They have released a number of scheduled 2011 tour dates on their website, with six scheduled uk tour dates and other european dates. Following its release and a farewell tour, the singer once again put the band on hold to concentrate on solo work. Featuring epic reworkings of david coverdales deep purple songs and a raft of whitesnake classics, the tour was one of the bands most successful. Many of the tracks featured on this album include covers of lead singer david coverdales former band, deep purple, including burn, soldier of fortune, and mistreated. Don henley keyboardist timothy drury, hidden behind the stage left speakers in typical 80s metal fashion, gave the songs their requisite atmospherics. Whitesnake played the part of opener for the scorpions and proved they shouldve been the headliner.
Whitesnake doug aldrich signature 2003 tour issued guitar. Like the scorpions tour 2002 the band played most of their classic songs from the 80s. We were not only waiting to see one of the most iconic rock bands of all time, but also to listen to the songs that inspired music lovers for over five decades. Joining coverdale for a 2003 tour were guitarists doug aldrich of dio and reb beach of winger, bass player marco mendoza, drummer tommy aldridge and keyboard player timothy drury. Whitesnake 8788 tour book program coverdale sarzo campbell. This 2003 collection, fine as it is, and chockfull of excellent tracks, is still rather incomplete. Nov 03, 2017 introducing whitesnake the purple tour a photographic journey publisher rufus stone limited editions in 2015 whitesnake took their newest release the purple album around the world on the purple tour. Multiply that by a tour of 20 shows and you get 160,000 in attendance. It was released on 29 april in japan, 15 may in europe, 18 may in the uk and 19 may 2015 in the us through frontiers records. Whitesnake signs new catalog deal, details future releases. He revived whitesnake in 2002 for a 25th anniversary tour that quickly turned into a more permanent reunion, with a lineup featuring a host of young musicians. Whitesnake in this configuration was a tight little heavy metal unit. This lineup never did get to tour or promote the finished 1987 album so any additional material from these sessions is a real treat.
The band also intended to record an album or two in 2010. Whitesnake are a hard rock band formed in england in 1978 by david coverdale, after his. Featuring epic reworkings of david coverdales deep purple songs and a raft of whitesnake classics, the tour was one of the bands most successful and talked about in years. Marco mendoza was replaced by uriah duffy on bass from the tour in 2005. Every david coverdale album, ranked from worst to best louder. Whitesnake tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. Whitesnake the purple tour a photographic journey book. Our aim is only to include reliable, confirmed news and stories, avoiding rumour as much as possible. On november 18, 2009, the european tour was cancelled due to dios hospitalization. Whitesnake started out as a hard rock band that boiled down to led zeppelinmeetsfree, basically, yet enjoyed success in england in the late 1970s, due in part to the fact that the band was led by former deep purple replacement vocalistrobert plant clone david coverdale. The purple tour a photographic journey whitesnake official site. Whitesnake officially reformed in 2002 and have been touring together since, releasing four albums. In 1997, coverdale resurrected whitesnake guitarist adrian vandenberg was the only remaining member of the groups latterday lineup, issuing restless heart the same year. David coverdale tshirt whitesnake tour concert 1987 100% cotton fashion streetwear tee.
Whitesnake took the stage with a few new members including badass guitarist reb beach, formerly of winger. Whitesnake restless heart emi, 1997 released seven years after first disbanding whitesnake, and four after coverdalepage, this was something of a comeback. Whitesnake tickets are being bought and sold as the english rock icons get set for their next north american invasion. On the ensuing tour, coverdale and vandenberg performed an unplugged show in japan that was recorded and issued the following year. The tour changed the songs a bit, so you are getting most of the songs but not all. The scorpions tour 2003 was a concert tour headlining by the german heavy metal band scorpions. As with any name band that has a sizable catalog on numerous labels, whitesnake are no exception to the rule that bestof compilations are a usually incomplete, and b often fraught with representational problems due to licensing nonsense and laziness by the compilers. This 2 cd collection is a good 2 and a half hour long tour down whitesnakes greatest moments in. Ipswich david coverdale and his hired hands arrived in suffolk for a warmup show for the monsters of rock tour why they need to warm up after 30 plus us dates is beyond me and delivered a set biased towards the earlier era of the band.
Get the best deal for whitesnake memorabilia from the largest online selection at. Whitesnake was an enormous international success, selling over six million copies in the u. Oct 20, 2017 whitesnake book, the purple toura photographic journey, to be released in december october 20, 2017 dana 1 comment rufus stone limited editions has announced the publication of the firstever official whitesnake book, the purple toura photographic journey. Joining coverdale for a 2003 tour were guitarists doug aldrich of dio and reb beach of winger, bass player marco mendoza, drummer. They opened with bad boys and kicked our ass they were tight and every song had a high energy feeling as if they were playing to a crowd of 40,000. The scorpions tour 2003 was a concert tour headlining by the german heavy metal band. Get the best deals on whitesnake memorabilia when you shop the largest online. Find whitesnake tickets in the uk videos, biography, tour dates, performance times. Whitesnake concert tickets and tour dates seatgeek. Concerts near me top tours just announced categories 2021 tours whitesnake tour dates. The purple album is the twelfth studio album by british hard rock band whitesnake. It contains remakes of songs from deep purple band lineups mark iii and mark iv, when whitesnake lead singer david coverdale was a member of that band. If you enjoyed the whitesnake renditions of deep purple when david coverdale was in the band, this cdbluray brings back the memories of the purple album with a few metal whitesnake hits.
