chuck garric and alice cooper<\/span><\/p> The singer paid special attention to his pop-metal phase, playing three songs apiece off\u00a0Trash<\/em> and its 1991 follow-up\u00a0Hey Stoopid<\/a><\/em>. But he also played\u00a0plenty of ’70s classics, including “No More Mr. Nice Guy,” “Billion Dollar Babies,” “Muscle of Love” and “I’m Eighteen.”<\/p>\n Cooper was in fine voice during a tender rendition of “Only Women Bleed,”\u00a0sharing the stage with his wife and dancer Sheryl Cooper. The\u00a0hit ballad\u00a0ended\u00a0with\u00a0the singer mock-stabbing his wife to death, but Sheryl quickly got her revenge as her husband was led to the guillotine. She\u00a0released the rope\u00a0suspending the blade\u00a0and\u00a0brandished\u00a0Cooper’s severed head after the deed was done.<\/p>\n Besides the addition of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (and a set-closing performance of “Under My Wheels”), the other major difference between Cooper’s 2025 and 2026 tour dates is the recent enlistment of guitarist Anna Cara<\/a>, who’s filling in for Nita Strauss<\/a> while she’s on maternity leave.<\/p>\n Strauss handpicked Cara, and it’s\u00a0easy to see why. The 22-year-old guitarist played with precision and panache,\u00a0deftly\u00a0alternating between blues-rock licks and soaring whammy bar squeals, fleshing out the three-pronged guitar attack alongside mainstays\u00a0Ryan Roxie and\u00a0Tommy Henriksen.<\/p>\n anna cara, ryan roxie and alice cooper<\/span><\/p> Cara fit seamlessly into\u00a0Cooper’s ridiculously well-oiled machine. At 78 years old, he still delivers one of rock’s most exhilarating live\u00a0spectacles \u2014 and he\u00a0shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.<\/p>\n “Hello, Hooray”<\/em>\u00a0(intro only)<\/em> You can’t kill Alice Cooper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Ultimate Classic Rock Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGuitarist Anna Cara Dazzles at Alice Cooper 2026 Tour Kickoff<\/h3>\n
Watch Alice Cooper Cover Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ at 2026 Tour Kickoff<\/h3>\n
Watch Alice Cooper Play ‘House of Fire’ at 2026 Tour Kickoff<\/h3>\n
Watch Alice Cooper Play ‘School’s Out’ at 2026 Tour Kickoff<\/h3>\n
Alice Cooper \u2014 April 14, 2026, San Antonio Set List<\/h3>\n
1. Who Do You Think We Are” (shortened)
2. “Spark in the Dark”
3. “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
4. “House of Fire”
5. “Billion Dollar Babies”
6. “I’m Eighteen”
7. “Muscle of Love”
8. “Feed My Frankenstein”
9. “Dirty Diamonds”
10. “Caught in a Dream”
11. “Hey Stoopid”
12. “Dangerous Tonight”
13 “Poison”
14. Anna Cara guitar solo
15. “Brutal Planet”
16. “Ballad of Dwight Fry”
17. “Cold Ethyl”
18. “Only Women Bleed”
19. “Second Coming”
20. “Going Home”
21. “School’s Out \/ Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2”
22. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
23. “Under My Wheels”<\/p>\nAlice Cooper Albums Ranked<\/h2>\n