WHITESNAKE, DEF LEPPARD Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

February 11, 2009

WHITESNAKE will play a one-off U.K. gig at the Download festival, set to take place June 12-14 at Donington Park. Also scheduled to appear are DEF LEPPARD, SLIPKNOT, THE PRODIGY, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KORN, PENDULUM and DEVILDRIVER.

WHITESNAKE's appearance at Download will coincide with action-packed re-releases of the multi-platinum albums "Slip Of The Tongue", marking its 20th anniversary, and "Slide It In", which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. A special edition of the band's 2008 album "Good To Be Bad", featuring bonus tracks, will be released around the same time.

In preparation for the Download show, WHITESNAKE will also play three weeks of shows around Scandinavia and Europe, starting in Norway on May 21, and will include headlining several festivals, and playing some low-key, smaller venues in towns and villages outside of major cities.

WHITESNAKE singer David Coverdale said that in these uncertain times, when it is economically difficult for some people to get to see rock shows in their major cities, then it is the responsibility of the artist to take their music to the people, and that's what WHITESNAKE intends to do before undertaking a major North American tour in summer.

WHITESNAKE's June 14 show at Download will mark the fourth time the band has performed at Donington Park (previous appearances took place in 1981, 1983 and 1990).

WHITESNAKE performing live in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 2008:

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).