Having delivered a tremendous new studio album in Forevermore the latest line-up of Whitesnake rolled into Wolverhampton and served up 100 minutes of classics old and new. David Coverdale's voice may lack the roar of years gone by but he remains one of Rock's greatest frontmen and still possesses all of the moves and charisma to captivate the sold out Civic Hall.

The mid-tempo "Best Years" makes for an unlikely opener being one of the bands less immediate and lesser known songs but they are soon into their stride with "Give Me All Your Love". Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach will always be compared with their distinguished predecessors but both are perfect for the Whitesnake of the 21st Century. In his by now customary position at Coverdale's left hand side Aldrich is in sparkling form as he reels off an array of dynamic solos. "Love Ain't No Stranger" is greeted like a long lost friend and eases into "Is This Love", the first of the 80's mega-hits and played to perfection. With his between song banter full of the usual leering innuendo Coverdale responds to an audible request for "Slide It In" by leading the band through a truncated version consisting of first verse and chorus. Keen to showcase the new material the middle of the set includes no fewer than five cuts from Forevermore, the best being the sweeping title track and the muscular "Love Will Set You Free".