Alice Cooper sent a signed copy of his new album to a fan after he handed in the credit card the singer had left at a petrol station.
The 78-year-old singer had been playing golf in the town of Payson, Arizona, and accidentally misplaced his card while paying for fuel.
Luckily, the card was found by a local man called Geoff Guy.
When he took the card home, Geoff’s wife suggested it might be a good idea to call The Alice Cooper Solid Rock Teen Center – a charity founded by the rocker in Phoenix, Arizona – to explain the situation.
Geoff did so, and by doing so, was able to get the card back to Alice just before he set off on his European tour.
To thank Geoff for his kindness in handing in the card, Alice sent him a signed copy of his album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper.
He also stopped for pictures with Geoff, and praised him for his “good call” to the charity.
Geoff told 12News of the generous gift: “The guy is a legend for people of my generation, that’s for sure, and I’m really glad I could help get it back to him.”
The happy incident occurred after Alice hit headlines when he issued a stark warning about the future of rock music, claiming artificial intelligence is now capable of creating fully-formed “rock stars” who don’t actually exist.
Appearing on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, he explained: “Well, here’s the deal. I could right now create a rock star.
“I could create a Yungblud, a guy that’s really appealing, rock, tough, cool looking. I could create a guy named – I don’t care – Starboy or whatever, and make him look great. He doesn’t actually exist.” The Poison hitmaker went on to describe how AI could be instructed to mimic legendary voices and write entire albums without any human involvement.
He said: “I could tell the AI, ‘I want him to sound like Tom Petty and Freddie Mercury. And here’s what the album’s about. Write the songs.’ Okay, now you’ve got a rock star that doesn’t exist, and you’ve got an album that doesn’t exist except in this world. And what happens if it sells? Who gets the money? AI wrote the songs.”
He warned that the industry is heading toward a legal and creative minefield, adding: “That’s gonna happen. You watch that happen, because the guy that just suggested what it should be did not write the songs.”
