Doug Aldrich lämnar Whitesnake

Doug Aldrich, långvarig gitarrist i Whitesnake, bekräftade i helgen efter ryktesspridning att han lämnat bandet.

Whitesnakes sångare och ledare David Coverdale berättade redan i fredags på sin officiella Twitter-sida att gitarristen lämnat bandet “för att satsa på en solokarriär”. Detta tillbakavisades dock av gitarristen som bekräftade sitt avhopp på sin Facebook-sida i lördags:

Well I guess news that I have left Whitesnake was leaked…

I planned and hoped DC and I could release a joint statement. We will as soon as possible but everything happened so fast that we aren’t ready.

Firstly,

Thanks to my big bro David for such a killer run together!! So many songs, tours, projects, always inspiring and pushing each other!

Mostly I was to thank the loyal WS Choir and fans around the world. You have been so amazing to me and it’s been an honor to play for you with WS.

I love you guys and I’ll see you all again. Thank you so very much for your unending support.

Also, not sure how or where the info started about a Solo Career but this is not true or correct information.

I have no plans at this time to go solo:) I’m just not in the Whitesnake/David Coverdale band anymore.

I’ll let you guys know what I’m doing ASAP but for now please know I very much appreciate your support and will hopefully do a statement with My Brutal Brother DC shortly.

Big love for the Aldrich clan.

Whitesnake och David Coverdale har ännu inte kommenterat avhoppet mer i detalj.

Doug Aldrich anlitades av David Coverdale till Whitesnakes 25 års-jubileumsturné och blev efter turnén officiell medlem av bandet. Doug hann spela in studioalbumen “Good To Be Bad” och “Forevermore” under sin tid i bandet.

Foto: Nanci Sauder Ruest