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‘Ere’s a song fo’ya, one last time
A pro shot of a complete Whitesnake show from June 2, 2022, in Hamar, Norway, was posted to them intertubes. It is described to be the video wall production with front-of-the-house soundboard sound. It is one of the last Whitesnake live performances (if not THE last one) that was professionally recorded. The tour imploded under the weight of health problems just 3 weeks later. David Coverdale since then has announced his retirement.
Thanks to Skyline Productions for the video, and to Mike Whiteley and Daniel Bengtsson for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
That’s not a bad band, very proficient, but the slightly older lead vocalist has severe issues. 😑
Seriously, this is a hard watch and listen for me. You can see David struggling, I mean physically struggling with his breathing even when he is not singing. Painful to watch (and listen to), all the elasticity and inherent melody has left his voice for the most part, only sparking up in places like some wounded fluttering bird. It was time for him to call it a day. He was morphing into an Ozzy-like figure. This couldn’t go on.
I used to love his voice. On this recording I mostly wince hearing it. And it is not a gloating wince, but one of shared pain.
I’m not a great fan of later WS line-ups, but this particular six-(wo)man-backing-combo does well and especially in the vocal department tries its best to cover for an ailing David. Hoekstra is a natural-born showman, a little tacky, but entertaining, those grand gestures he internalized with TSO. I’ve always liked Reb Beach’s playing, he’s a little on the clinically modern side, but tastefully so. I also appreciate the more prominent role of the organ in the overall band sound compared to earlier tours. Dino’s behing-his-back keytar solo is a hoot and he takes a load of DC’s vocal shoulders. Tommy Aldridge, it must be said though, is no Little Ian when it comes to playing those verse breaks in Burn. He doesn’t really have a feel for them. OTOH hand, Ms Tanya O’Callaghan has the pleasantly clankiest Precision Bass sound with a DP offshoot since Paul Martinez played with PAL – sehr schön.
December 11th, 2025 at 01:39Is Coverdale lip synching?
December 11th, 2025 at 02:21For years he wasted his voice on demanding vocal duets (“Mistreated”, Crying in the Rain, Still of the Night”…) he should have given up concert performances like the great Ian (with Child in Time, Speed King) maybe the unfortunate corona did its thing?
Thanks for recording this, a valuable video document. Thanks David Coverdale for the music
PS Dino is an excellent backing vocalist… and as the first ….like Luka Modrić 🙂
December 11th, 2025 at 07:43Great lead vocals by Dino but in WS I expect them to come from DC. Impressive hair though 🙂 But it can’t compensate for the lacking vocals. DC must have come to the same conclusion in the end.
December 11th, 2025 at 07:44It would have been better not to publish this, too sad 😢
December 11th, 2025 at 09:06Well, it was a lot of fun while it lasted.
My first WS gig was already in August 1983 at the Ruisrock-festival in Turku…and the last one was on this particular tour, 6th June 2022 at the Helsinki Jäähalli (Icehall).
And speaking of this video…it´s not an easy one to watch.
Hats off – as always – to the mighty caveman behind the drums, Mr. Tommy Aldridge! I was lucky to meet him once and we had a very nice long conversation all things about drums and drumming.
Tommy as a musician is someone like the Great late Ronnie James Dio – 100 % delivery. Always.
…and speaking of this lineup here…it was a pleasure and relief to see that the woman behind the bass, Tanya O´ Callaghan, was concentrating 100 % in her playing. Not to show off all the time.
I wish You all well.
Joulupukki (The Father Christmas) is on his way from Korvatunturi very soon… so be very, very nice.
December 11th, 2025 at 09:51A nice live performance with the usual hits and a very engaging Mr. Coverdale.
Joel H. was really good, the rest as well… overall: nice.
I never had the chance to see Whitesnake live… but I never thought they were *that great* either…
However, everyone here delivered a solid performance, with Mr. D.C.’s vocals already quite worn and therefore somewhat limited. Enjoy your retirement!
LLRnR
December 11th, 2025 at 12:36kraatzy