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Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

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Review 1 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding - Fun!

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Favorite moment: When Alice himself came out at the end for the finale. Had great fun singing and clapping along. @

Opening act(s): Had some nice gospel-style and gospel choir acts at the beginning. @

Posted 12/25/2012

by tdawgtaz

Location:Phoenix

I've been wanting to go to Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding for years - finally decided to go when I found out a friend was part of the "Gift of Drums" production. After Alice Cooper himself, the Gift of Drums production was my favorite part. Diversity - everything from Taiko Drums to Latin Rhythms, but all put together incredibly well, and the performers, I believe many of them from the Solid Rock Foundation, were excellent.
The one poor point of the evening was that the video projection of the stage event up on the screens was poor quality. Looking at the stage directly, the lighting seemed fine, but the video screens were mostly washed out, weird color or washed out performers. Otherwise, however, the show was excellent, excellent, excellent.

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Favorite moment: When Alice himself came out at the end for the finale. Had great fun singing and clapping along. @

Opening act(s): Had some nice gospel-style and gospel choir acts at the beginning. @

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Review 2 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

2 / 5

Christmas Pudding Takes Too Long To Cook!

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Posted 12/14/2012

by Anonymous

Location:Gold Canyon, AZ

It's very long- 7 to 11:30. I felt like I was at my neighbor's kids recital for the first 2 1/2 hours and found myself day dreaming much of the time. In between acts were just ok and seemed like a waste of time. Good that it's for charity, but I won't go again and would rather just donate to their center than sit through the whole show. Additionally Comerica Theater is too big and seems like a large movie theater.

Oh yeah, and poor Johnny Depp seemed shy and drunk/stoned which I guess isn't surprising considering how long he had to hang around backstage before coming out to play. When he finally did join them he stayed to the side and back of the stage near the drummer most of the time. He has a lot to live up to and I just felt sorry for him.

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Review 3 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

3 / 5

Where was Johnny?

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Posted 12/11/2012

by AnnoyedandBitter

They advertised this event with JOHNNY DEPP's name in big letters on just about everything. They USED him to sell tickets. And he doesn't show up, until 15 minutes until the end, after 4 HOURS of concert I in all honesty wasn't there to see (and wasn't very good until the second act), and he doesn't even walk down the catwalk once. Hell, he doesn't even move past the upstage right corner! He was the entire reason I went, because it was advertised that there would be more of him. And there wasn't. It was unfair.

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Review 4 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

Alice Cooper is always great !!!

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Favorite moment: When Alice Cooper finally came out to jam @

Setlist: Too many to think of. @

Opening act(s): a church choir @

Posted 12/10/2012

by anybodynumberone

Location:Phoenix az

I enjoyed most of the guest but not all and it was quite an event being very long like from 7pm-11:30pm. This year they didn't give out any pudding and I was bummed. The two host were good but the one did the same show as last year. I would have liked Alice Cooper doing more of his tunes as this year he did more of others peoples tunes but he was still very good. Not enough bathrooms for all the people that attended, This year was the biggest maybe because Johnny Depp was a guest playing guitar and I never seen so many people show up for a Christmas Pudding before.

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Favorite moment: When Alice Cooper finally came out to jam @

Setlist: Too many to think of. @

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Review 5 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

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Posted 12/10/2012

by Anonymous

Started slow, awesome after the intermission. Alice and band rocked the night.

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Review 6 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

Johnny Depp was Awesome !

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Favorite moment: When Johnny Depp on guitar joined Alice Cooper for the rest of the show. @

Posted 12/10/2012

by Dianekiss7

Location:Mesa, AZ

Definately worth seeing. Wish they would make a video of the show, love to see it again. Alice rocks, best concert I've been to in a long time.

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Favorite moment: When Johnny Depp on guitar joined Alice Cooper for the rest of the show. @

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Review 7 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

Didn't know what to expect

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Favorite moment: When Rock DeMarco drew the picture of Alice Cooper, then it got auctioned off. @

Posted 12/10/2012

by vivadeb

Location:Las Vegas

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We weren't sure what to expect but loved every moment of the show. It was a 4 hour extravaganza show with musical guests, comedians, an artist and about a half hour intermission. The two emcees were fantastic and every guest was better than the one before it. We traveled to Phoenix from Las Vegas for the show and are planning already for next year!!

