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LABELS :
USA : Omnivore Recordings -
2LP - (November 28, 2025 for Record Store Day/Black Friday)
USA : Omnivore Recordings - CD / Digital release
(December 6, 2025)
musicians :
Alice Cooper (lead vocals)
Paul Rodgers (lead vocals)
Joshua Homme (lead vocals, guitar)
Orianthi (lead vocals, guitar)
Eric Singer (drums)
Matt Sorum (drums)
John Button (bass)
Pete Thorn (guitar)
NOTES
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details will follow
Liner Notes
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It takes a lot of time, money, and dedication, to restore
anything of historical importance. And the Plaza Theatre in Palm
Springs, California was just the type of venue that required
these three key ingredients. Opened to the public for the first
time in 1936, this classic Art Deco building was the site of
many grand events over the past 100 years.
And so it was on November 11, 2022, spearheaded by Brian Ray
(Sir Paul McCartney’s guitar gunslinger for the past 20+ years),
a gala fundraiser was held to restore one of Palm Springs’ most
treasured landmarks, the historic Plaza Theatre.
Ray and his co-musical director Spike Edney (Queen, Clapton,
Elton, Aretha) put together an all-star band to back the four
headliners for the evening’s show. And what headliners they
were: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Alice Cooper; Paul
Rodgers (highly acclaimed lead singer of Bad Company and Free);
legendary modern rock artist and Palm Springs native Joshua
Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) and
Australian guitar goddess Orianthi (Michael Jackson, Richie
Sambora).
The backing band behind these legends in addition to Ray and
Edney included Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses), Eric Singer (KISS,
Black Sabbath), John Button (Shakira, The Who, Sheryl Crow) and
the guitarist’s guitarist, Pete Thorn. Their musicianship
inspired Alice Cooper to say after his set, “what a band… best
band in the land right there!”
What made this evening truly memorable were not only the stellar
versions of the artists’ classic hits (“School’s Out,” “I’m
Eighteen,” “Can’t Get Enough,” “All Right Now,” and “I Sat By
The Ocean”) but completely unique covers each member of the band
contributed… hear Joshua Homme’s spot-on take of Bowie’s “Let’s
Dance,” Paul Rodgers singing Sam & Dave’s infectious “I Thank
You,” Alice Cooper’s triumphant cover of The Who’s “My
Generation,” and Orianthi and Brian Ray’s playful version of the
Sonny & Cher duet “I Got You Babe” and more!!
So sit back and go back to 2022 when rock legends walked the
earth, “turned it up to eleven” and a memorable night of fun and
music went into a worthy cause to Rock The Plaza!
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