WHITESNAKE TO EMBARK ON THEIR “GREATEST HITS” TOUR THIS SUMMER
Whitesnake have announced a Greatest Hits tour for the summertime.
It will begin on June 1st and will encompass dates in the U.S. and Europe. See the tour schedule below.
The group’s last release was 2015’s The Purple Album. It was designed as a tribute to frontman David Coverdale’s former band Deep Purple, who are to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in April.
It was also meant to be the singer’s last work, but he admitted last year that it gave him a new lease of life.
He’d said, “It’s just revitalised me. I thought, ‘This is probably it’ – but I had an incredibly good time on tour. Everybody contributed to this project in the most positive way. It just makes it more inspiring to look at the future for new stuff with these guys. I have no desire to hang up my rock n’roll sneakers just yet.”
Whitesnake The Greatest Hits tour 2016:
Jun 1: Norman Riverwind Casino, OK
Jun 3: Dallas Bomb Factory, TX
Jun 5: Houston Revention Music Center,TX
Jun 6: San Antonio Majestic Theater, TX
Jun 8: Indianapolis Old National Centre, IN
Jun 10: Hammond Horseshoe Casino, IN
Jun 11: Northfield Hard Rock, OH
Jun 14: Cincinnati PNC Riverbend Music Center, OH
Jun 15: Huber Heights Rose Music Center, OH
Jun 17: Detroit Fox Theatre, MI
Jun 18: Rama Casino Rama, ON
Jun 23: Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino, NH
Jun 26: Portland Maine State Pier, ME
Jun 28: Lewiston Artpark, NY
Jul 1: Atlantic City Trump Casino, NJ
Jul 2: Wilkes Barre Mohegan Sun Poconos Casino, PA
Jul 14: Verona Villafranca Castle, Italy
Jul 15: Florence Pistoia Blues Festival, Italy
Jul 15-17: Barcelona Rock Fest, Spain
Jul 19: Paris Olympia, France
Jul 21: Oberhausen Turbinehalle, Germany
Jul 23-24: Maidstone Ramblin’ Man Fair Mote Park, UK
Jul 26: Oslo Sentrum Scene, Norway
Jul 29: Kuopio Kuopio Rock Cock Festival, Finland
Aug 3: Copenhagen Falconer, Denmark
Aug 4: Wacken Wacken Open Air, Germany (Sold out)
Aug 6: Strzelinko (near Slupsk) Charlotta Valley, Poland
Aug 9: Pratteln Konzertfabrik 27, Switzerland
Aug 11: Tilburg 013, Holland
Aug 13-14: Courtrai Alcatraz Festival, Belgium
additional source: classicrock.teamrock.com
Pollstar also reported this but is sounded like DC was hinting this would be his last tour. Did he run this by Eddie first?
I’ve always liked their brand of heavy blues rock, and I’m glad they got Tommy Aldridge back on drums.
I know he’s good, but I’m still not sure Joel will be as good a fit a Doug Aldrich both as a song writer and a guitarist.
Greatest hits tour? That’s a new one.What about the purple album?
This was a good band initially, the Mickey Moody/Bernie Marsden version of the band was the best. I tip my cap to Sykes of course, but they were best in the beginning. They turned into a pop metal band in the end.
For good early Whitesnake, I put my money on Trouble. Trouble is a killer album.
Saw the Snakes this past summer, and the infusion of Reb Beach cannot be denied. This dude is a fantastic guitar player and behind the scenes, I suspect the primary reason these guys are getting their second wind.