Well lads and lassesโฆ itโs official. Dust off the tinsel, sharpen those platform boots, and get ready to scream โITโS CHRIIIIISTMAAAS!โ for one last ride. Glam rock legend Dave Hill has announced the final ever Slade UK tour, roaring through December 2025 and closing the book on one of Britainโs most outrageous festive traditions. ๐ค๐ฅ
This isnโt just another holiday knees-up โ this is Sladeโs goodbye party. Proper job.
๐ถ Whoโs Actually in Slade These Days?
Itโs Dave Hillโs Slade weโre talking about here. The iconic guitarist and shiny hat maestro is joined by:
- John Berry โ vocals, bass, violin (yes, violin in Slade, tidy!)
- Russell Keefe โ vocals, keys
- Alex Bines โ drums
No Noddy Holder or Jim Lea, but letโs be honest: if youโre going to bellow along to โCum On Feel The Noizeโ, all you really need is Dave, a loud band, and a pint in hand. ๐ป
๐๏ธ Final Tour Dates (December 2025)
Hereโs where the glam sleigh is parking this December:
- Wed 10 Dec โ Holmfirth, Picturedrome
- Fri 12 Dec โ Liverpool, O2 Academy
- Sun 14 Dec โ Bournemouth, O2 Academy
- Tue 16 Dec โ Oxford, O2 Academy
- Wed 17 Dec โ London, O2 Shepherdโs Bush Empire
- Fri 19 Dec โ Newcastle, O2 City Hall
- Sat 20 Dec โ Birmingham, O2 Institute
- Mon 22 Dec โ Manchester, O2 Ritz
๐ Bonus Warm-Ups (November 2025)
- Fri 28 Nov โ Hastings, White Rock Theatre
- Sat 29 Nov โ Margate, Dreamland (Hall by the Sea)
๐๏ธ Tickets โ Donโt Snooze, Youโll Lose
Tickets are already on sale across O2 Academies, Ticketmaster and venue sites. Some listings even shout โLast Ever Tourโ just to rub in the finality. If your office mate nicks the last balcony seats before you, youโll be tamping. Grab โem quick, mun.
๐ What to Expect
Picture it now:
- Glittery Santa hats everywhere ๐
- A pint in one hand, inflatable reindeer in the other ๐ป๐ฆ
- The entire crowd chanting โSo here it is, Merry Christmasโฆโ until the walls shake
Youโll get all the big hitters โ โCum On Feel The Noizeโ, โMama Weer All Crazee Nowโ, โGudbuy TโJaneโ โ and of course, โMerry Xmas Everybodyโ to close the show.
Itโs going to be loud, messy, and probably the last time youโll hear Slade blast the roof off a British venue. Only in the UK, mun.
๐ค The Riff Report Verdict
Christmas without Slade? Thatโs like a Greggs sausage roll without the brown sauce. Technically possibleโฆ but deeply wrong.
If youโve ever wanted to witness the glam chaos that defined a generation, December 2025 is your final chance. Go, sing, dance, bawl, glitter-bomb your nan. This is the end of an era, and weโll be there down the front in Cardiff Santa hats, pints raised, shouting till our throats give out.
Slade โ The Final Tour. Donโt miss it.
๐ ๐๐ฅ Cโmon butt, letโs go out crazee one last time.
