April 2025:

SO..... This poster.
There will be further tours. Just not at Christmas....

Holmfirth Picturedrome – Wed 10th
Liverpool O2 Academy / Fri 12th /
Bournemouth O2 Academy – Sun 14th
Oxford O2 Academy – Tue 16th
London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire - Wed 17th
Newcastle O2 City Hall - Fri 19th
Birmingham O2 Academy 2 - Sat 20th
Manchester O2 Ritz – Mon 22nd

Noddy Holder x Gered Mankowitz Q&A.

Saturday, April 12 – at the Iconic Images Gallery, Piccadilly, a conversation between renowned music photographer Gered Mankowitz and Noddy Holder, frontman of British rock legends Slade.
Tickets here.

A screening of Flame and a Q&A with Noddy Holder.
May 17th in Birmingham. . Tix here.

Due to the product page appearing unexpectedly on the Amazon site, people have become aware of a biographical book project that Jim Lea and Daryl Easlea are currently working on. A full announcement will come via Jim Lea Music in May. Yes, it's happening. It's being worked on as we speak and has been in progress for some months. More news later....

Flame is finally being remastered for BluRay and DVD by the BFI and it will be available as a 2 disc set in May. There will be extras and the film will have optional subtitles.
Pre-order.

"BFI PRESS RELEASE: 50 years ago today, on 13 February 1975, Slade – Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill and Don Powell – arrived in a blaze of glory, riding on top of a fire engine, for the premiere of Slade in Flame at London’s Metropole Theatre – well, it was the 70s.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of this gritty rather than glam classic, directed by Richard Loncraine (Richard III, My One and Only), the film will be back on the big screen on 2 May 2025, newly remastered and released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland by BFI Distribution, followed by a BFI Blu-ray/DVD release on 19 May 2025. The cinema release will be supported by a brand-new trailer and new poster and the Blu-ray/DVD will contain new extra features.

Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was originally released, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band’s fame, following their incredible six No.1 UK singles from 1971-1973. A fictional tale but based on true experiences and starring the band themselves as the members of Flame – this was a music film like no other. Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s – from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums – this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting.

Slade in Flame came about when the band’s manager Chas Chandler (who had previously discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix), decided that a film should be their next step after their huge chart success. The band were up for it but, despite their colourful image, were adamant they didn’t want to do a running and jumping around film in the fashion of The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night; they wanted a film based on real life. In order to get a feel for what it was really like being in a band in the late 60s, director Richard Loncraine (working on his first feature film) and screenwriter Andrew Birkin (The Cement Garden, Perfume: Story of a Murderer) went out on the road to America with Slade to observe all the goings on and hear their stories, both about themselves and other bands they knew at the time. Filming took place mainly on location in Sheffield and Nottingham.

Supporting cast included Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Reuben, Reuben, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) in his first major film role as manager Robert Seymour, Alan Lake as singer Jack Daniels (who at one point was fired from the set for disorderly behaviour and only reinstated thanks to his wife Diana Dors’ persuasion), Johnny Shannon (Performance) as manager Ron Harding and real-life DJs Emperor Rosko and Tommy Vance. The notable crew included producer Gavrik Losey (Dance Craze), cinematographer Peter Hannan (Withnail and I, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life) and editor Michael Bradsell (The Devils, Local Hero). Writer Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia) contributed to the dialogue.

Ahead of the film’s opening, the original soundtrack album, was released, reaching No.6 in the UK album charts. That was preceded by the taster single Far Far Away, which reached No.2 in the UK singles charts. The album also featured How Does It Feel, which was the second single.

Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and the power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its cinema release and its first ever release on Blu-ray.

The remastered film will premiere at BFI Southbank on Thursday 1 May.

London, 27 March 2025 – Today BFI Distribution reveals the brand-new trailer, theatrical poster, Blu-ray/DVD cover art and special features for the 50th Anniversary re-release of SLADE IN FLAME starring Slade – Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jim Lea and Don Powell – and featuring Tom Conti and Alan Lake.

Described by film critic Mark Kermode as “the Citizen Kane of British pop movies” this gritty 1975 classic, showing the un-glam side of the music biz, is now newly remastered. It comes back to the big screen in cinemas around the UK and Ireland from 2 May 2025 through BFI Distribution and is then released on BFI Blu-ray/DVD (Dual Format Edition) and digital on 19 May 2025. These long-awaited re-releases will be launched with a special screening at BFI Southbank on Thursday 1 May at 6pm, followed by a Q&A with director Richard Loncraine and actor Tom Conti. The film then has a 7-day run at BFI Southbank.

Directed by Richard Loncraine (Richard III, My One and Only), just in his late-20s at the time and working on his first feature film, Slade in Flame both confounded and delighted audiences when it was released at the height of the legendary glam-rock band's fame, following their incredible six No.1 UK singles from 1971-1973.

