Classic Rock reports that a new Whitesnake box set is in the works, scheduled to be released (presumably, in the UK) on November 7. Titled Box O’Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982, this has every studio and live album from the period, two BBC concerts, a limited edition 7” EP, a DVD, and a 90-page book […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-09-13
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A fairly in depth interview with David Coverdale in the Goldmine magazine: Now you produced and co-produced with Doug Aldridge and Michael Macintyre? DC: Well we are “The Brutal Brothers.” It started way back when. I did a deal with an European independent company for a live greatest hits. And then I said ‘well, I […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-06-16
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Bernie Marsden (right) and Arian Vandenberg (background) performed onstage with Whitesnake at Sweden Rock Festival tonight. This is the news fresh in from The Highway Star’s on-site reporter Svante Axbacke, tweeting from the festival site. ‘He helped me start this band,’ David Coverdale said about Bernie Marsden, and the two hugged and played Ain’t No […]
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Posted in News by Rasmus Heide on 2011-06-10
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When Whitesnake was confirmed for Sweden Rock Festival 2011 it came with the announcement that the show would feature, “certain very special guest performers”. According to a post on the Deep Purple Fan Forum, former Whitesnake member Bernie Marsden recently announced at a show in Glasgow that he is one of the special guests and […]
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2011-05-04
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Guitar International has an interview that David Coverdale recently gave them. He talks (mostly) about the new album and about-to-be-started world tour, delving into history from time to time. Rob: What songs from the new CD are you going to do live? David Coverdale: I’m not telling you! Not telling you! I actually gave you […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-05-04
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Whitesnake’s Forevermore came out in March and made into Top 50 charts in several countries. The first-week chart positions were as follows: Sweden: #6 Finland: #11 Czech Republic: #15 Germany: #16 Switzerland: #17 Austria: #27 Italy: #41 Netherlands #42 Poland: #42 USA: #49 The album sold around 12,000 copies in the US in the first […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-04-12
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Whitesnake’s Live at Donington 1990 DVD/live double CD set will now be available on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America via Frontiers Records. On August 18, 1990, Whitesnake headlined the legendary Monsters Of Rock at Castle Donington festival (now known as Download). Whitesnake’s performance at the festival was one of the […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-31
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Looks like it. There is no official word yet from the band’s management, but there are 4 North American dates that have surfaced so far with tickets already on sale: June 3 – Rama, Ontario (just north of Toronto) June 4 – Quebec City June 18 – Chicago June 23 24 – Los Angeles The […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-03-16
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David Coverdale recently talked to ultimate-guitar.com Lots of history and topics were covered. One of them being Coverdale’s idea of ease up on the screaming and go acoustic as his moves into his 60’s. I’m 60 years old in September so I want to work this for at least another three years. God knows how […]
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Posted in News by Svante Axbacke on 2011-03-15
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U.S. nationally syndicated radio show Rockline will broadcast two episodes dedicated to Whitesnake in March. The first — scheduled for Wednesday, March 9 — is part of the Notes On Music series where artists are asked to discuss their greatest hits. The second, which will air on Wednesday, March 30, is the premiere of their […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2011-02-26
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