Alice Cooper took his stage name from a message his mother received from a Ouija board.

The rocker originally performed under his real name, Vincent Furnier, until his mother's dalliance with the occult led him to adopt the name of the group he was singing in.

Justin Timberlake is writing a book about golf. The "SexyBack" singer has reportedly employed a literary agent to send out a short synopsis of the planned tome, in the hope of securing a publishing deal.

The book is said to be a memoir which follows "Timberlake's time on the green and his experiences playing with various competitors."

Sir Paul McCartney wore an Alice Cooper mask when he met The Killers.

The Las Vegas rockers' frontman Brandon Flowers was stunned into silence by the bizarre encounter with the former Beatles star following his group's show at London's Royal Albert Hall last week.