Whitesnake: no touring in 2010; new album due next year
According to a posting on Whitesnake's official MySpace page, the band "will not be touring in all of 2010 because they are working on several projects. Any information to the contrary is Wrong." Vocalist/leader David Coverdale adds, "My main focus, of course, will be writing and recording a new Whitesnake studio album for spring 2011."Whitesnake was forced to cancel a number of shows on its 2009 summer U.S. tour with Judas Priest due to David Coverdale being diagnosed with "severe vocal fold edema and a left vocal fold vascular lesion."
Whitesnake and Judas Priest previously toured together in South America during 2005 to great critical and commercial success and maintain a great friendship.
Whitesnake's appearance at U.K.'s Download festival in June 2009 coincided with action-packed re-releases of the multi-platinum albums "Slip Of The Tongue", marking its 20th anniversary, and "Slide It In", which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.
Whitesnake's latest album, "Good To Be Bad", was released through Spv/Steamhammer in April 2008. In addition to the regular jewel-case version, a limited-edition two-disc set contains an extra CD in a cardboard sleeve, as well as a poster, photocard and sticker.
Quality fan-filmed video footage of Whitesnake performing the song "Love Ain't No Stranger" at the California Mid-State Fair on July 29, 2009 in Paso Robles, California can be viewed below (courtesy of "lisapolisa").
(Thanks: NJthrasher)