headed out on a book tour later this year, where he will go into a deep conversation with a special guest moderator, before taking part in a Q&A with fans.
All dates take place in the UK, and they kick off on October 11 at the New Theatre in Cardiff. From there, there are stops at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, London Palladium and Brighton Dome over the following three-nights.
Dates wrap up in Manchester, Stockton, Glasgow and Wolverhampton later in the month.
The book is £25 to purchase (pre-order it here), or free with each ticket bought to the book tour. Tickets to the tour go on sale this Friday (March 13) at 10am GMT, and can be bought here.
Alice Cooper’s ‘Devil on my Shoulder UK Book Tour’ dates are:
OCTOBER
11 – Cardiff New Theatre
12 – Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 – London Palladium
14 – Brighton Dome
16 – Manchester Opera House
17 – Stockton Globe
19 – Glasgow Pavilion Theatre
20 – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Before the book is released and the subsequent tour kicks off, Cooper will be performing at Louder Than Life festival 2026 alongside My Chemical Romance, Iron Maiden, Tool, Limp Bizkit, Pantera, Megadeth, Pierce The Veil, A Day to Remember and more.
Last year, the singer reunited with his original group for an intimate show in London, and shared his first album with them in over 50 years, titled ‘The Revenge Of Alice Cooper’.