A fictional tale but all based on true experiences and starring the band themselves as the members of Flame – this was a music film like no other. Charting the rise and fall of a pop group at the end of the 1960s – from bold beginnings in seedy clubs to booze-addled endings in spectacular stadiums – this darkly cynical, warts-and-all portrait of a band in freefall amidst the music-industry suits who want a piece of the pie was not what anybody was expecting.

Slade in Flame came about when the band’s manager Chas Chandler (who had previously discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix), decided that a film should be their next step after their huge chart success. The band were up for it but, despite their colourful image, were adamant they didn’t want to do a running and jumping around film in the fashion of The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night; they wanted a film based on real life. To get a feel for what it was really like being in a band in the late 60s, director Richard Loncraine and screenwriter Andrew Birkin (The Cement Garden, Perfume: Story of a Murderer) went out on the road to America with Slade to observe all the goings on and hear their stories, both about themselves and other bands they knew at the time. Filming took place mainly on location in Sheffield and Nottingham, with the exterior pirate radio scenes shot at the Radio City pirate radio station based on the Shivering Sands Army Fort in the Thames Estuary.

Slade star as Flame band members Stoker (Noddy Holder), Barry (Dave Hill), Paul (Jim Lea) and Charlie (Don Powell). The cast also features Tom Conti (Oppenheimer, Reuben, Reuben, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence) in his first major film role as Robert Seymour, who sees the band as a business opportunity; Alan Lake as singer Jack Daniels (who at one point was fired from the set for disorderly behaviour and only reinstated thanks to his wife Diana Dors’ persuasion), Johnny Shannon (Performance) as manager Ron Harding, Kenneth Colley as talent scout Tony Devlin and real-life DJs Emperor Rosko and Tommy Vance. The notable crew included producer Gavrik Losey (Dance Craze), cinematographer Peter Hannan (Withnail and I, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life) and editor Michael Bradsell (The Devils, Local Hero). Writer Dave Humphries (Quadrophenia) contributed to the dialogue.

Ahead of the film’s opening, the original soundtrack album was released by Polydor in 1974, reaching No.6 in the UK album charts. That was preceded by the taster single Far Far Away, which reached No.2 in the UK singles charts. The album also featured How Does It Feel, which was the second single.

Acclaimed as a stone-cold bona-fide cult classic over subsequent decades, and boasting a razor-sharp screenplay, superb performances and the power-packed foot-stomping soundtrack, Slade in Flame has been newly remastered by the BFI from the best available 35mm materials for its cinema release and its first ever release on Blu-ray.

Cinema screenings will be listed here: https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/slade-flame

Pre-order Blu-ray/DVD from the BFI Shop (and usual retailers): Amazon UK

BFI Southbank tickets for all May screenings are on sale to BFI Patrons on 7 April, BFI Members on 8 April, and to the public on 10 April at: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk

2 May
Abbeygate Cinema, Bury St Edmunds
The Atrium Cinema, East Grinstead
BEAM Hertford
Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Brighton
Ritzy Picturehouse, London
Broadway Letchworth
Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge
Picturehouse Central
Chester Picturehouse
Clapham Picturehouse, London
Corn Exhange Newbury
Crouch End Picturehouse, London
Ealing Picturehouse, London
East Dulwich Picturehouse, London
The Cameo, Edinburgh
Epsom Picturehouse
Exeter Picturehouse
Picturehouse at FACT, Liverpool
Finsbury Park Picturehouse, London
Forum Cinema, Hexham
Gala Theatre, Durham
Greenwich Picturehouse
Hackney Picturehouse, London
Regal Picturehouse, Henley-on-Thames
Little Theatre Cinema, Bath
Cinema City, Norwich (Picturehouse)
Olympic Studios, Barnes
Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford
Phoenix Cinema East Finchley, London
The Picture House Cinema, Uckfield
Savoy Cinema, Grantham
Showcase Dudley
Harbour Lights, Southampton
The Station Cinema, Richmond
City Screen, York
ActOne Cinema, London
Kings Cinema Newmarket
Warwick Arts Centre

6 May
Light Cinema Addlestone
Light Cinema Banbury
Light Cinema Bolton
Light Cinema Bradford
Light Cinema Cambridge
Light Cinema Huddersfield
Light Cinema New Brighton
Light Cinema Redhill
Light Cinema Sheffield
Light Cinema Sittingbourne
Light Cinema Stockport
Light Cinema Thetford
Light Cinema Walsall
Light Cinema Wisbech
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
Triskel Arts Centre

9 May
Glasgow Film Theatre
Pictureville Cinema (National Science and Media Museum), Bradford
Sherborne Cinema, Gloucester
Lumiere Romford

2 June Electric Palace, Harwich
13 June New Park Chichester
2 August Number 8 Pershore

The new single from the Don Powell Band is a cover of the late Cozy Powell's 'Na Na Na'. Available here.

