Whitesnake/Def Leppard - Glasgow ticket wanted

Hope you get one John - I cannae go due to work!!!

It will be fun to see def leppard blow Whitesnake off stage!!!!

John

Look forward to the review, but based on seeing both bands in the last 5 years the Def ones will blow them away!!!!!!!

Have a great night!

Thank you for your report & vids John
I'm a DC & Whitesnake addict too and I must admit that from what I heard and saw (you confirm it in yours vids) from this tour, DC seems to be in trouble with his voice

I'm agree with you... very bigs problems..

Thanks for the clips. They've validated my decision not to go the show in Birmingham last night. Much as I like the records, I don't want to hear him singing like that live.

i went to the NEC in Brum last night and completely agree with your review.

DC's vocals were down in the mix and the backing singers in his band sounded better and louder. but on the softer stuff he sounded better.

The Leppard boys had a great stage show with the videos playing etc.

i shot 25 minutes of each band but not watched it back yet.

the NEC was full and the crowd enjoyed both bands. i'd say an even mix for each band but maybe more snakes than leppards.

and i thought about the fact we suggested to glenn at least a year ago on here about throwing an acoustic song into the middle of the set. both did and they were really popular and got the crowds singing along (and all the video cameras out)

Glad John and Wolfy enjoyed the shows - leppard are a class act - I have seen em too many times to remember and each show has been good.

It is a shame DC's voice has gone whilst Glenn's remains sooooo good.

Been listening to Stormbringer recently and DC;'s voice is so deep and a great tone! Ah well, thats what you get when DC tries to metamorphisize (?) into Robert Plant!!!!

Just a pity I had to work - a 3and 1/2 hour Committee meeting - aarrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Hi All,

Attended Manchester MEN last night and have to say there were many more Snakes than Leps (and a few GH retro tour T-Shirts among the packed crowd)

I thought DC gave a wholehearted performance with a refreshingly different set list to previous years (2 acoustic songs; 'Deeper the Love' and 'Ain't Gonna Cry No More' and 4 from the new album).

Again he mentioned Mel prior to 'Love Ain't No Stranger'.

I agree his voice becomes a screech on some of the faster numbers but in lower register he can still do it, and, in comparison to Joe Elliott, DC is 'Mr Charisma'.

Mikey 'the bass it don't lie' D

I went to the Manchester concert and much as i dislike the new album was willing to give an old hero of mine another chance. As has been said in previous posts David has still got the charisma and personality to light up a soulless arena such as Manchester, and on the slower tracks he could still cut it.

However, i wish he would put the days of Hair Metal behind him as his voice obviously cannot cope any more with the screaming and having to have his voice supported by the backing band is very sad.

David try listening to the song "breakdown" that was on your Northwinds album about your final days in Deep Purple and then ring up some old friends Mickey Moody, Bernie Marsden and Neil Murray and go back to your blues roots.

You surely dont need the money any more but would be able to perform material your voice can still deliver with musicians who have a love and feel for your material

I have to confirm that everything was said before happened also in Bucharest on Tuesday.

Def Leppard stole the show. Although the bass sound was way too loud in some places (and I read on the DL forum that this happened also in other countries before) the show was more consistent and the overall performance better than Whitesnake.

the playlist was more or less the same as before (3-4 new songs and the rest "all time David Coverdale hits". David's voice is in worse shape than ever before - good thing that the public knew most of the lyrics and sung their lungs out

I was also very put off by the poor performance of Doug and especially in "Still of the night" when they simply didn't follow the voice as the original does.... it sounded like another piece of material.

The second disappointement of the evening was David singing "Burn" and "Stormbringer".... and knowing how Glenn sings them.... .....no other comments are necessary.

All I can say is that the cheering was for David Coverdale the show man and the person he is. and the great singer he used to be.

I missed Glenn so much!

I absolutely agree with you, Rocksy! I went to the Sofia show. Unfortunately due to the heavy rain I didn't stay for the Def Leppard's show, so I can't compare the bands. But the first thing I said to my husband was that Glenn sang Burn and Stormbringer far better!!!! Nobody compares with Glenn!!!



And, yes, David was charming and handsome!!!But I'm afraid that Whitesnake relies on the past too much!!!

I said that if he tries to sing "Mistreated" people will start throwing tomatoes (at least I'd do it.... :D)

Reading these sad comments I looked at some footage of the South American leg and it didn't seem that bad. And word of a DC impersonator...of all the bands that have tributes in LA, we have no Whitesnake or DC tribute bands...cause I would be first in line to see one. Geez, all these out of work 80s metal singers around town and you think there would be a tribute band like that.

John