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Slade Alive at Christmas – a two-decade trip down Memory Lane … towards Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre

Posted on December 20, 2023 by writewyattuk

There’s a rather wonderful website out there listing more than 20 years of live performances for Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell, marking Slade’s evolution from their time with the bands that preceded the Black Country’s finest … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Slade’s ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, 50 years on

Posted on December 8, 2023 by writewyattuk

I was barely six years old when ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ became Slade’s third single of 1973 to go straight in at the top of the UK charts. But I have vague memories from around then, and the Radio Times listings … Continue reading →

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The call of home is loud… still as loud – a 77th birthday salute to Slade legend Don Powell

Posted on September 10, 2023 by writewyattuk

If you follow my social media, you’ll know I’ve become a little distracted across 2023, not least through completing Wild! Wild! Wild! A People’s History of Slade (available direct from the publisher via this link). And while this may sound … Continue reading →

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