Daily Gazette of Xenia, OH 87-11-05 (p. 6)
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LOCATION: Dayton, Ohio
VENUE: Hara Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
The Comet name was nowhere to be seen in the lead-up to the show, every mention was of Ace Frehley. Lynn Hulsey's review—which at least called the band Ace Frehley's Comet—had nothing positive to say about the opening acts.
I've seen some accounts which list a show on the day before as well but there is nothing to support that in the newspapers and it's not in list of dates in The Hard Report.
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Daily Gazette of Xenia, OH 87-10-22 (p. 8)
Dayton Daily News of Dayton, OH 87-10-29 (p. 13)
LOCATION: Columbus, Ohio
VENUE: Veterans Memorial Auditorium
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
Nothing to report
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Chillicothe Gazette of Chillicothe, OH 87-10-15 (p. B-1)
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Indiana
VENUE: Memorial Coliseum
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
Nothing to report
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Ticket stub courtsey Alice Cooper eChive
LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana
VENUE: Market Square Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: approx. 3,900
Rip it out
Something moved
Cold gin
New York groove
Calling to you
Love me right
Shock me
Rock soldiers
Setlist courtsey tolvis comes from a video recording of the show. Once again the Comet name was mostly ignored in the press, and on the ad, in favor of Ace's name.
The review by Jill Warren mentioned that the attendance, which has to be considered modest since Market Square Arena had a capacity of roughly 16,000 for sporting events, was actually one of the higher ones of the tour thus far.
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Muncie Evening Press of Muncie, IN 87-10-15 (p. 21)
Indianapolis Star of Indianapolis, IN 87-10-25 (p. E-6)
LOCATION: Erie, Pennsylvania
VENUE: Civic Center
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Unknown
So far I have no hard evidence for this show. Info comes from the work of Julian Gill and the Alice Cooper eChive.
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LOCATION: Binghamton, New York
VENUE: Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: approx. 4,100
Rip it out
Something moved
Cold gin
New York groove
Calling to you
Love me right
Shock me
Rock soldiers
Setlist comes from an audio recording courtsey tolvis. The absolutely scathing review by Eric Schafer really had nothing good to say about any of the bands. Well, except for drummer Jamie Oldaker.
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Press and Sun Bulletin of Binghamton, NY 87-10-30 (Good Times section p. 2)
LOCATION: Poughkeepsie, New York
VENUE: Mid Hudson Civic Center
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Rip it out
Something moved
Cold gin
New York groove
Calling to you
Love me right
Shock me
Rock soldiers
Rocket ride
Setlist courtsey tolvis
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Poughkeepsie Journal of Poughkeepsie, NY 87-10-30 (p. D-15)
Poughkeepsie Journal of Poughkeepsie, NY 87-11-06 (p. C-9)
LOCATION: Syracuse, New York
VENUE: Landmark Theatre
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: N/A
NA
Not technically canceled since the promotor appears to have simply forgotten to book the venue. The date was listed in the East Coast Rocker (see below) and in the tour date rundown in The Hard Report so the planning was all done except for that one little detail.
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East Coast Rocker 87-11-04 (p. 9)
LOCATION: Buffalo, New York
VENUE: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: 8,310
Rip It Out
Something Moved
Cold Gin
New York Groove
Calling To You
Love Me Right
Shock Me
Rock Soldiers
Setlist from an audio recording (courtsey tolvis). Oddly, the only press I've found about this show is this brief mention in a local paper.
Attendance noted in Billboard 87-12-12 (p. 19)
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LOCATION: Troy, New York
VENUE: RPI Fieldhouse
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat, Frehley's Comet
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
Cold Gin
Love Me Right
Calling To You
Shock Me
Rock Soldiers
Faster Pussycat was left out of the calendar entry for the show in the Cardinal Points of Plattsburgh, NY (87-11-05, p. 10) but were mentioned in Orla Swift's somewhat positive review. Partial setlist culled from titles mentioned in the review.
