Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the snake, a special announcement for you after 50 plus years of an incredible journey with
you, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Jimmy Page and many more.
The last few years it has become very evident to me that it’s time really for me to hang up my rock and roll platform shoes and my skin tight jeans. It’s time for me to call it a day.
I love you dearly, thank everyone who’s assisted and supported me on this incredible journey. All the musicians, the crew, the fans the family it’s amazing.
It is time for me to enjoy my retirement and I hope you can appreciate that. Once again, I love you with all my heart.
Fare thee well,
DC.
Fare Thee Well Official 2025 Remix from Forevermore: Revisited, Remixed and Remastered
Rick Hagan
11/13/2025
Dear dear David!!
This breaks my heart, but lord knows you deserve it!!
Your music and inspiration is smeared all over everything I record, and I’ll stand by that with pride!
Thank you for being a true gent! We’ve had some great laughs along the way! Cheerio Pal!
Ed Nederlof
11/14/2025
The centre on my back of my battle jacket……Damn, tears in my eyes when listening to your farewell. Hope you have a very good, loving and healthy time ahead of you. Whitesnake was the reason I started out playing guitar when I was 12. I am 56 now and still hitting stage.
Thanks for all your good music and the inspiration for thousands and thousands of people around the globe.
Cheers, Ed from The Netherlands
Antero Raninen
11/13/2025
Hello from Finland
Thank you for your Music, Whitesnake is one of the Greatest, Forever Whitesnake.. and DC
Jussi
11/13/2025
David, your music has meant very much to me. Thank you for carrying the torch of a fine classic rock. Be blessed!
Timo Haatainen
11/13/2025
Hi David, it has been pleasure to be WS fan over 40 years , your music was and is with me for ever.
I wish to you nice, relaxing days with your family and hopefully there is next chapter for WS in future.
Thank you.
Melanie Pringle
11/13/2025
My idol since 1978, have the best retirement and enjoy your family. Thank you for the last 47 years. Whitesnake have been everything to me.
James Scopes
11/13/2025
hello David i have followed your career since Burn hope you have a well deserved retirement and the very best to you and you family all our love and best regards
Joe
11/13/2025
We wish you well DC! Thanks for the fantastic nights in Scotland. Your wonderful charismatic front man style will not be replicated and will be missed.
I will raise a Jamiesons to you this night and remember all those fantastic performances over the years.🥃🏴
Fare thee well 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻🎤🤘🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Be safe and be happy 🫵🏻❤️👏🏻
Martin Ivanov
11/13/2025
Just don’t know what to say, what to write… It’s very difficult to express all my love & gratitude for you.
Your music became the soundtrack of my life since I was 10 or 12 years old kid. Now, I’m 38 and the only thing I can say is THANK YOU! THANK YOU for every single note, riff or lyric.
THANK YOU for You keep on moving, Blindman, Lonely days, lonely nights, Looking For Love, Sailing Ships, The Deeper The Love, The Last Note of Freedom, Take Me For A Little While, Don’t Fade Away and many, many, many more…
Be safe & be happy! Enjoy your retirement!
DC, you’re one of kind… forevermore!
Lukas
11/13/2025
Thank you David for all the beautiful songs. Christmas of 1974, I had finally enough pocket money to buy my first album (Stormbringer) as a 13 year old boy and since then, your music is part of my life. I wish you and your Family and all of the snake-Fans all the best.
Martin Ivanov
11/13/2025
Just don’t know what to say, what to write… It’s very difficult to express all my love & gratitude for you.
Your music became the soundtrack of my life since I was 10 or 12 years old kid. Now, I’m 38 and the only thing I can say is THANK YOU! THANK YOU for every single note, riff or lyric.
THANK YOU for You keep on moving, Blindman, Lonely days, lonely nights, Looking For Love, Sailing Ships, The Deeper The Love, The Last Note of Freedom, Take Me For A Little While, Don’t Fade Away and many, many, many more…
Be safe & be happy! Enjoy your retirement!
DC, you’re one of a kind… forevermore!
