Orianthi is as soon as once more returning to Alice Cooper’s band, and he or she plans to convey her personal blues-rock aptitude to the stage.

Nita Strauss had taken on guitar duties for Cooper after Orianthi’s unique stint with the band between 2011 and 2014. Strauss, who quickly left the group in 2022 to play with Demi Lovato however later rejoined, will once more be taking depart because of pre-existing  solo tour commitments.

Orianthi, who’s performed with the likes of Michael Jackson and Carrie Underwood, now tells Guitar World that working with Cooper throughout her first stint was “a blast” and “an honour”. She provides, “Alice is a legend. I do know the reveals are going to be actually enjoyable. It’s going to be only a complete completely different dynamic and type of a change from Nita.

“[The email invite] mainly mentioned, ‘Hey, Alice would love so that you can be a part of him as a result of Nita [Strauss] is busy.’ I used to be like, ‘Completely.’ Nicely, really, at first, I mentioned, ‘I’m undecided as a result of I’ve my very own stuff occurring proper now with my tour.’ However we moved issues round and made it work.”

She later provides, “I convey one thing actually completely different to the band than Nita does. She brings rock and metallic – which is superior. She’s an unimaginable participant, like, the way in which she performs is completely different from me. I play extra traditional blues rock, so it’s a distinct dynamic. I’m just about going to do it my approach. I’m simply going to play the songs the way in which I performed them earlier than, after which, clearly, Alice provides the brand new stuff he needs me so as to add. As a result of I’m an artist, I don’t copy something.”

In a press release from Cooper shared in November, he mentioned, “When Orianthi moved on to pursue her personal profession in 2014, we have been fortunate to seek out Nita. Over the previous decade, Nita, Chuck [Garric, bassist], and Tommy [Henriksen, guitarist] have additionally launched their very own initiatives, and we all the time attempt to coordinate our schedule so we will maintain the band collectively, however these reveals got here up after Nita had already dedicated to a different tour. So, I reached out to Orianthi, and fortunately she was obtainable to leap again in, so we’re all actually wanting ahead to doing these reveals along with her. I’m so lucky to all the time have such nice musicians to work with.”

Oranthi launched a brand new single, Some Variety Of Feeling, again in November. The monitor hails from her forthcoming album of the identical title, which is due for launch in 2025. Alice Cooper commences his Too Shut For Consolation tour in January.