According to ultimateclassicrock.com, Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss has announced that she is leaving the band after nearly a decade, and is canceling her scheduled festival dates with her solo band for the year. She is quoted in an Instagram post as saying, “After this absolutely incredible run in Europe, it is bittersweet for me to let you guys know that I will not be joining the Alice Cooper band for the upcoming fall tour, I will also regretfully have to cancel the festival dates my solo band had planned for the rest of the year. “She continued to say that, “I AM NOT PREGNANT!!! There is no drama whatsoever and my touring year is still VERY full — in fact, I’m on a flight straight into the next adventure as I post this, and I’ll be onstage again much sooner than you think! But that’s news for another day.”
Strauss had joined Cooper’s touring band back in 2014, when she replaced Orianthi and played with Tommy Henriksen and Ryan Roxie. She also previously played for an all female Iron Maiden cover band that was titled the Iron Maidens, which is when she caught the attention of former Cooper collaborator Kip Winger who recommended her to be auditioned, and the rest is history.
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