Alice Cooper creeps back to life with 'Spider' tour

Veteran shock-rocker Alice Cooper [ tickets ] has revealed dates for a lengthy summer/fall tour in support of his forthcoming new album, "Along Came a Spider."The singer/songwriter and, more recently, radio DJ, will kick off the run July 31 in Redmond, OR. The 35-city trek will consist of a US outing running through early September, followed by an extensive Canadian leg before the tour winds down in Upstate New York in late October. All dates are below.Cooper will also tackle a slate of European dates in July. Consult the singer's official website for his full international itinerary.Cooper's backing band for the tour will feature guitarists Kari Kelli and Damon Johnson (Brother Cane), bassist Chuck Garric and drummer Eric Singer (KISS)."Along Came a Spider," Cooper's 25th studio album, will be a concept album, featuring a storyline that centers on a serial killer named Spider, Cooper told Billboard.com last month. "Every song is sort of a letter to the police. They think they're investigating it from the outside, but he's actually woven them into the whole thing."The album, due for release this August, is about 75% complete, Cooper added. The new set follows "Dirty Diamonds," which hit stores in 2005. Born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, Cooper broke into the music business in the late '60s, releasing his first album, 1969's "Pretties For You," as lead singer of the band that bore his name. He scored his first hit with the cut "I'm Eighteen," featured on 1971's "Love It to Death."