Alice and Cheryl Cooper really hosted this event spectacularly. Every attendee received a program listing the entertainment for the evening.

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Favorite moment: When Rock DeMarco drew the picture of Alice Cooper, then it got auctioned off. @

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Review 8 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

Let's get professional'

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Favorite moment: Don Felder. Didn't realize how good of a solo artist he is. @

Posted 12/10/2012

by Tjarley

Location:Chandler, AZ

This was my 3rd Pudding; I was at the first two at Celebrity Theater. I like the bigger stage at Comerica as it allows some terrific dancing and lots of room for the bands. However - this was the MOST POORLY sound mixed concert event that I have ever been to, especially with such a superstar headliner like Alice. Looking over at the mixing desk, I was amazed that no one there seemed to have any clue that Dash's band had no rhythm guitar or bass in the mix. And that was one of the better sounding groups. Sebastian Bach's mike level was so bad he was just garbled. C'mon, someone with a little real music experience can make this sound like music. The deaf sound men that night sure couldn't. Other than the horrible sound, it was a great night supporting Solid Rock. O'Hurley should always be the MC.

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Favorite moment: Don Felder. Didn't realize how good of a solo artist he is. @

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Review 9 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

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Favorite moment: Alice singing Foxy Lady to Orianthe as she shreds on guitsr, School's Out turning into Another Brick in the Wall @

Setlist: No More Mr. Nice Guy, I'll Bite Your Face Off, Billion Dollar Babies, Break on Through, Revolution, Foxy Lady, My Generation, Poison, Schools Out, Another Brick in the Wall, Run Rudolph Run @

Posted 12/10/2012

by poppajohn57

Location:Phoenix

Christmas Pudding was aptly named. Why Christmas pudding? Because you don't know what you you are going to get. We had a comedian, a magician, an impressionist, an artist, auctions, not to mention stellar music. What a great evening!

Why only four stars? I hope the promotors, producers and artists read this: I was in row 11 of the second level (I was in on the pre-sale immediately - and they were the best tickets I could get) - the sound was TERRIBLE! All of the sound was directed to the lower level - and there was a level above us! There is no excuse for that in a place such as Comerica.

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Favorite moment: Alice singing Foxy Lady to Orianthe as she shreds on guitsr, School's Out turning into Another Brick in the Wall @

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Review 10 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

X-MAS Pudding

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Posted 12/10/2012

by Woodrow223

Once again Alice put together another good X-mas Pudding show . I was in the Club Level and felt that it was a little warm up there . Three jumbo screens were nice but it may have been my angle but the two side screens were sometimes too dark to see anything . None of this is Alice`s doing so on to the show. LA Guns were average at best, very hard to understand . Sebastian Bach still has an amazing voice,Don Felder was really good and Johhny Depp can really play the guitar . I like Alice`s son`s band and the other two bands were not bad .Young and still learning but show promise . Of course the best part was Alice rocking the place at the end . His tribute to his FOUR DRUNK FRIENDS " WAS GREAT . I will certainly return again next year .

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Review 11 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

Year over Year its gets better

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Favorite moment: AC's tribute to his 3 lost drinking buddies @

Posted 12/10/2012

by LadyPhx

Location:phoenix

another fabulous event put on for a great cause. while a bit disappointed we didnt get to see Johnny Depp's band play - he did provide a couple of brief solos...it was nice to see him get out there and jam with AC's band. Sebastian Bach was great too...he delivered with passion and energy. John O'Hurley as mencee was a little lacking...he always seemed like he was lost on what / who was on next. SawChuck the comedian magician delivered suprerbly and entertainingly.

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Review 12 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

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Posted 12/10/2012

by boregard

Location:Mesa AZ

The show this year was really great! The last half was absolutely super! Alice spent more time on stage than he did the other time I went. We couldn't believe we were there 5 hours - it didn't seem like that long at all. When they say they start at 7, they start at 7. So glad I went.

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Review 13 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

The show was amazing!

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Favorite moment: Sebastian and Johnny Depp @

Posted 12/10/2012

by Pamela4673

Location:Scottsdale

Great job! We had a blast! Co-op did an awesome job. I enjoyed the magician and comedy acts. Of course Sebastian and LA Guns killed it. Don was really cool to see. Alice and the band kick butt! Just an all around great show.

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Review 14 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

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Favorite moment: Watching a guy near me in Club Level try to bid $20,000 for Alice Cooper's painting. @

Posted 12/10/2012

by Plooker

Location:Club Level section 205 upper rows.