December 2024: Jim Lea's Christmas present to Slade fans in 2024 is a solo re-recording of the Slade Seasonal Epic, distributed by the official Jim Lea Music Facebbok page and the Slade Interviews YouTube Channel. It is not a commercially released track. It has not been put to the vote on the Heritage Chart, as Jim's All I Want Is You was still climbing the chart.

November 2024: NOIZE BOOKS AND RECORDINGS are really thrilled to announce that we have once again been entrusted with a Slade-related release and have been given the task of releasing Jim Lea's ALL I WANT IS YOU as a limited edition CD single. The track has reached #3 on the Heritage Chart. Your votes took the song to #3 on The Heritage Chart.

The CD single was available for purchase via EBAY while stocks lasted.

October 2024: New Jim Lea single ALL I WANT IS YOU.
Fans were invited to vote for it on THE HERITAGE CHART.

Sept 8th:
Zoot Money, who played piano on a couple of early Slade tracks, has passed away.

The 'Whatever Happened To Flame' novel was only made available by Noize Books during the first week in September and was then deleted.

August 2024:
Fake news health bulletins about band members on Facebook.
Ignore them and do not click to follow the links.

July 2024:
Jim Lea's track 'Like a million years' peaked on The Heritage Chart.at #3.
The Don Powell Band have a new single 'Deja Voodoo'.

June 2024:
A new Jim Lea track 'Like a million years' is on The Heritage Chart.

FRIDAY 27th SEPTEMBER: FRIDAY night sees the return of SLADE UK after an absence of five years. Their reputation as one of the most authentic and hard-hitting tribute acts on the live circuit stands before them, this will be a chance to see and feel the power for yourself. SLADE UK and support The Three. If you want Slade….you got it......

SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2024: SATURDAY sees the return of SLADEST following their triumphant headline set in 2023. Their reputation has built over the last couple of years, and return to the Newhampton Arts Centre by popular request. Support will be courtesy of perennial favourites POUK HILL PROPHETZ and THE ORIGINAL WANTED. This weekend will be a fantastic opportunity to experience wall-to-wall Seventies hard rock and glam in the spiritual birthplace of the Black Country Fab Four, in a venue that lends itself perfectly to the power and energy of that magical time gone by.

We know that some people are not keen on dealing with Amazon. Our books will soon be available from...
Posted by The Noize - The Slade Discography on Tuesday 26 March 2024

February 2024:
Record Collector review of PRIME CUTS - The illustrated Barn Records singles discography.
The book is available from Amazon.

All books by NOIZE books are now offered at nicely reduced prices on an ongoing basis.
Noize books and recordings - see Amazon for more info

NOIZE BOOKS are pleased to announce that our latest book: PRIME CUTS - AN ILLUSTRATED CHEAPSKATE RECORDS SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY is available now via Amazon worldwide. there's lots of Slade stuff in there to fetish over. Some of which you probably won't have seen.

New Splatter vinyl reissues:
We are pleased to join BMG in announcing the reissue of 1981's Til Deaf Do Us Part and also the 1975 New Victoria show on splatter vinyl and CD and DD in February. https://slade.tmstor.es/

"How about a pair of Slade releases for the new year? Kicking things off is the 'thumper' Till Deaf Do Us Part, featuring the much loved live staple 'Rock and Roll Preacher' as well as the likes of 'Ruby Red' and 'Knuckle Sandwich Nancy'. And who could possibly forget the hit single 'Lock Up Your Daughters'? Available on limited edition White with Black Splatter vinyl, it also comes on CD Mediabook CD with two additional bonus tracks as well as extended booklet notes.

Also available for the first time on vinyl, the 1975's classic live set from The New Victoria shows. Available on 2LP and CD this slice of Slade history features the highly regarded ‘How Does It Feel’ as well as classic hits including ‘Gudbuy T'Jane’, ‘Far Far Away’ and ‘Mama Weer All Crazee Now’ as well as long time stage favourite ‘Just A Little Bit’. "

Jim Lea has promised a new album this year. There will be more output from The 'N Betweens at some point, maybe later on in the year. Jim's album comes first. More info is to come on that and you'll have it as soon as we can say more.

The release date of the Don Powell Band's new single 'I Am The Beat' (which features former Move and ELO drummer Bev Bevan as a guest) is January 20th. There will be a physical CD release. As most of you will know, a promo video shoot was done late last year and the track has been ready for a while. There is no current news of any planned Don Powell Band live activity.

Noize Books and Recordings have plans for a couple of new books this year and some audio-visual stuff is quite possible, depending on if some of our contacts come through for us.