VARIOUS – Rock The Plaza: Concert To Save The Historic Plaza Theatre In Palm Springs – 2LP – Black Vinyl [RSD Black Friday 2025]

Description:

This product is an RSD Black Friday 2025 title, which is available to buy in-store from 8am on Friday 28/11/2025, and online from 8am on Saturday 29/11/2025.

It takes a lot of time, money, and dedication, to restore anything of historical importance. And the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, California was just the type of venue that required these three key ingredients. Opened to the public for the first time in 1936, this classic Art Deco building was the site of many grand events over the past 100 years.

And so it was on November 11, 2022, spearheaded by Brian Ray (Sir Paul McCartneys guitar gunslinger for the past 20+ years), a gala fundraiser was held to restore one of Palm Springs most treasured landmarks, the historic Plaza Theatre.

Ray and his co-musical director Spike Edney (Queen, Clapton, Elton, Aretha) put together an all-star band to back the four headliners for the evenings show. And what headliners they were: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Alice Cooper; Paul Rodgers (highly acclaimed lead singer of Bad Company and Free); legendary modern rock artist and Palm Springs native Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) and Australian guitar goddess Orianthi (Michael Jackson, Richie Sambora).

The backing band behind these legends in addition to Ray and Edney included Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses), Eric Singer (KISS, Black Sabbath), John Button (Shakira, The Who, Sheryl Crow) and the guitarists guitarist, Pete Thorn. Their musicianship inspired Alice Cooper to say after his set, what a band best band in the land right there!

What made this evening truly memorable were not only the stellar versions of the artists classic hits (Schools Out, Im Eighteen, Cant Get Enough, All Right Now, and I Sat By The Ocean) but completely unique covers each member of the band contributed hear Joshua Hommes spot-on take of Bowies Lets Dance, Paul Rodgers singing Sam & Daves infectious I Thank You, Alice Coopers triumphant cover of The Whos My Generation, and Orianthi and Brian Rays playful version of the Sonny & Cher duet I Got You Babe and more!!

So sit back and go back to 2022 when rock legends walked the earth, turned it up to eleven and a memorable night of fun and music went into a worthy cause to Rock The Plaza!

Track Listing

Side A
No More Mister Nice Guy Alice Cooper
Im Eighteen Alice Cooper
Under My Wheels Alice Cooper
Schools Out/Another Brick In The Wall Alice Cooper

Side B
Lets Dance Joshua Homme
Something Stupid Joshua Homme with Orianthi
These Boots Are Made For Walkin Orianthi
I Got You Babe Orianthi with Brian Ray
Right Down The Line Joshua Homme

Side C
I Sat By The Ocean Joshua Homme
Cant Get Enough Paul Rodgers
I Thank You Paul Rodgers
Feel Like Makin Love Paul Rodgers

Side D
Rebel Rebel Jay Nailor
My Generation Alice Cooper
All Right Now Paul Rodgers

(All tracks Live at The Plaza Theatre, Palm Springs, California, November 11, 2022)