Dave Hill’s Slade announce their final UK Tour in November & December 2025.
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, they have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.
Their 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.
Their 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, they became one of Europe’s biggest bands, touring and recording continually and making regular trips to America, Japan and other parts of the world. Their catalogue of hits is 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, they 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. They were back!
Not content to rest on their Glam laurels, they 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”.
While they were busy in the UK releasing the massive hit “My Oh My” to huge acclaim, LA metal band Quiet Riot were spreading the word Stateside with their version of “Cum on Feel the Noize”, which proved so successful that they followed it up with “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”. Throughout the start of the eighties, they toured and recorded due to them once again being a major force in British pop‘n’rock.
The early nineties saw the bands “Radio Wall of Sound” hit the UK Top 30 and thereby give them a solid 30-year chart run!
In 1991, due to the continual demand from around the world, founder Slade member Dave Hill returned to touring by playing a few select dates in Europe prior to embarking on what turned out to be a very successful two-month tour of Australia.
Dave Hill’s 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. Having just returned from a festival in Tel Aviv & Gibraltar, next stop is Greenland and Faroe Islands.
Led by founder member Dave Hill on Lead Guitar with John Berry who joined in 2003 on Lead Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar and Violin. John has also played Bass with Mud, The Sweet, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Tremeloes, Bay City Rollers & The Rubettes. Joining John on Lead Vocals and Keys is Russell Keefe, having played in many original bands in his early years, he has also recorded albums for Polygram & United Artists, Russell has toured with The Pretty Things and Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers, Alex Bines now joins on Drums, Alex has toured with Wilko Johnson, The Rubettes and is also a Drum teacher.
In 2023, they celebrated 50 years of “Cum on Feel the Noize” & “Merry Christmas Everybody” reaching No1 in 1973!
Dave Hill’s 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.
Joining them once again as special guests are Sons of the Seventies, marking their sixth consecutive year supporting the band.
UK Tour Dates 2025:
Nov 28th – Hastings White Rock Theatre
Nov 29th – Margate Dreamland
Dec 10th – Holmfirth Picturedrome
Dec 12th – Liverpool O2 Academy
Dec 14th – Bournemouth O2 Academy
Dec 16th – Oxford O2 Academy
Dec 17th – London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Dec 19th – Newcastle O2 City Hall
Dec 20th – Birmingham O2 Academy 2
Dec 22nd – Manchester O2 Ritz
Doors open at 7.00pm
Tickets are £32.50 plus booking fee and are also available here.
Weblinks:
www.davehillslade.com
www.facebook.com/OfficialSladeBand