Very entertaining show as always. We were very disappointed in the length of the line to get in when we arrived at 7:00 (starting time for the show). Close to half an hour wait in line to get in (did they open the doors late?)

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Favorite moment: Watching a guy near me in Club Level try to bid $20,000 for Alice Cooper's painting. @

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Review 15 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

Really, Really Good Show

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Favorite moment: The last song, everyone came out on stage and played "Run, Run Rudolph" , it was great fun! And it snowed! @

Posted 12/10/2012

by GlendaleGirl

Location:Glendale, AZ

The variety was wonderful, dancing, music, comedy. The teen center talent was amazing. Alice Cooper is doing the community a great service, we need more places like his for our teens. The place was rocking when Alice Cooper, his band, along with Johnny Depp were playing. The Grand Finale was great!

The only complaint I have is the Gospel Choir group was overpowered by the "back ground music". We really couldn't appreciate their voices, which was a shame.

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Favorite moment: The last song, everyone came out on stage and played "Run, Run Rudolph" , it was great fun! And it snowed! @

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Review 16 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

4 / 5

A Rockin' good time!

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Favorite moment: Schools out, closing number with the Cooperettes & Alice with his famous twirling baton! @

Posted 12/10/2012

by Inamae39

Location:Phoenix, AZ

The first 2 bands; although they had a good beat, lacked a really good lead singer. Once past that, the next 2 perfomances were good rockin' music; leading up to Alice. He's like Mick, still got it after all these years. His performance with the band and the guitar players from the previous acts was excellent! Johnny Depp was just an added bonus.
The kids that came out and rocked (in between acts) were great also; all for a good cause. With the auction (handled briskly and professionally), the money raised should help many, many kids find an outlet in music. What a great way to raise money for kids who might otherwise find trouble. Music was definitely my release in high school (and throughout my life)! Kudos to the Cooperettes also; the ladies looked and sounded great! Have/will recommend to others!

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Favorite moment: Schools out, closing number with the Cooperettes & Alice with his famous twirling baton! @

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Review 17 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

5 / 5

christmas pudding rocks

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Posted 12/10/2012

by knit1950

Location:Phoenix

as always an incredible show. music was fabulous. guests were awesome. a great way to have a fundraiser.

disappointed that Johnny Depp didn't speak to the audience. would really have loved to see him more of him center stage. i think the audience would have love to have a spot light feature with him

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Review 18 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

2 / 5

Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

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Posted 12/26/2011

by Anonymous

Location:phoenix

went to see cheap trick but they were not there!was not told obout the change in acts.

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Review 19 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

2 / 5

What happened to Cheap Trick??

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Favorite moment: When my 16yo daughter and 20yo niece agreed the music was a bit much. @

Opening act(s): They were enjoyable...nice to see our young muscians getting a chance to play to good size audience. @

Posted 12/24/2011

by BethDofPhx

Show was not what I expected. I realize it must have been difficult to fill for Cheap Tricks cancellation, but I would have expected music along the same genre...not full out heavy metal.

The show supports a good cause so it's worth the ticket price. Years past shows were outstanding..this one..not so much.

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Favorite moment: When my 16yo daughter and 20yo niece agreed the music was a bit much. @

Opening act(s): They were enjoyable...nice to see our young muscians getting a chance to play to good size audience. @

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Review 20 for Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding

3 / 5

Not the best Pudding, but still worth it

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Favorite moment: Well, that's easy. The Tubes' set! @

Setlist: Only kept a few setlists: THE TUBES: She's a Beauty, Turn Me On, White Punks On Dope, Talk To Ya Later, Third Stone from the Sun (Hendrix cover). ROB HALFORD: The Hellion/Electric Eye, Breaking the Law, Living After Midnight, You've Got Another Thing Coming. ALICE COOPER: No More Mr. Nice Guy, Under My Wheels, I'm Eighteen, Billion Dollar Babies, Hey Stoopid, Poison, Halo of Flies (w/drum & bass solos), I'll Bite Your Face Off, School's Out, Elected. ENCORE: Run Rudolph Run (Chuck Berry cover), with everyone on stage and Cooper and Halford leading. @

