{"id":2170379,"date":"2025-11-21T13:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2170379"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:57:09","slug":"david-coverdale-reveals-final-whitesnake-music-video-after-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-coverdale-reveals-final-whitesnake-music-video-after-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"David Coverdale reveals final Whitesnake music video after retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F115913806-1.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>David Coverdale went straight for the heart with this one.<\/p>\n<p>Whitesnake <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7QBrKY-1bS8&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fbravewords.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE\">released one last music video<\/a> a week after the frontman, 74, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/entertainment\/whitesnake-frontman-david-coverdale-announces-retirement-from-music\/\">announced his retirement<\/a> from music. <\/p>\n<p>The band shared \u201cForevermore (DC &amp; Hook City Strings \u2013 Official Video 2025 Remix)\u201d on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The five-minute music video was directed by Payton T. Murphy and saw footage of Coverdale singing as images of his life flashed behind him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale\u2019s final Whitesnake music video. <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Black-and-white shots included the rock icon and his wife, Cindy Barker, embracing. The pair have been married since 1997.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe MOST ELEGANT WAY to say goodbye: I\u2019ll be there FOREVEMORE with the songs, with the voice in your head, even though I\u2019m gone,\u201d one fan penned in the comments. \u201cThanks for the love you put into all the Art you did David,\u201d while a second chimed in: \u201cIt was and is an honor for me to listen to your music. Thank you very much, Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Black and white shots from Whitesnake\u2019s final music video.  <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>A second wrote: \u201cAlways have been and always will be a fan. Thank you DC! All the best to you and your beautiful Bride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group also promoted the music video on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRSTMoFiQMt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, writing, \u201cLadies &amp; Gentlemen, Boys &amp; Girls, Brothers &amp; Sisters of the SNAKE\u2026This is it!!! The last &amp; final video from Whitesnake!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Coverdale shared he was stepping away from music after a decades-long career.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLadies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the Snake, a special announcement for you,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GNTRgkd4gB0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> he began<\/a> in his shock announcement. \u201cThe last few years has been very evident to me that it\u2019s time really for me to hang up my rock and roll platform shoes and my skin-tight jeans. And as you can see, we\u2019ve taken care of the lion\u2019s wig. But it\u2019s time for me to call it a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coverdale went on to thank fans who supported him in both Whitesnake and Deep Purple.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A scene from the new Whitesnake music video, \u201cForevermore\u201d (DC &amp; Hook City Strings \u2013 Official Video 2025 Remix).\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale and his wife Cindy Barker. <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt really is time for me to just enjoy my retirement, and I hope you can appreciate that,\u201d he continued.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you dearly. I thank everyone who\u2019s assisted and supported me on this incredible journey. All the musicians, the crew, the fans, the family. It\u2019s amazing,\u201d Coverdale gushed, before raising a glass as he delivered his final message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFare thee well,\u201d he said, referencing the band\u2019s 2011 song of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The track then played as pictures of Coverdale\u2019s career appeared on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout a doubt, this is the classiest farewell I have ever seen or heard from an artist. Words cannot express what your music has meant to me. Thank you for everything, and fare thee well, indeed,\u201d one person wrote beneath his social media post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale and his wife Cindy Barker in a black-and-white image from the final Whitesnake music video.  <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale sings in his last video post retirement.  <span class=\"credit\">Rhino<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Added another: \u201cFrom the first time I ever heard your voice, I have been hooked on you. In 1988, I was fighting for my life with ovarian cancer and here I am today still rocking to your music. I will be a Whitesnake fan till my last breath. I love you David Coverdale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Coverdale\u2019s wife revealed that this day was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/14\/entertainment\/whitesnakes-david-coverdales-wife-he-wanted-to-retire-35-years-ago\/\">supposed to actually happen decades ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy \u2018Official\u2019 Retirement, Baby!! I love you with all my heart,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRBIsfoj9sZ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barker penned via Instagram<\/a>. \u201cWhat an incredible journey I\u2019ve been so lucky to go on with you! Now we just get to play!! I can\u2019t wait to see what you do next \u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSide Note: when I met David 35 years ago he told me he was retiring \u2026 \ud83c\udfb6,\u201d she explained. \u201cThis was taken flying to the last show I went to, not knowing at the time it was my last Whitesnake show \u2026 bittersweet!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coverdale\u2019s retirement comes six years after Whitesnake released their last album in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>They went on to play their last concert at Hellfest in France on June 23, 2022. The iconic group ultimately canceled their remaining shows due to several band members, including Coverdale himself, suffered health issues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>David Coverdale retires from music in a heartfelt message. <span class=\"credit\">@whitesnake\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLast year, I was so incredibly compromised by, without any doubt, the worst sinus infection I\u2019ve ever had in my life. And as a singer, I know them like f \u2013 \u2013 king relatives of mine,\u201d Coverdale\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/whitesnake-farewell-tour-update-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told Ultimate Classic Rock<\/a>\u00a0in 2023. \u201cThis was one of the ugliest illnesses I think I\u2019ve [ever] had. For seven months, I was taking ever-increasingly strong antibiotics and horrifying Prednisone steroids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t know [when we\u2019ll be back onstage],\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ll be 72 this year. But, you know, my passion is that of a much younger man, particularly with the new creative team that I have, working on these legacy projects and also new things at the same time. It\u2019s like bluebirds flying out of every orifice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coverdale started out in the United Kingdom with local bands before landing the role of lead singer for Deep Purple in 1973. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale from Whitesnake performs outside the Vikingship arena on June 02, 2022 in Hamar, Norway. <span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>David Coverdale of Whitesnake performs on stage at HMV Forum on December 5, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. <span class=\"credit\">Redferns<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three years later, the rocker launched his solo career and released two studio albums.<\/p>\n<p>Coverdale founded Whitesnake in 1978 alongside guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody.<\/p>\n<p>The band went on to release 13 albums, with their 2008 release \u201cGood To Be Bad\u201d earning them album of the year from Classic Rock magazine. <\/p>\n<p>The Whitesnake frontman and Led Zeppelin founder, Jimmy Page, collaborated for their certified platinum album \u201cCoverdale\/Page\u201d in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Coverdale was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Coverdale went straight for the heart with this one. Whitesnake released one last music video a week after the frontman, 74, announced his retirement from music. The band shared \u201cForevermore (DC &amp; Hook City Strings \u2013 Official Video 2025 Remix)\u201d on Thursday. The five-minute music video was directed by Payton T. 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