This would turn out to be Frehley's Comet's last show on this tour. As seen below, illness was cited as the reason for a few of the shows but ultimately the decision came down to money, something that The Hard Report wrote about as early as the week after: "For some strange reason Ace Frehley has pulled
out of the Alice Cooper tour. Details on this
development are sketchy. What we were able to find
out is that money had something to do with the
decision. It Is alleged that Ace was not making
enough to pay his crew." (The Hard Report 87-11-20, p. 30)
Billboard also reported on the issue early on: "Frehley's Comet, headed by former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley,
has departed the Alice Cooper
tour some two months prematurely,
citing "other commitments" as
the reason, according to a spokesman
for the band. Sources say,
however, that the road trek just
wasn't working out economically
for the group. One of the problems
is Cooper's massive stage production,
which is apparently too big to
fit into smaller halls. As a result,
some dates are being booked in venues much larger than the tour can
draw. Faster Pussycat will remain
on the bill." (Billboard 87-11-28, p. 35)
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Ticket courtsey Alice Cooper eChive
LOCATION: Cleveland, Ohio
VENUE: Public Hall
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: approx. 8,300
N/A
The cancellation of the remainder of the tour by Frehley's Comet was never really mentioned in the local press outlets. Most of the time the band was still featured in ads, on tickes (obviously), and in the calendar entries for the various shows. This continued at least as far as mid-December.
As seen below, some news outlets originally noted that this show was slated for November 17. Since the Plain Dealer and the Akron Journal both got it right from the start, The Tribune was probbably just the victim of a simple typo.
Jane Scott's review for this show simply mentions that "second-opener Ace Frehley and the Comets didn't show Saturday night".
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The Tribune of Coshocton, OH 87-10-04 (p. A-7)
The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, OH 87-11-08 (p. H-2)
LOCATION: Boston, Massachusets
VENUE: Boston Garden
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: approx. 8,000
N/A
According to the review by Jim Sullivan in the Boston Globe, Frehley's Comet canceled due to "sickness".
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The Boston Globe of Boston, MA 87-10-06 (p. 70)
LOCATION: New Haven, Connecticut
VENUE: New Haven Coliseum
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
N/A
Roger Catlin's review for the Hartford Courant only mentioned that "the evening was even more of a letdown because the [sic.] absence of the advertised opening act, Ace Frehley's Comet". (Hartford Courant of Hartford, CT 87-11-19, p. 35) A very late review in the Norwalk News Trader only wrote that "Ace Frehley, ex-Kiss guitarist, cancelled out at the last minute". (Norwalk News Trader of Norwalk, CT 88-01-14, p. 25)
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LOCATION: Upper Derby, Pennsylvania
VENUE: Tower Theatre
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
N/A
The word that Frehley's Comet had dropped out of the tour—which had already reached The Hard Report by this time—never reached the newspapers.
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Philadelhia Enquirer of Philadelphia, PA 87-10-16 (Weekend section p. 31)
The Daily Intelligencer of Doylestown, PA 87-11-20 (p. 60)
LOCATION: Upper Derby, Pennsylvania
VENUE: Tower Theatre
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
N/A
Nothing to report
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Philadelhia Enquirer of Philadelphia, PA 87-11-13 (Weekend section p. 37)
The Courier News of Bridgewater, NJ 87-11-19 (p. D-3)
Ticket courtsey Alice Cooper eChive
LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee
VENUE: Municipal Auditorium
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
N/A
Nothing to report
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The Tennessean of Nashville, TN 87-11-01 (Showcase section p. 26)
Knoxville News of Knoxville, TN 87-11-22 (Showtime section p. 25)
LOCATION: New Orleans, Louisiana
VENUE: Lakefront Arena (University of New Orleans)
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Unknown
N/A
Again, there was no notice in the local paper that Frehley's Comet had left the tour.
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Times Picayune of New Orleans, LA 87-11-27 (Lagnappe section p. 16)
LOCATION: Shreveport, Louisiana
VENUE: Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Aliec Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Approx. 2,300
N/A
John Andrew Prime's review of the show —from which the attendance figure is taken—only noted that "the second act, former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley and his band named Comet, did not show". (The Times 87-11-30, p. 30)
Phil Martin's review in the Shreveport Journal (87-11-30, p. C-1) failed to note the lack of a second opener altogether.
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The Times of Shreveport, LA 87-11-01 (p. E-6)
The Times of Shreveport, LA 87-11-01 (p. F-9)
LOCATION: Biloxi, Missouri
VENUE: Mississippi Coliseum
OPENER(s): Faster Pussycat
HEADLINE: Alice Cooper
ATTENDANCE: Approx. 1,500
N/A
As seen below this show was a really slow seller and the final numbers wereas described by Vincent Creel in his review, "a paltry gathering". The review simply noted that "one of the opening acts, Frehley's Comets, canceled". (The Sun-Herald of Biloxi, MS 87-12-01, p. C.3)
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The Sun-Herald of Biloxi, MS 87-11-27 (p. B-1)
The Sun-Herald of Biloxi, MS 87-11-28 (Marquee section p. 8)