Dirk
11/13/2025
Fare thee well David ! I will always enjoy your music – forevermore.
Jim
11/13/2025
Dear David,
I’ve been a lifelong fan and always enjoyed your musical gift to the world. I was hoping to catch your show on the farewell tour, but sadly now its impossible. Regardless, your contribution to music and making people happy lives on. All the best in retirement, well deserved.
Vince
11/13/2025
Forevevermore…
No words I can express this… the best rock ‘n’ roll band since Deep Purple!
You, DC has inspired us and many influences over the years, with that yell “ERE’S A SONG FOR YA”, and that hair metal years we appreciate! Every Whitesnake era is the golden age of rock’s history and it will be in the books. Thank you for the music and everything you’ve done and please take care, enjoy your retirement you’ve deserved (even if you can do one more farewell tour…)
You and the band deserve the honours to be inducted for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2026. The early years of Whitesnake and the recents have been underlooked for a long time, and someday, more of us, in fact, on a Metallica-global level wise, will listen to your songs and your legacy will never be forgotten. We’ll always salute you! LOVE YA DAVID
We wish you well
Oscar Jofre
11/13/2025
Thank you David
Your music is and will be part of my life
Enjoy the retirement ..
However we will miss you…long live to whitesnake
Dave Collopy
11/13/2025
Dear David. I have enjoyed your music since the first time I randomly downloaded the road from home in Warrington UK to buy the Ready A Willing single from our local shop. My vinyl albums, including the absolutely immense Live In the Heart of the City were worn out by my classmates and myself whilst at high school. I finally got tickets to see the mighty Snake at The Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool when I worked as a weekend milkman for extra cash when studying for A Levels. Trips to Birmingham NEC for the 1987 tour, camping in muddy fields at the Monsters of Rock in Derbyshire and numerous trips to Manchester to see you at the Apollo and the Arena all bring joyous memories. Enjoy your retirement surrounded by family and friends. Your music is truly in the hearts of many and will always be cherished. Very best wishes to the Saltburn Scoundrel from a longtime fan. X
Gary Barnes
11/13/2025
Thank you for your music & live shows. 45 years of good memories. Enjoy your retirement, much deserved .
Mary Nerozzi
11/13/2025
Thank you for the music and the memories…may you enjoy you retirement as much as we have enjoyed the music and songs…..Fare Thee Well….
Jim Berze
11/13/2025
Thank you David. You’ll always be the best.
Derek
11/13/2025
Hi David, First saw Whitesnake at the Monsters of Rock in Germany in 1990, but had loved your music since I heard it the first time with Slide It In.
Thank you for the music, the passion, and the years of dedication.
Here’s to well-earned rest, new adventures, and a life that continues to sing.
With deep appreciation and warmest wishes,
Yuki
11/13/2025
Thank you, DC for your great voice and music. I have many great memories with you. Enjoy your retirement and Domo Arigatou! Your music will live on forever … Lots of love from Japan, Yuki. 💕💐🎶✨
TRAVELcandies-On-Tour
11/13/2025
Dear David
My wife and I have been listening to your music since the early 80s. We’ve seen you many times in Germany and your songs have carried us through more difficult moments than we can count – especially now, as we’ve been travelling the world full-time in our vehicle for the last five years.
We love your music, your voice, your charm. And we’re truly happy for you that you can now enjoy your well deserved retirement. Man… 50+ years. Just WOW. You are our hero. Whitesnake will remain part of our soundtrack for the rest of our lives – some of the finest music ever created.
Take good care of yourself, David. We’re going to miss you like hell, but we’ll never forget you.
Farewell,
Totti & Fenny from Germany
(TRAVELcandies-On-Tour)’
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Leighton Fisher
11/13/2025
Thank you so much DC for everything. Your music guided me through life to this point. May you enjoy the rest of your life in peace. Take care🙏
Daniel
11/13/2025
Thank you David ans WS.
My first vinyle from WS was Saints & Sinners. Just great music !
And I sow the band one last time in Switzerland in 2022. WS will remain a big part of the soudtrack of my life.
Enjoy your retirement and take care .
