Alice Cooper recently outed himself as another aging boomer ready to regurgitate debunked talking points about trans kids, and while some of his supporters have publicly walked away, there was still a big crowd at Tampa’s MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre last Saturday when Coop and shock-rock colleague Rob Zombie brought the co-headlining “Freaks On Parade” tour into town.

Alice Cooper plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 26, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Alice Cooper, who plays the BayCare Sound in Clearwater, Florida on Feb. 8, 2024. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Rob Zombie plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 26, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Rob Zombie plays MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 26, 2023. Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone
Credit: Photo by Phil DeSimone

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...