Featuring many of Cooper's massive hits including School's Out and Poison plus newer material from his 2008 Along Came A Spider" album, the Theatre of Death tour is touted as a "very different show than any that has gone before".

This time he has specifically chosen to stage this more visual UK tour, in smaller more theatrical venues for the first time in many years, in order to offer fans a closer look at the gruesome action.

Can the ageing icon still deliver the goods or will he die onstage as usual?

Alice said: "I always prefer to play theatres because it makes the theatrics of our show so much more intense.

With this being a new show, with things we've never done before, we're proving that Alice is totally indestructible.

"It's still pure rock 'n roll of course. The great thing is that England always gets our shows better than anyone else."

The band features long-time Cooper regulars Damon Johnson and Keri Kelli, guitars; Chuck Garric, on bass and Jimmy deGrasso on drums.

Support for the tour will be Man-Raze, who are Def Leppard's Phil Collen (vocals, guitar); Paul Cook (drums) – founder of The Sex Pistols, one of the most influential bands of all time and Simon Laffy (bass) – who was a member of Collen's pre-Leppard outfit, Girl.

the show is on Saturday November 28 at Sheffield City Hall, call0114 278 9789.

Tickets are now on sale, priced £32.50, via www.livenation.co.uk

Credit cards 0844 576 5483 (24 hours). Doors open at 7pm at all venues.