Joules
11/13/2025
Such an amazing voice. Congratulations to you and your band and crew for the decade’s of success. Wishing you many happy years of retirement.
J.T.
11/13/2025
A great career and a life well lived in the world of rock and roll. Your music will always be remembered and enjoyed for genera to come. One of the great singer song writers of all time. Enjoy your retirement…you will be missed.
Crispin
11/14/2025
Saw Whitesnake in 1979 at the Hammersmith Odeon: my first gig, and a great night. Always a fan. Thank you, David; enjoy your retirement.
Wolfgang
11/14/2025
Hi David,
I grew up with your music. Your lyrics and your music gave me support and hope through many a crisis. Now we’ve both grown old and you’re entering your well-deserved retirement. Have a good time, you and your music have become a part of me…
Andrew Bennett
11/14/2025
Mr Coverdale. The only rock star with a Yorkshire dale named in his honour 😂 Thanks for the fantastic music. “Live..in the Heart of the City” superb!
J Markham
11/14/2025
Enjoy your retirement. First saw you in the original Whitesnake and been a fan since. Fair the well
Geir Sorskar
11/14/2025
Still time to change you mind, promise to sleep on it, you still got 20 good years left, to go…again!
NOBU
11/14/2025
I feel very sad to hear David say goodbye, as he always said, “See you again.”
WHITESNAKE is my beloved rock band, and David is the best vocalist in the world. They have brought so much cool, beautiful music and exciting, fun performances to Japan, where I live.
I am truly grateful.
Please take care of yourself and continue to enjoy yourself.
Thank you, DC and WHITESNAKE!
Ed Nederlof
11/14/2025
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11/14/2025
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The centre on my back of my battle jacket……Damn, tears in my eyes when listening to your farewell. Hope you have a very good, loving and healthy time ahead of you. Whitesnake was the reason I started out playing guitar when I was 12. I am 56 now and still hitting stage.
Thanks for all your good music and the inspiration for thousands and thousands of people around the globe.
Cheers, Ed from The Netherlands
Graham Payne
11/14/2025
I had the pleasure of meeting you at Annie’s wine bar in Amersham and Rob Cookseys house in Gerrard Cross. I knew my wife of 41 years was the one when were driving through London listening to Come a Get It and she said I love this, who is it? Time and Again is our tune! Enjoy your retirement DC you have earned it, thank you for ALL the music it will live on FOREVERMORE!
Rafael
11/14/2025
Thank you for all the great music you gave us and the wonderful live shows. I saw you with Whitesnake in 2017 here in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, it was wonderful!
Lasse
11/14/2025
David, thank you for all the electrifying music, the iconic vocals, and the pure rock ’n’ roll spirit you’ve unleashed over the years — with Whitesnake and beyond.
Your songs have been the soundtrack to countless moments, firing us up, lifting us higher, and reminding us what real rock feels like.
As you head into retirement, just know this: your legacy doesn’t fade.
The riffs, the voice, the attitude — it all lives on, loud and proud.
Thanks for decades of badass music.
Enjoy the next chapter, legend.
Jock
11/14/2025
My wife and I had the privilege of seeing DC and Whitesnake many times in the UK, and one year when they missed the UK out, we had a fantastic trip to Germany to see them. DC, you and your troubadours will be sadly missed. Time takes a toll on all of us, what a graceful exit you made. All our very best wishes for along and happy retirement. 🤘
Karen Tomlinson
11/14/2025
David I’m so broken hearted 💔 to receive the news you have retired.
Being a self proclaimed greatest Whitesnake choir member.
Having seen you 119 times, was hoping to make it 120😢
Making my teens right though to my late 50’s the greatest memories I will hold dear forever.
God bless you & my all that follows is all you wish for.
Thank you soooo much.
💔💞 forever
Mike
11/14/2025
Enjoy retirement and thank you for being apart of the soundtrack of my life.
Stanislav Stanchev
11/14/2025
This happened a few decades ago!
