1986

Oct 27 Full scale rehearsal for Alice Cooper tour
Royal Oak Theater, Royal Oak Michigan


Oct 28 Civic Center Lansing Michigan
First night of the Alice Cooper tour.


Oct 29 Wendler Arena, Saginaw, Michigan
Sold Out 7,040


Oct 30 & 31 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Both nights sold out
Over 33K combined
Over $531K for the combined shows

The 31st sold out in hours & a 2nd show was added on the 30th


MTV Broadcast the Nightmare Returns Tour on the 31st from Joe Louis Arena


BILLBOARD 11/22/1986 had a review of the concert from Joe Louis Arena. The part about VVI
The Vinnie Vincent Invasion opened the evening with a half-hour set featuring speed-metal versions of songs from the group's self-titled Chrysalis debut album. Any subtleties of the album versions of those tunes were lost, but the quartet proved to be a more than adequate rabble-rouser to warm up the crowd for Cooper


Also a write up about "Boyz" video in the Video Track section
The greatest number of pyro effects in a music video (up till that time). 5 Compton, CA fire marshals were on set.



The Video had debuted the week before on Billboard. In this issue it had gone into Breakout Rotation on MTV. It would have a long run of rotation on MTV.

If only they had recorded the Invasion as well as Alice, such a wasted opportunity.

More of a waste, not having Robert tour. Mark came into his own after ASG, working with his own material obviously. Ah well.....