Touring Billion Dollar Babies



alice cooper performing live during billion dollar babies tour.


after album released, band embarked on tour broke united states box office records held rolling stones , included scheduled 64 concerts in 59 cities in 90 days. gross revenue of tour anticipated close $20 million, $4 million achieved.


cooper hired magician james randi design effects show, , randi traveled tour supervise , coordinate effects. randi played role in stage show executioner .


the live performances featured cooper wearing costume fake blood stains @ crotch, tearing apart baby dolls, attacking mannequins, , being decapitated guillotine. cooper has said mutilation of dolls symbolize child neglect. between 40 , 50 people employed , 26,000 pounds of equipment used. in preparation tour, 2 semi-trailer trucks carried wide variety of props including dentists drill, 4 whips, surgical table, 6 hatchets, 33,000 program books, 300 baby dolls, 22,000 sparklers, 58 mannequins, 280 spare light bulbs, 1,000 patches, 6,000 mirror parts, 14 bubble machines, 28 gallons of bubble juice, , 250,000 packages of bubble bath.








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