I had invited my girlfriend to my birthday party in a small and cozy place. At one point someone played a wonderful melodic song that made me freeze and listen instantly and spontaneously – at that time I listened to different styles but mostly electronic music … I also listened to rock … I knew songs by several rock bands, but I was not that seriously interested in rock and especially Whitesnake!
I immediately asked the waiter to ask the person behind the counter what song and artist was playing at the moment. After a while they told me that it was “Is this love” – Whitesnake!
This is the most spontaneous … the purest form of recognition, of spiritual obsession and EMOTIONAL EXPLOSION, from a piece of music, in my opinion, as a reaction, excited by the senses … and it stayed with me for life, until now – AND THAT’S HOW!
THIS IS CALLED A MAN WHO LEFT A MARK IN HIS LIFE!
So YOU, Mr. Coverdale, in its purest form, conquered one soul – MINE, but what is even more magnificent is that you conquered and captivated millions of souls…MILLIONS OF HEARTS, all over the world! MOTHER NATURE MUST…MUST FIND A WAY TO THANK YOU for creating and sending to Earth, an angel… for me – AN ANGEL OF LOVE, WITH THE WINGS OF MUSIC!
THIS IS CALLED A CREATOR!
THIS IS AN ERA OF LOVE IN ROCK, LITERALLY CREATED BY ONE MAN, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PERFORMER WHO SINGS ONLY AND ONLY ABOUT LOVE!
Thank you, FOR MUSIC, WHICH ALWAYS STRENGTHENS ME!
I wish you long life and happiness!
This is simply a gratitude and recognition from a boy born in a distant country, known as – BULGARIA – THE COUNTRY OF THE SPIRIT!
Thank you and I look forward to your future projects, NALI!!!
And this song – a confession, has become my favorite!
Thank you… FROM THE HEART!
Harri
11/14/2025
‘Ere’s a praise for ya!!! Thank you, thank you and thank you for your music, David! Thank god music lives forever!
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Costas Altanis
11/14/2025
Dear David, Greetings from Greece! Thank you for what you offer to Rock music and me personally! I was 20 years old when I start to follow you! I am 60!!! So for 40 years you was next to me! I wish you all the best and enjoy the wisdom of your retirement. Nevertheless if ever you will need anything ( as I am a very well educated experienced herbalist let me know!!!!!). All my best Costas from Greece ([email protected])
PS do you think that Dino jelusic could probably continue Whitesnake replacing you in vocals? I am sure that could still writing songs and maybe Dino will make for you everything else!!!! ( just an idea from a Greek guy!)
Thank you thank you and thank you!
Liz Reid
11/15/2025
Enjoy your retirement, you certainly deserve it. Am trying to get autographed photo of you for my sister for Christmas. She’s such a huge fan, has all your cds and listens to them all the time. Found another address, try that one next.
Jack
11/15/2025
All things must end, and when the final curtain falls, sorrow cannot be denied. Yet gratitude shines brighter than grief—thank you for all the music that became an important soundtrack to my life. Now I raise my glass and say: well done, sir! I wish you all the best!!
Roger Brassé
11/15/2025
Hello David,
I hope you still have many years with your loved ones to enjoy your retirement.
Thank you for being a BIG part of my life.
Whitesnake is my favorite band for over 40 years.
I can’t even count how many times i have seen you live.
I am glad that i have seen the farewell tour in Oberhausen.
Best wishes from the Netherlands.
I wish you well forevermore.
Roger.
Gavin Steel
11/15/2025
Thank you, David, for the music. I salute you.
Althepo
11/16/2025
A superb career and a magnificent ride for all who jumped on board. Thank you indeed and a long, healthy and magnificent retirement.
Ina
11/16/2025
well,thanks for all, you wrote history and memories,will keep on listening to you anyway, until my own end❤️
kabanych
11/16/2025
Спасибо за всё, Дэйв, я шёл по жизни с твоей музыкой и песнями.
Peter
11/17/2025
THX a zillion for your music Mr. Coverdale. I wish you a very very long and healthy live. I’m 59 and I first saw you in Germany on 01/09/1990 and last time at Graspop in 2022 and many times in between. Your music got me through a very difficult time in 1999. All the best!!!
