Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp coming to Aurora's RiverEdge Park
The Hollywood Vampires, with Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry, will bring its tour to Aurora's RiverEdge Park on July 7 and online ticket sales are under way at RiverEdgeAurora.com.
Tickets are $55 through May 31 and $65 starting June 1. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. July 7 and show time is 8 p.m.
The group will perform its new single, "Bad As I Am," along with renditions of classics such as "My Generation," "Whole Lotta Love" and a medley of "School's Out" and "Another Brick in the Wall."
The original Hollywood Vampires were formed in 1969 at a Sunset Strip club called the Rainbow Bar & Grill that became a gathering place for rock stars living in or passing through Los Angeles.
More recently, Cooper and Depp got together and decided to revive the spirit of the group. They were joined by Joe Perry and began recording.
RiverEdge Park is a general admission venue that can hold up to 8,500 fans with views of the Fox River near downtown Aurora.
Summer concerts already announced at RiverEdge include the Two Brothers Summer Festival with Cold War Kids, Lord Huron, The Lone Bellow and Phox (June 3-4); the annual Blues on the Fox Festival (June 17-18); Kool and The Gang with Thomas McClary of the Commodores (June 24); Willie Nelson and Family with Special Guest Kris Kristofferson (June 25); and The Beach Boys and The Temptations (Aug. 5).
The full summer concert and special event season will be announced Thursday, April 14, as part of Mayor Thomas Weisner's 2016 State of the City Address.
Phone and in-person sales for the Hollywood Vampires start April 29. Call the RiverEdge box office at (630) 896-6666, or stop by in-person from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday at RiverEdge's satellite box office at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora.