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 19. Whitesnake will be pairing with Def Leppard to co-headline their UK dates. We […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2008-01-15
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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 one-off in March. We are exploring the possibility of nipping over to Australia for a pint […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-12-31
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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 (2007 was the first year since, well, time immemorial, when the band didn’t play in […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-12-04
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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 with Coverdale about his colourful career. The program is scheduled to air on August 23 at […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-08-16
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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 is consistantly being bombarded with the same question over and over again. My […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-04-08
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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 any interest in any lasting reunion, but he would participate in a one-off show […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-04-07
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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 Geoff Barton of Classic Rock magazine. Originally released in 1987, the album hit No. 8 […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-03-21
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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] later this year. SPV’s wishlist is for an October release, so we’re not having […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-03-18
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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 (that’s since 1985, for the mathematically challenged of us). I’m no lawyer, but to […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2007-03-03
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The new Whitesnake album “Live…in the Shadow of the Blues” (Released November 24) has 4 new studio tracks. One of them is called “Ready To Rock”. Here you can watch the video. The new studio album from Whitesnake has set “Good to be Bad” as the title. It’s planned to be released next summer. Thanks […]
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Posted in News by Benny on 2006-12-08
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