Alice Returns To The Capital Region

ALBANY — Does your temperature go rising, your pulse go racing and your basal metabolism go roaring at the mere thought of that adorable archfiend, Alice Cooper? 

Fifty years ago this month, that question marked the opening passage of 16 Magazine’s front-page featurette showcasing a “clinical and super-scientific test devised by the divine Dr. Alice Cooper.” 

The Coop was at the time celebrating the honors bestowed upon him by a world made all the more fun in the aftermath of releases like “School’s Out,” “Love It To Death, “Killer,” and “Billion Dollar Babies.” 

And while that classic Alice Cooper group – the original lineup of Alice’s band – have been impossible to match, recent on stage groupings of musicos supporting Alice The Singer have come pretty darned close.   

Alice Cooper will bring his latest tour, “Too Close For Comfort,” to Albany’s Palace Theatre July 31. 

Tickets range from $39.50 to $124.50 and are on sale via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com, as well as at the Palace Theatre Box Office, located at 19 Clinton Ave.