A Manchester clothing store owner was stunned when rock legend, Alice Coopershowed up at the door asking to buy a T-shirt for the movie star Johnny Depp. Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry are members of the supergroup Hollywood Vampires.

Alice Cooper was in Manchester to play a gig with the Hollywood Vampires and visited the Modern Streets store in a shopping center in the city before the gig.

Owner Jack Partington said Alice Cooper was “a real gentleman” and they talked a lot. He told the BBC that at first he didn’t think he was the rock legend. However, when he heard the American accent of his friends who were with him, he realized that he is Alice Cooper. “I asked if they were on holiday and they said ‘no, we’re on tour’,” he said, adding: “That’s when I knew for sure it was Alice Cooper.

“He told me he didn’t like staying in hotels on tour and wanted to get out and meet people,” added Jack Partington. “Alice Cooper then asked if he could buy a T-shirt for Depp and we printed a design that he liked.”

Jack Pardington said he’s glad he met the singer, “because a lot of the bands he likes wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Alice Cooper.”