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Whitesnake
2008
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.... Sao Paulo ....
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March
30th 2008. Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
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"This was a classic rock gig - big powerful guitars, sledgehammer drums and a screaming singer. Not the Whitesnake that I remember so fondly from the early 80s. The blues and the light and shade of the original Snakes are gone. I enjoyed the new songs, Best Days is a good track and I still find myself singing it, and the 1987 era songs are faithfully reproduced as almost metal tracks. Coverdale was on great form and seemed to be really enjoying himself. He was a bit low in the mix and seemed to be singing at full throttle for most of the show. Not that soulful blues of the early days.
I couldn't enjoy the old songs. Fool for Your Loving was almost unrecognisable and Crying in the Rain was horrible. Even Ain't no Love seems to have lost its soul. The musicianship is fairly average - the solo spots were very dull and I have no idea why Timothy Drury is required, because he is inaudible amongst the guitars.
So if you like the Whitesnake of the last 20 years you will love it. If you are a fan of the originals this will be a mixed experience. When this tour gets to the UK it will be interesting to see if Whitesnake are heavier than Def Leppard. I can't imagine anyone thinking about that back in 1980!!" review:
Mark Tucker |
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March 31st 2008. Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
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"Whitesnake were on stage for about 100 minutes, 14 songs mostly about love, good love, bad love, my love, your love, ol’ love. David did take a shine to one of the local lovelies; well at least until she pointed out that the guy next to her was her husband! The band was David Coverdale : vocals, Doug Alrich : guitar and vocals, Reb Beach : guitar and vocals, Uriah Duffy : bass and vocals, Timothy Drury : keyboards and vocals, and new recruit, Chris Frazier : drums, but no vocals. Is there a reason why there are so many backing up David’s vocals? In a word yes!
Given that this is only the fifth gig with Chris Frazier and it is at the start of a “world” tour there are many reasons to be worried. I trust that things will improve, both vocally and musically...." Graeme Milton
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May 9th 2008. CrediCard Hall, São Paulo, Brazil new May 11th
" Whitesnake has played last night here in
São Paulo, as part of the most extensive Brazilian
tour they have ever done.
The set list was better than I expected, and
longer. It ran for 100
minutes and included many old songs.
David Coverdale still possesses incredible
charisma, and took complete control over the 5,000
strong crowd.
His voice is not the same any more, as everybody
knows. At the beginning of the show it was still good,
but it was running down as show progresssed, and he did
insist on screaming.
Whitesnake means David Coverdale, and the band left no doubt about that. When he was off stage the
crowd sat down. The guitar duo Beach and
Aldrich did an horrible solo spot, and made a strong effort
to mangle the solos in "Crying in the Rain" and "Burn".
The bass and drums could have been anyone with
same results.
But David is the difference!
The set list was:
BEST YEARS, FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING, BAD BOYS, CAN YOU
HEAR THE WIND BLOW, LOVE AIN´T NO STRANGER (dedicated
to Mel Galley), LAY DOWN YOUR LOVE, IS THIS LOVE,
CRYING IN THE RAIN, THE DEEPER THE LOVE (acoustic with
David / Reb Beach), GIMME ALL YOUR LOVE, HERE I GO AGAIN,
followed by the encores: AIN´T NO LOVE IN THE HEART OF
THE CITY, GUILTY OF LOVE, STILL OF THE NIGHT, and BURN
(with the intro of Stormbringer inserted).
review and photos : Roberto Souza
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