tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229907471491191498.post1403870290005109312..comments2024-01-23T21:31:29.160+00:00Comments on From Roots To Boots!: The Slade Story: Slade Alive! Spring TourMickey P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09465481718047448681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229907471491191498.post-68651283166689876362019-07-24T16:53:16.545+01:002019-07-24T16:53:16.545+01:00I think it was 1972 at the Caird Hall gig in Dunde...I think it was 1972 at the Caird Hall gig in Dundee when I first saw Slade live...fantastic.<br />I also got Noddy Holders tie (green velvet with brown stars) I could have pulled any girl that night as they all wanted the tie but I kept it.<br />I remember the support band were a freaky bunch with viking helmets on...decent band though. <br />Memories. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478557643963400922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229907471491191498.post-67662244434571660132012-09-04T02:00:35.515+01:002012-09-04T02:00:35.515+01:00Great memories lads, it's always good to hear ...Great memories lads, it's always good to hear stuff like this. <b><i>;-)</i></b>Mickey P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09465481718047448681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229907471491191498.post-65316002656028161942012-06-15T10:26:41.180+01:002012-06-15T10:26:41.180+01:00I was at the Green's Playhouse concert with my...I was at the Green's Playhouse concert with my then girlfriend.<br />I had seen Slade before but not in the cavern that was Green's. They were, of course, the business.<br />Support was Status Quo, promoting Dog of Two Head. We were in the first balcony, where the supporting beam was known to flex at gigs like this as the crowd jumped up and down. Years later when I was at college, the lab techs had measured the deflection during a Status Quo headline tour - a full 300mm/12"! I can't remember now how many times I saw Slade in the early 70s, three or four, but always one of the best live bands.enterprisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16161500484944002061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229907471491191498.post-3669203165484135612011-04-16T22:14:53.666+01:002011-04-16T22:14:53.666+01:00love the Bracknell stuff, bit before my gig times ...love the Bracknell stuff, bit before my gig times as was only 7 ! Gigs at the Sports Centre were going until 1982 when the last band to play was Haircut 100 !!!<br />My Nan loved over the road & remember tour buses & coaches but was never that brave enough to investigate too much ... until later when the back door was a convenient entry point<br />cheers<br />Gary<br /><br />BracknellSound Of Stompinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774938777934352437noreply@blogger.com