David Coverdale, the 74-year-old frontman of Whitesnake and former lead singer of Deep Purple, has announced his retirement after a six-decade career. In a video posted on Whitesnake's YouTube channel, Coverdale said it was time to 'hang up my rock and roll platform shoes and my skin-tight jeans'.
Coverdale founded Whitesnake in the late 1970s after leaving Deep Purple, where he had sung on albums including 'Burn' and 'Stormbringer'. The band achieved global success with hits like 'Here I Go Again' and 'Is This Love', and released 13 studio albums, the last being 'Flesh & Blood' in 2019.
Coverdale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 as a member of Deep Purple. He has not toured in the past three years due to a severe sinus infection, which he described as 'one of the ugliest illnesses I think I’ve had'.
His wife Cindy and son Jasper paid tribute to him, with Jasper saying: 'I know no greater man, nor any better father… Bravo, Dada, for a thousand thousand jobs well done.'