Opening act(s): I guess you could say everyone was an opening act for Alice! @

Posted 12/20/2011

by ndconcerts

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Alice Cooper is a philanthropist as well as a world-famous rock star. He hosts this mostly all-star benefit in Phoenix every December. I've been to most--this is Pudding no. 11 and I've been to eight. I really hate to say that this year's show was the weakest thus far--a case of too much padding in the Pudding. The thing that always made this show fun was the variety of the acts; for instance, last year's Pudding included Cheech Marin of Cheech & Chong, Rob Zombie, speed painter Rock DeMarco, Glen Campbell, Night Ranger, a classical piano duo, Nils Lofgren of Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band, Don Felder of the Eagles, and Cooper with his original early-'70s band, as well as a few local acts, making their professional debut. The 2011 model was overloaded on one kind of music--heavy metal and/or hard rock. I'm no metal-basher. If I was, I wouldn't be holding tix to the likes of Atomic Punks, Steel Panther, and the Axl Rose Band (aka G N' R). But there was very little variety in this particular show. I'm a big fan of Cooper (this was my fourth time seeing him in the last year) and Rob Halford of Judas Priest, and their sets were great. But I found myself squirming during Orianthi's high-velocity noodling during both her sit-in with Runaway Phoenix (a local metal band headed by Cooper's son Dash), as well as her own set. Brian "Head" Welch's set was pure aggression, featuring a Korn medley and wonderful little ditties with titles like "Paralyzed". Cookie-monster vocals don't do it for me, unfortunately. Host Murray Sawchuck is allegedly a magician as well as a lousy comic, but he didn't indulge in much magic during his many unwelcome appearances on stage. Mostly he just preened and reminded me of Andy Dick, who I am NO fan of. The other two comedians on the bill, Chris Bliss and Gary Mule Deer, were extremely hilarious. Why weren't they given the hosting spot? Mule Deer in particular would be perfect. His stoic delivery is perfect for his style of absurdist humor; he even did "Folsom Prison Blues" backed by Cooper's band. And yes, he sounds just like Johnny Cash, but that was it for impressions, by him or anyone else (unless you count Sawchuck's failed impression of someone with comic talent). Bliss's stand-up act in the second half of the show ended with a truly awesome juggling act set to a tape of The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" medley. He would be a fine host also. Kip Winger, brief Motley Crue singer John Corabi and ex-Kiss and Meat Loaf guitar ace Bruce Kulick all did acoustic sets. Winger's set was surprising; he opened with an intricate Spanish-style instrumental that really showed he was quite the acoustic guitarist. He next did his '89 anthem "Headed for a Heartbreak". Corabi and Kulick's set was a mixture of songs from their respective associations (though it was odd that they did "Hard Luck Woman", from the Kiss era that Kulick had no part of), and ended with a spirited cover of The Beatles' "Oh Darling". 3 local acts, all contest winners, played: Jared Kolesar & the Locals, Julianne Forte and Suite 88. Kolesar was game but his stuff was generic John Mellencamp-lite. Forte has real talent and a great voice but was so nervous I felt bad for her. Suite 88's singer has a great voice, and their two-song set was a real surprise. Their version of Pink Floyd's "Time" was excellent. My favorite of all the bands on the bill was The Tubes. I had never seen them before and they did not disappoint. Lead singer Fee Waybill still has it; it's just too bad that their opening song--the great '80s classic "She's a Beauty"--was almost torpedoed by a bad sound mix. Would have liked more songs from Halford; he did four. Cooper's set was the longest by far--and the longest of any I had seen him do at the Pudding, lasting almost an hour. He surprised me by doing the 1971 deep album track "Halo of Flies". Usually his Pudding sets are a handful of hits only, yet he gave us "Hey Stoopid" and the new, propulsive rocker "I'll Bite Your Head Off". He closed the show with an all-star run through Chuck Berry's "Run Rudolph Run". Cool to see Halford and Cooper perform together. This pudding was attended by my two best friends with me for the first time. They had a great time, despite the many flaws, and I was happy to be there with them (though I do wish the father/son drunkards behind us had spared us their loud commentary). Also, it should be noted that no actual Christmas pudding was distributed to those of us in the audience during the intermission for the first time ever, and previously announced acts Cheap Trick and the Gin Blossoms didn't show. Despite this, there's no question that I'll be attending future Puddings, because the good FAR outweighs the bad.

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Favorite moment: Well, that's easy. The Tubes' set! @

Opening act(s): I guess you could say everyone was an opening act for Alice! @

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