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![From left: Gilby Clarke plays a Gibson SG onstage, Orianthi plays her purple PRS signature model, Nita Strauss players her white Ibanez S-style, and Alice Cooper performs onstage. Clarke will now be touring guitarist for Alice Cooper for the rock icon's upcoming dates before Strauss returns to the fold later in the year.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rhFV22HQquN2wfKnyRaCyn-320-80.jpg)
Gilby Clarke to replace Orianthi (who was replacing Nita Strauss) on upcoming Alice Cooper dates
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hello! Hooray! Let the show begin… the former Guns N' Roses guitarist has been drafted in for the Godfather of Shock tour after Orianthi suffered an injury
![Orianthi](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RqGG8kjrtbAg5U5hnTTU5U-320-80.jpg)
Orianthi on what she learned from Santana and Joe Bonamassa, and why she’s returning to Alice Cooper’s band
By Andrew Daly published
With a completely new rig for the Alice Cooper tour, the Aussie virtuoso explains how her approach will differ from Nita Strauss, why she’s donating the PRS guitars she’s playing on the road – and what to expect from her forthcoming Epiphone signature model
![Alice Cooper (L) and Orianthi perform at The Warfield on November 27, 2012 in San Francisco, California](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nmdzRU57nEcffDJR4xk6GL-320-80.jpg)
Orianthi on returning to Alice Cooper – and why she'll take a different approach to Nita Strauss
By Janelle Borg published
Orianthi previously toured with Alice Cooper from 2011 to 2014 before passing the baton to Nita Strauss
![Alice Cooper (left) and Orianthi perform onstage at Webster Hall in New York City on July 17, 2013](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h6Gokfie6MaaVMdeZYvsBX-320-80.jpg)
Orianthi will re-join Alice Cooper’s band on tour as a fill-in for her successor, Nita Strauss
By Jackson Maxwell published
Orianthi toured with Cooper from 2011 through 2014, and will reunite with his band for a series of shows from late January through mid-February 2025
![Sophie Lloyd performs on stage with Machine Gun Kelly during day 2 of the Slottsfjell Festival 2023 on July 13, 2023 in Tonsberg, Norway](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8WVR8pWVPQLaevhx6xYkgK-320-80.jpg)
Sophie Lloyd announces her debut solo US show – and marks the occasion with a shred reimagining of Alice Cooper’s Poison
By Phil Weller published
After selling out her debut solo show in London in just five minutes earlier this year, the superstar shredder is now set to perform at LA’s legendary Whisky A Go Go
![Ryan Roxie of Alice Cooper band performs in concert at Resurrection Fest Estrella Galicia 2024 on June 26, 2024 in Viveiro, Spain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YQva6zBxnnwPsb5rk6GgwN-320-80.jpg)
“Wanna get employed with a touring band? Play mind-blowing rhythm parts”: Alice Cooper guitarist Ryan Roxie on the importance of rhythm guitar
By Janelle Borg published
Roxie has toured with the best. He explains why you need more than fancy chops to make it as a touring musician
![Damon Johnson of Thin Lizzy performs on stage supporting Guns N' Roses at O2 Arena on May 31, 2012](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCmaMJg7C684p5GybX5pjm-320-80.jpg)
Damon Johnson on playing with Thin Lizzy and Lynyrd Skynyrd – and why Eddie Van Halen gifted him a guitar
By Andrew Daly published
From touring with Van Halen, to finding his own niche as a blood-and-guts player with some of rock’s biggest names
![Glen Campbell and Eddie Van Halen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Leaw6dWAyCuvwnsYio9AmE-320-80.jpg)
“Other guitar players could hear what he was doing and go, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy's amazing’”: Alice Cooper says Eddie Van Halen asked him to set up a guitar lesson with Glen Campbell
By Matt Parker published
The guitar hero was keen to learn from the Wrecking Crew regular and six-string ace
![K.K. Downing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m8ukYtfy8UJJcV5L5uJJwJ-320-80.jpg)
“This is one more shot at glory for me. I know the things I’ve been denied. I shouldn’t have to build it up all over again”: K.K. Downing on reclaiming his legacy with KK’s Priest – and what his one-off reunion with Judas Priest was really like
By Jon Wiederhorn published
The original “Sinner” takes you behind the scenes of his dramas in and out of Priest and their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction – and why his turbo-charged new album is “about the fight and the victory”
![Steve Hunter (left) and Lou Reed perform at Marni in Brussels, Belgium in November 1973](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yUsCt9uo9ZrHePHHKCYdJY-320-80.jpg)
“I still remember writing the intro to Sweet Jane sitting on a couch in my living room”: How a session guitar legend resurrected Lou Reed’s career with hard-rock lead heroics – and help from Blood, Sweat & Tears’ Steve Katz
By Jackson Maxwell published
He was the ghost player on Aerosmith's Train Kept a Rollin’, and defined many a classic Alice Cooper album with his stinging, melodic leads, but Lou Reed's ferocious Rock ’n’ Roll Animal live album may just be Steve Hunter’s finest hour – and contains one of the most underrated twin-guitar solos of the ’70s
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