Whitesnake doug aldrich signature 2003 tour issued. Whitesnakes current tour is supporting the bands most recent album, the purple album, which is scheduled for a may 19 release date stateside. Whitesnake new lineup is confirmed and doug joined the band officially. Whitesnake is currently touring across 12 countries and has 55 upcoming concerts.
Hey you you make me rock trouble is your middle name. The band played 38 show in north america and couple of show in europe. Rufus stone limited editions has announced the publication of the firstever official whitesnake book, the purple toura photographic journey. Reb beach remains as david coverdales mainguitarist adopting a ritchie blackmore role.
By 1984, coverdale and company had carved out something of their own identity, setting themselves. Whitesnake signs new catalog deal, details future releases of. Joel hoekstra replaces the longserving doug aldrich on guitar and is great. Aug 17, 2017 first up in the deal which puts a large chunk of whitesnake s catalog under one roof for the first time ever is 30th anniversary editions of 1987s eighttimesplatinum whitesnake album on. Whitesnake 2005 world tour book program concert rock n roll.
Joining coverdale for a 2003 tour were guitarists doug aldrich of dio and reb beach of. For christmas time, here is the purple tour a photographic journey. Whitesnake whitesnake 30th anniversary super deluxe. Their next tour date is at the star theatre the star performing arts centre in singapore, after that theyll be at tokyo international forum hall a a in tokyo. Introducing whitesnake the purple tour a photographic journey publisher rufus stone limited editions in 2015 whitesnake took their newest release the purple album around the world on the purple tour.
I was raised a gamblers son and before i could walk, i had to learn how to run and i never, never ever played a loaded dice but i rolled a lot of women with a heart as cold. In 2008 they released the longwaited new album after doug joined the band. After five years of touring, coverdale returned to the studio to complete a new album, good to be bad. In december 2002 coverdale reformed whitesnake for whitesnake s 25th anniversary the upcoming year. Surprisingly, the album wasnt even issued in the united states. Tommy aldridge plays drums and percussion and is also. Whitesnake released forevermore, on march 25, 2011 in europe, and on the 29th in north america. When whitesnake broke into the spotlight with slide it in 1984, a battalion of cynical critics predicted the bands success couldnt last, but coverdale and company silenced all the naysayers with 1987s selftitled album, which rocketed to no. The whitesnake classic slide it in, one of my personal favs, was second on the night and i will be frank, it sounded as good as it did on the slide it in tour.
Whitesnake are an english hard rock band, founded in 1978 by vocalist david coverdale formerly of deep purple in north yorkshire, uk. Booking entertainment is the leading entertainment booking agency for booking whitesnake for events worldwide our whitesnake agent will be happy to help you get whitesnakes availability and booking fee, or the price and availability for any other alist entertainer, band, comedian or celebrity you may want for your. In december 2002 coverdale reformed whitesnake for whitesnakes 25th anniversary the upcoming year. Featuring epic reworkings of david coverdales deep purple songs and a raft of whitesnake classics, the tour. Coverdales assembled an amazing band for this tour. This would have been their first studio material in 5 years. I added the photos from the whitesnake tour on my site. The cost of whitesnake tickets can vary based on a host of factors. Dio intended to release a new single, entitled electra, to coincide with the tour.
Doug aldrich net the japanese fan website for the guitarist, doug aldrich. Before they recorded their followup, 1989s slip of the tongue, coverdale again assembled a completely new version of the band, featuring guitar virtuoso steve vai. This lineup never did get to tour or promote the finished 1987 album so any additional material. Whitesnake tickets whitesnake concerts tickets vivid seats. Printed and bound in the uk, this lp sized, casebound photographic book will be released in two amazing limited editions and is the first official. Whitesnake tour 20202021 find dates and tickets stereoboard. Whitesnake doug aldrich 2003 tour black colored guitar pick. Booking entertainment is the leading entertainment booking agency for booking whitesnake for events worldwide our whitesnake agent will be happy to help you get whitesnake s availability and booking fee, or the price and availability for any other alist entertainer, band, comedian or celebrity you may want for your corporate event, private. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Find whitesnake tour dates, whitesnake tickets, concerts, and gigs, as well as other events youll be interested in, only at. Ipswich david coverdale and his hired hands arrived in suffolk for a warmup show for. By 1984, coverdale and company had carved out something of their own identity, setting themselves apart from the pack of. For example,when whitesnake tours in the states they usually play and sell out ampitheartes which hold about 8,000 fans. Sure, i admit davids voice is getting a little older and also on againoff again drummer tommy aldridges hair is getting greyer, but there is no denying these elder.
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