Well lads and lasses… it’s official. Dust off the tinsel, sharpen those platform boots, and get ready to scream “IT’S CHRIIIIISTMAAAS!” 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 Britain’s most outrageous festive traditions. 🎤🥁

This isn’t just another holiday knees-up — this is Slade’s goodbye party. Proper job.

🎶 Who’s Actually in Slade These Days?

It’s Dave Hill’s Slade we’re talking about here. The iconic guitarist and shiny hat maestro is joined by:

  • John Berry – vocals, bass, violin (yes, violin in Slade, tidy!)
  • Russell Keefe – vocals, keys
  • Alex Bines – drums

No Noddy Holder or Jim Lea, but let’s be honest: if you’re going to bellow along to “Cum On Feel The Noize”, all you really need is Dave, a loud band, and a pint in hand. 🍻

🗓️ Final Tour Dates (December 2025)

Here’s where the glam sleigh is parking this December:

  • Wed 10 Dec – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
  • Fri 12 Dec – Liverpool, O2 Academy
  • Sun 14 Dec – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
  • Tue 16 Dec – Oxford, O2 Academy
  • Wed 17 Dec – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
  • Fri 19 Dec – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
  • Sat 20 Dec – Birmingham, O2 Institute
  • Mon 22 Dec – Manchester, O2 Ritz

🎁 Bonus Warm-Ups (November 2025)

  • Fri 28 Nov – Hastings, White Rock Theatre
  • Sat 29 Nov – Margate, Dreamland (Hall by the Sea)

🎟️ Tickets – Don’t Snooze, You’ll Lose

Tickets are already on sale across O2 Academies, Ticketmaster and venue sites. Some listings even shout “Last Ever Tour” just to rub in the finality. If your office mate nicks the last balcony seats before you, you’ll be tamping. Grab ‘em quick, mun.

🎄 What to Expect

Picture it now:

  • Glittery Santa hats everywhere 🎅
  • A pint in one hand, inflatable reindeer in the other 🍻🦌
  • The entire crowd chanting “So here it is, Merry Christmas…” until the walls shake

You’ll get all the big hitters — “Cum On Feel The Noize”, “Mama Weer All Crazee Now”, “Gudbuy T’Jane” — and of course, “Merry Xmas Everybody” to close the show.

It’s going to be loud, messy, and probably the last time you’ll hear Slade blast the roof off a British venue. Only in the UK, mun.

🖤 The Riff Report Verdict

Christmas without Slade? That’s like a Greggs sausage roll without the brown sauce. Technically possible… but deeply wrong.

If you’ve 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 we’ll be there down the front in Cardiff Santa hats, pints raised, shouting till our throats give out.

Slade – The Final Tour. Don’t miss it.

🎅🎄🔥 C’mon butt, let’s go out crazee one last time.