[Justin101]

For those interested, Alice's setlist is clearly set in stone as it's a rehearsed show, but other sets were as follows in Manchester;

The Tubes

She's a Beauty
TV Is King
Mr. Hate
Amnesia
Life
Prime Time
Love's a Mystery
White Punks on Dope
Talk to Ya Later

The Mission

Tower of Strength
Beyond the Pale
Like a Hurricane
Severina
Like a Child Again
Butterfly on a Wheel
Met-Amor-Phosis
Wasteland
Deliverance

I've never heard The Tubes before and I was pleasantly surprised and have become a fan, new wave punk(ish) rock, reminded me of Talking Heads.

The Mission were fantastic, the drummer was a bit of an animal and brought loads of weight to the songs which on album are a bit jangley (put it this way, you can tell that Hussey was a lead songwriter on the debut Sisters album). Opener Tower of Strength was preceded by a Lisa Gerrard vocal loop and drum machine combo fading into the extended album version intro.

Alice Cooper was everything I expected he would be, really polished and slick show. The end of Feed My Frankenstein made me laugh, I'm not sure if the's done this skit in the past but after he goes into the 'Frankenstein' prop he vanishes and comes back as a giant Frankenstein Monster and continues singing the song in a lower 'monster' register, got everyone laughing which makes me think it was a new bit. Nina Strauss blew me away, her guitar solo into the Poison intro was well played. The drummer, I don't know his name was also a beast, his drum solo in the middle of Halo of Flies was awe inspiring.

For the encore and the original group section, they got me all excited playing the introduction to Hello, Hooray but segued straight into Muscle of Love which was my highlight of that 2nd set! Excellent fun, deserves all of those glowing press reviews he's getting.