During an appearance on “Appetite For Distortion” podcast, Whitesnake’s David Coverdale opened up about his plans to retire from touring after the last band’s shows.
Here’s what the singer said:
“I planned to retire on the 2020 tour when I was 69. I thought that was the perfect age for the singer of Whitesnake to call it a day. But sadly, it was not to be, as we know; other events were in store. So now the t-shirt designs don’t resonate as well for 70. But it’s mind-blowing to me that I’m preparing my farewell tour.
”And it is — make no mistake, this is the farewell tour. I’m 70. It’s a very physically challenging thing for me to do at the best of times. But it’s very important for me to achieve completion and to express my appreciation and gratitude to all the people — the millions of people over the years — who’ve supported me for five decades, fifty years. It blows my mind — it really does.
“A lot of my peers and contemporaries are on their 20th retirement tour. I don’t intend to plan that. I must explain, though — it’s me, just David Coverdale, who’s retiring from touring at that level. Whitesnake will still make projects. I’ve been writing music all through COVID. I wrote some beautiful new ideas.
”I have ideas in case Jimmy [Page] wants to do anything — write on FaceTime, which is an alien concept to him. But all songs that we can utilize for a Whitesnake project. But the music of Whitesnake will continue. That’s most important that people know. I’m just stopping touring at this level — that’s it.”