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Slade to perform Isle of Man date on “Merry Xmas Everybody” Tour

By IsleOfManAdmin on Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Isle of Man

Isle News, 5 May 2009 – One of the most successful bands of the glam rock movement, SLADE, will be performing at the Villa Marina as part of their annual “Merry Xmas Everybody” Tour, on Sunday 27 December 2009.

John Wannenburgh states, “Led by founder members Dave Hill and Don Powell, 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.

With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock’n’roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, SLADE had no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash hits…plus 6 smash albums, and they have become a firm favourite in the hearts of pop fans all over the world.

On the night, SLADE will be supported by popular local band “Brown Sugar”, who commented: “We are absolutely delighted to open the SLADE Xmas gig. Ironically, prior to being contacted by John, we had actually talked about how great it would have been to see a top act like SLADE in concert. Little did we know that not only would we see them play……… but we’d be supporting them!”

SLADE’S chart career has spanned three decades and their enduring songs 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 the first chart hit im 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 We’re 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 that attracted over 100,000 people. They literally stole the show, giving some of the worlds 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 crown of 200,000 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 SLADE 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 Noise, which proved so successful that they followed it up with Mama We’re All Crazee Now. Throughout the rest of the eighties, SLADE toured and recorded due to them once again being a major force in British pop’n’rock.

SLADE have continued to tour the world. They are firm favourites on the lucrative German festival scene and undertake an annual “Merry Xmas Everybody” tour in December. They also have a huge following of fans and regularly play concert dates in Russia, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, France and the Czech Republic.

Tickets are already on sale from the Villa Marina Box Office. Telephone 01624 694555, and are also available online. Come and hear them for yourself at the Villa Marina on Sunday 27th December 2009.

ENDS

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