DAS SLADE NEWS ARCHIV 2007 December 2007 All about NODDY gets his star under: http://slade40years.klack.org/seite91.html 1st December Tuesday 4th December ex Slade star Jim Lea at the Robin 2 & Madhouse http://www.therobin.co.uk/ Some pictures you can watch: http://slade40years.klack.org/seite93.html Live Band Of The Year Competition 2007 (HH) 
Advance Ticket Price: £4.00 (Door Price: £5.00) Grand Final Featuring:
Hostile (Rowley Regis - Metal)
Martyr De Mona (Wordsley - Rock)
A celebrity judging panel will decide the winner include ex Slade star Jim Lea. The awards and prizes will be presented at the end of the night Thanks very much for this message to Barry Hulme ****** 26th November Answering Back: Slade`s Dave Hill
ICBIRMINGHAM, WOW WHAT`S ON 26.11.2007
By Dave Freak 
Formed in 1966, Black Country rockers Slade scored over 20 Top 20 hits including 1971`s Coz I Luv You, Take Me Bak `Ome, Mama We`er All Crazee Now and Cum On Feel The Noize. With a global fan-base they`ve influenced acts as diverse as LA metallers Quiet Riot and Britpop legends Oasis. The original quartet, fronted by Noddy Holder, disbanded in the early `90s but `Super Yob` guitarist Dave Hill and drummer Don Powell continue to keep the Slade flag flying with bassist John Berry (ex-Mud) and vocalist Mal McNulty (ex-Sweet). Their 15th annual UK Xmas tour finds them back on home turf, concluding a year in which their early back catalogue received a thorough repackaging.
Last album you bought?
I was given Status Quo`s album [In Search Of The Fourth Chord] but I haven`t actually listened to it yet – I think it might still be in my suitcase. I went on a spate of buying a while ago and got Kaiser Chiefs [Yours Truly, Angry Mob], The Killers [Sam`s Town] and Razorlight [Razorlight]. I do listen to contemporary stuff, and my son gives me things to listen to.
Last concert you went to?
James Blunt invited me to a concert. He was very good. He Played Coz I Luv You which was very funny and I really enjoyed it. You should have seen the audience looking at me when they played it – very funny.
READ THE WHOLE STORY UNDER: http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/wow/music/music_interviews/tm_method=full%26objectid=20163627%26siteid=50002-name_page.html
K.O.R. - Ilpo
Dec 12, Robin 2, Bilston (with Mud II and T-Rextasy):
http://www.merryxmaseverybody.co.uk
23th November James Whild Lea reminds us that song writing is not a lost art. 
There really is something to be said for not reading the press release before listening to an album. Who knew James Whild Lea was in 70s nightmares, Slade? I imagine a lot of people actually; but listening to the album with absolutely no preconceptions allows you to enjoy a record on its merits, and enjoy it you will.
Therapy is Jim Lea’s first solo album since the early 90s, the man who was responsible for penning Slade’s hits back in the day, old enough to be your dad, but that is not immediately obvious from listening to the record. Wonderfully crafted songs, it is an album in the true sense.
Moving effortlessly from the power ballad “Universe” which lives up to its expansive name, and “The Smile Of Elvis”, which, if a little sentimental, has the best use of oboe on a rock album since Sufijan Stevens, to the grunge apery of “Deadrock U.K.” this is a chameleon of an album. Lyrically it can be a little frustrating, “Why Is Youth Always Wasted On The Young”, is all a little bit obvious, and the “rap” on “Could God Be A Woman” is dubious, but the tunes and schmaltzy strings is catchy enough to override any doubts raised. Read the whole review under: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=6188 THANKS for sending the link to us to Rudolf Schubert !  K.O.R. 22th November Slade at Classic Rock festival in Sandnaes, Norway 23.05.2008 
20th November FREE Slade party CD inside Mail on Sunday 18th November! Kevin Money sent following comment: " I have played the tracks Far Far Away, Thanks For The Memory, and How Does It Feel, for a second time and then played the bootleg versions, I am pretty sure they are from the same concert the production sounds slightly improved except for early on in How Does It Feel which suffers from echo which is not evident on the original bootleg so clearly someone messed that up and did not check it afterwards . . . I remember there was serious talk about the concert [from New Victoria Theatre, London, 24th April 1975] being released but I think Polydor realised that so many fans would have already heard, if not actually taped, most of the concert off the radio [BBC Radio 1] that they finally decided not to release it . . . which was a shame because even though it was much bootlegged, only 12 tracks were broadcast and hence bootlegged . . . as you can [hopefully] see from the scans, all tracks acknowledge Barn Publishing (Slade) Ltd as the original music publishers and Whild John Music Ltd as the compilation publishers . . . the cd label is Upfront hence the catalogue no. SLADEUP001 [many promotional/freebie cd's with newspapers, magazines, even cereals, etc are released on this label]" THANKS very much to Kevin K.O.R. !!! 