Snakepoland
11/17/2025
DC, thank you for your music and your voice. This message broke my heart but i respect your decision. Enjoy your wonderful retirement. Love you so much!!!!
Darek Narloch
11/19/2025
Omly one gig with WHITESNAKE in my life I saw in Poland 06.08.2016 in heavy rain and DC in the ramp IN HEAVY RAIN WITH MIC… Just singing in the heavy rain… Very clever … Singing in the rain….What about DC head and his hairs ? Just singing in the heavy rain …Only WET FACE and HAIR . The show must go on in the front stage…
Robert Rooney
11/20/2025
Well Mr. C what can I say except ‘ thank you for the music!’. I have lived and loved your music and it has been a massive part of my life through the good times and the bad. Have a splendid retirement and may the angels look after you for years to come. God bless!
T.Tanimoto
11/21/2025
Ðear DC
Thank you for your specil performance for 50 years and more.
I leve your voice and music , you are No.1 vocalist in the would for me.
I hope you ‘ll enjoy the new DC’s journey in your life.
Be safe,Be happy and don’tmake your afraid!
I get this massage from you!
Thank you so mach,Mr.David Coverdale.
ARIGATOGOZAIMASU!
from T.T Japan
Marc
11/22/2025
Dear David, Thank you so much for the many years of pure enjoyment of your music and live shows. I first saw you in Kaiserslautern, West Germany in 1983 on the Monsters of Rock tour. Many years later I was fortunate to actually meet you when you were shopping for furniture. I was able toy tell you about seeing you in Germany and you were so gracious and I still have the business card you signed saying Merry Christmas Marc . Many years later I was able to see you perform when you toured with Foreigner and Jason Bonham. God bless you and your family, and Merry Christmas David!!!
Marc from Portland Oregon
Rollie
11/23/2025
Dear David,
Greetings from Switzerland!. Congratulations on an extraordinary career. From Deep Purple to Whitesnake and beyond, your voice and spirit have defined generations of rock. Thank you for the passion, energy, and artistry you’ve shared with the world for over 50 years. Wishing you joy, health, and well‑deserved peace in your retirement — your music will live on forevermore.
Mike Stagg
11/23/2025
Dearest David Darling,
Congratulations on your retirement. Thankyou from the bottom of my codpiece for all of the pleasure your work has brought me over the years. I fell in love with The Snake on release of the Slide it in album and quickly absorbed the back catalogue. When 1987 went BIG I felt a little bit miffed that other people were raving about this NEW band. Time and again is a special song for my wife and I. You truly are a man of ‘Wealth and taste’ and a true British Icon. You really should be ‘Sir David’ as your fans will always see you that way. You are a man of vision and determination and there will not be your kind again. Stay naughty!
Brad Thompson
11/24/2025
Dear David thank you for making everyone life better with your music over the years I have been a fan of your music for 50 years and inspired me to become a musician and show man your songs are by far superior to any other artist .out of all the guitarist you’ve worked with I think Doug Aldrich came up with the best riffs we will miss you guys forever more and remember love will set us free much love to you and your family long live the snake from all your Aussie friends Brad T
Mike Elcsisin
11/24/2025
I’ve followed you for years Dave and you’ve had a phenomenal career that many of us only dream about. Kudos for knowing when it’s time to pull the plug and thank you for your music.
Ana L. B. Lemes
11/25/2025
David,
Buscando giras actualizadas de Whitesnake es que encuentro ésta despedida.
No voy a olvidar aquella gran noche del 4 de octubre de 2019 en Argentina en gira con Europe (soy Uruguaya y viajé a verte)
INCREÍBLEMENTE INOLVIDABLE.
Espero puedas seguir gozando de buena salud y excelentes momentos.
Merecido retiro.
Que tengas una hermosa vida y gracias por haber colmado la mía y la de varios más, con tan hermosas melodías.
TE LLEVO EN MI CORAZÓN.
AMOR, AMOR Y MÁS AMOR.
Abrazo apretado a la distancia.