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| L-R: Dave Coverdale, Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich |
Whitesnake front man David Coverdale still continues to thrill crowds all over the world with with his trademark blues rock voice. When he’s up there on the stage, he is hard to beat as a singer, showman and master of the double meaning.
Physically fit as he bounds across the stage and with his voice in a far better shape than on the Good To Be Bad tour, there’s an enthusiasm about his performance as he plays the rock god to a T.
Playing for just shy of two hours, the band blast through hits before filling the mid-section with guitar and drum solos.
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| My new rock boy crush Doug Aldrich |
The Reb Beach versus Doug Aldrich (my new rock boy crush by the way) fret-off has become a familiar feature of the modern-day Whitesnake shows and both men are masters of the electric guitar. On the Forevermore tour, their joust is perhaps a tad too long and the same can be said for Brian Tichy’s lengthy drum solo.
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| Brian Tichy |
Tichy showcases his talents by drumming with candy canes, chop sticks and butcher knives. That’s right I said knives all of which he throws into the crowd (minus the knives of course).
Every moment in Coverdale’s company is a moment of complete joy and if the material from new album Forevermore is anything to go by then, as a songwriter, he still has so much more to say.
Mixing new material with familiar hits, that side of the latest Whitesnake show is simply perfectionist. Love Will Set You Free sits comfortably alongside Give Me All Your Love and Love Ain’t No Stranger – three sensational tracks spanning the generations and proving the band has a rich back catalogue.
Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City, Fool For Your Lovin and Here I Go Again really get the crowd going as they sing and clap along like their lives depended upon it.
For all the rumblings around those solo slots, plus a visit from Santa, it is this iconic tune which will live longest in the memories of Whitsnake's partisan and passionate fans.
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