 
The Merry Xmas Everybody (Not So Silent Night) Tour 2007:
http://www.merryxmaseverybody.co.uk/ THANKS a lot for sending to us the pics of the Sunday Mail to Kevin "sladest" Money K.O.R. !!! 18th November Dave Hill is ready for Christmas IT’S November, the mornings are getting frostier, the shop windows are filling up with tinsel and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. It’s nearly time to open the first window on the Advent calendar, but the Christmas season has never truly arrived until you hear one little question: Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall? When Slade first sang the famous opening line to Merry Xmas Everybody in December 1973 – building to the annoyingly singable chorus and climaxing with Noddy Holder’s yell of “It’s Chriiiistmaaas!” – it was an immediate Yuletide hit. Read the whole interview under: http://www.getreading.co.uk:80/entertainment/celebs/2017/2017950/dave_hill_is_ready_for_christmas THANKS for sending the link to us to Rudolf Schubert !! K.O.R. FREE Slade party CD inside this weekend's Mail on Sunday! 
Watch the TV advert for this fantastic giveaway here! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/mos/tvpromotions.html?in_article_id=434797&in_page_id=1985 http://img.dailymail.co.uk/video/2007/nov07/slade.mpg K.O.R. - Ilpo - Sue Wilkinson - You've Got To Be A Hustler with Don Powell on the drums my friend stan Thanks for the links to Wendy Evans :-) Legendery rocker Noddy Holder on how he wrote the greatest Christmas song ever Get it on our fantastic Slade party CD FREE inside next week's Mail on Sunday... and listen to tracks from the album here now! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=492883&in_page_id=1773 Thanks to Rudolf Schubert for sending the link !! 
....... Noddy's confidence in the song - which will be on a Slade compilation CD free with next week's Mail on Sunday - was well placed. Even before its release, the band were presented with a silver disc for selling 500,000 pre-ordered copies. On the first day it hit the shops, a further 350,000 copies were snapped up by fans. Slade's record label Polydor had to use its British and French pressing plants to keep up with demand as Merry Xmas Everybody became the fastestselling single the UK had ever seen. It eventually sold more than a million. Noddy says he still gets immense pleasure from the fact that his song has become such an integral part of Christmas in Britain-The trademark mirrored top hat he wore on stage with the band is now stored in a bank vault ("not because I want to have it valued but because I don't want to lose it before I've had a chance to leave it to my kids") and most of his outrageous glam-rock outfits and precipitous platform shoes from his time with Slade have been donated to charity. The nearest he gets to reliving the old days is when he hams it up for the postman at his home in Cheshire when he answers the door in a pair of tartan pyjamas. ............ read the whole report : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=492883&in_page_id=1773 4th November NODDY HOLDER TO BE THE NEXT STAR ON BROAD STREET We are pleased to announce that Noddy Holder MBE has accepted an invitation to be the next star inducted onto the Walk of Stars. Noddy's day will take place on Sunday 9th December 2007 at 5pm and will take place on the Broad Street Christmas Canal Boat Parade, from Brindleyplace to The Mailbox, when over 20 spectacularly lit canal boats will float through the area. Noddy will arrive on a Christmas canal boat with the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. http://www.walkofstars.co.uk/ Thanks to Rudolf Schubert for sending this link ! 2nd November Noddy to get a Broad Street star 31th October Ermstal Open Air 2008 mit Smokie, Sweet, Slade und Rubettes Samstag, 21. Juni 2008 -
Ort: Bad Urach, Festplatz -
Beginn: 18.00 Uhr -
Einlasszeit: 17.00 Uhr http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/special/termine/-/id=446390/nid=446390/did=2693398/ja7vuq/index.html 29th October G I G - R E M I N D E R F O R N O V E M B E R A N D D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 7 !!!
N O V E M B E R :
* SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER - IN READING - UK.
* SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER - IN MANCHESTER - UK.
* FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER - IN TUNBRIDGE WELLS - UK.
* SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER - IN DARTFORD - UK.
* SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER - IN LIVERPOOL - UK.
* TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER - IN NEWCASTLE - UK.
* FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER - IN CORNWALL - UK.
D E C E M B E R : 
* SATURDAY 01 DECEMBER - IN SALISBURY - UK.
* SUNDAY 02 DECEMBER - IN TORQUAY - UK.
* TUESDAY 04 DECEMBER - IN SWANSEA - UK.
* WEDNESDAY 05 DECEMBER - IN NORTHAMPTON - UK.
* FRIDAY 07 DECEMBER - IN IPSWICH - IK.
* SATURDAY 08 DECEMBER - IN HULL - UK.
* SUNDAY 09 DECEMBER - IN SKEGNESS - UK.
* TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER - IN NOTTINGHAM - UK.
* WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER - IN BILSTON - UK.
* FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER - IN CROYDON - UK.
* SATURDAY 15 DECEMBER - IN WORTHING - UK.
* SUNDAY 16 DECEMBER - IN FOLKSTONE - UK.
* FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER - IN WINDSOR - UK.
* SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER - IN CHELTENHAM - UK.
* SUNDAY 23 DECEMBER - BURGES HILL - UK.
For more information:
http://www.amazingslade.net/
The Merry Xmas Everybody (Not So Silent Night) Tour 2007:
http://www.merryxmaseverybody.co.uk/ 
Thansk for the gig reminder to Lars O Admin of the SLADE mailinglist
http://www.stroemoe.com/
Hill
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