SLADE – Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock’n’roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits…plus 6 smash albums, Slade have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.
SLADE’S chart career has spanned 6 decades and their enduring songs “Far Far Away”, “Cum on Feel The Noize” and “Coz I Luv You” are still featured today in TV commercials for some of the Worlds biggest companies.
SLADE first hit the road in 1966, touring throughout Great Britain and Europe and becoming a regular concert attraction. Joining forces with the former Animals bass guitarist and Jimi Hendrix Experience manager, Chas Chandler, Slade achieved their first chart hit in May 1971 with the Bobby Marchan song “Get Down and Get With It” then, released in October of the same year “Coz I Luv You” was the bands first No-1 and a huge hit across Europe.
Throughout the seventies, Slade became one of Europe’s biggest bands, touring and recording continually and making regular trips to America, Japan and other parts of the world. Slade’s catalogue of hits are synonymous with the era:- “Take Me Bak ‘Ome”, “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”, “Cum On Feel The Noize”, “Gudbye T’ Jane”, along with the many others provided a soundtrack to the Glam Generation and are still today, heavily featured on any retrospective of the time.
At the beginning of the eighties, Slade were invited to appear at the Reading Rock Festival, a massive annual event which attracted over 100,000 people. They literally stole the show, giving some of the world’s biggest rock bands a serious run for their money whilst kindling new interest from a whole new audience. As a result, the band signed a new record deal and unleashed the anthem “We’ll Bring The House Down”, which reached the Top-10 in the UK in January 1981. Slade were back!
Not content to rest on their Glam laurels, Slade began forging a new path through the hugely influential British heavy rock scene. A second successful appearance at Castle Donnington in 1981, before a crowd of over 60,000 people, consolidated the bands position and paved the way for the single “Lock Up Your Daughters”, and the album “Til Deaf Do Us Part”.
SLADE have continued to tour the world. They are firm favourites on the festival scene. They have a huge following of fans and regularly play concert dates in Germany, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Spain & France.
Now in 2023, they celebrate 50 years of “Cum on Feel the Noize” & “Merry Christmas Everybody” reaching No1 in 1973!
Slade today is still one of the most exciting bands on the road, and their stage performance is a dynamic, powerful and exhilarating roller-coaster ride of pure unadulterated rock’n’roll.
SLADE – December 2023 UK Tour Dates include:
Sunday 3rd December NEWCASTLE – O2 City Hall
Friday 8th December EGHAM – Royal Holloway Students Union
Friday 15th December LEICESTER – O2 Academy 2
Saturday 16th December SHEFFIELD – Foundry
Monday 18th December CARDIFF – Tramshed
Tuesday 19th December SOUTHAMPTON – Engine Rooms
Thursday 21st December MARGATE – Dreamland
Friday 22nd December OXFORD – O2 Academy
Saturday 23rd December BIRMINGHAM – O2 Academy 2
Tickets for all of the above dates are available from – https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates
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