Alice Cooper announces the release of his definitive autobiography, ‘Devil on my Shoulder’, published by Ebury Spotlight on 8th October 2026. This long-awaited autobiography finally lifts the lid on one of the greatest lives in music.
Building on over sixty years of rock folklore, Cooper will support the book’s launch with an intimate 8-date UK speaking tour. Each evening will feature the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in conversation with a special guest moderator Arthur Brown (The God of Hellfire), followed by an audience Q&A, offering fans a rare glimpse behind the greasepaint and guillotines.
There are two, seemingly irreconcilable, Alice Coopers - the murderous, morally corrupt theatrical character who threatened the moral fibre of the western world… and the man who plays him, a sober pastor’s son who has been happily married for 50 years. Along the way, the two became schizophrenically intertwined. And in a haze of pioneering rock n roll, alcohol, drugs, iconic songs and wild gigs, guillotines, slaughtered chickens, legendary friends, rumours, snakes, Ouija boards, surrealism, house fires and car crashes - they nearly killed each other.
“Alice is still on tour around the world today, a proper senile delinquent playing hundreds of gigs every year, while I myself am reformed. 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.”
Rock legend and fellow theatrical pioneer Arthur Brown will join Alice on this date. The God of Hellfire himself - whose 1968 classic “Fire” remains one of rock’s most incendiary moments - needs no introduction to Alice Cooper fans. As two of the most visually arresting and dramatically ambitious performers in rock history, their conversation is a meeting of genuinely kindred spirits: two artists who built empires of spectacle and theatricality at a time when rock ‘n’ roll was only just learning to look the part.
Arthur Brown said: “In an age of increasingly visual and theatrical live performance, Alice Cooper feels more relevant than ever - a true pioneer. There are few artists more important to witness and learn from. I’m thrilled and honoured to be moderating this conversation.”
Devil on My Shoulder is the definitive memoir from one of the most iconic music artists of our generation.
Every ticket purchased will include a book that will be collected on the night of the event.
