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“Good to be Bad” release details

Whitesnake’s new album will be called Good to be Bad and it is scheduled for release in Europe on March 30th via SPV/Steamhammer. It will include 11 new songs written by Coverdale and Doug Aldrich, who both co-produced the album together […]

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Whitesnake UK tickets presale

Tickets for the June Whitesnake shows in UK go on presale from January 16 9:00 am to January 18 8:00 am through Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Presale password is snakebite. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on January […]

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Whitesnake’s new album ready (an’ willing)

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David Coverdale has posted this message somewhere on his band’s official site:

It is true that tour dates for 2008 are currently being put in place. We will likely start in New Zealand (Rock2Wgtn festival in Wellington) for a […]

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2008 touring

Just as 2007 tours wrap up and musicians take a well deserved break, news started trickling in about plans for the next year. It looks like Deep Purple will be undertaking another one of the annual summer tours of Germany […]

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Coverdale on the Bruce Dickinson show

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David Coverdale will be interviewed in the new episode of BBC Radio 2s Masters of Rock series devoted to classic, contemporary and obscure hard rock and metal. The show, which is hosted by Bruce Dickinson, will include a chat […]

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Glenn Hughes: “Let the legacy of Mk.3 remain intact”

I guess this settles it. Glenn Hughes issued this update regarding Mk.3 reunion rumours:

I am in Russia, and wanted to give you all the news about the rumour of a Deep Purple MKIII re-union.

As I have been the one that […]

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Coverdale says no to Mk.3 reunion

Here is David Coverdale’s response to the recent Glenn Hughes interview in which Glenn suggested that he had spoken to Coverdale, Lord and Blackmore through “third parties” and implied they all showed interest in a Mk.3 reunion.

Coverdale denied he has […]

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Whitesnake 1987 20th Anniversary Edition

EMI has set a May 31 North American release date for Whitesnake 1987: 20 Anniversary Collector’s Edition. The edition includes CD and DVD and will be packaged in a fold out digipack with PVC slipcase with sleeve notes written by […]

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New Whitesnake album may be due in October

Update from David Coverdale on the new Whitesnake album:

I am thrilled, erect nipples an’ all, with the new songs [for the upcoming Whitesnake album, tentatively titled ‘Good to be Bad’] and very excited to be presenting them to [the fans] […]

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Coverdale the all-American boy

David Coverdale has become a U.S. Citizen. On Thursday March 1 he raised his right hand in Reno, Nevada, and swore to the U.S. Constitution. He has been living on the north shore of Lake Tahoe for the past 22 years […]

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