WHITESNAKE Mainman Says Tour With DEF LEPPARD Worked Out 'Even Better Than We Imagined'

September 25, 2008

Harris Bakopoulos of Greece's Solid Rock recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

Solid Rock: The co-headlining tour with DEF LEPPARD has been one of the most incredible and exciting events of the last years and the slogan "Lets' Get Rocked In The Still Of The Night" will take quite some time to fade out. How has it worked for you?

Coverdale: Even better than we imagined. In fact, we're getting ready to do a couple more shows together in Japan. Joe [Elliott] I email each other almost every day. We're very good friends...very supportive of each other. The only competitiveness between the bands was fun and positive. We feel we all benefitted from the tour, especially the crowds... three hours of non-stop singalong songs!

Solid Rock: In terms of promotion, your new label SPV has done a great job. What do you think about that?

Coverdale: I'm thrilled with the work they've done. We've had a couple of not-so-clever moments, but, we resolved them easily and quickly before any negative energy could get a foothold. That's what happens when you have two great teams working together, respecting each other, instead of against each other's best interests. Yes, I would recommend those guys to anyone. Well...anyone who wants to work together to achieve mutual success in these uncertain times...

Solid Rock: This year WHITESNAKE is celebrating 30 years, which more or less means three generations watching the band. How does it feel to see fans of different ages, people in their forties or fifties and teenagers standing side by side among the audience and singing along WHITESNAKE lyrics?

Coverdale: It is immensely rewarding to see such an incredible cross-section of ages. And don't forget, we have beautiful women and girls who are also coming to play with the 'SNAKE. It's a wonderful relationship we share with the audience. And yes seeing so many young faces out there, singing along to songs that were written before they were born is amazing.

Read the entire interview from Solid Rock.

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